The Star Spangle banner 'Old Glory' flies at full mast atop the remains of the World Trade Centre at Ground Zero.  The President George Bush raised the flag to full mast in Washington today and asked the nation to try and return to a normal  life nearly two week after the terrorist attack on the WTC. September 23, 2001.placeholder image
The Star Spangle banner 'Old Glory' flies at full mast atop the remains of the World Trade Centre at Ground Zero. The President George Bush raised the flag to full mast in Washington today and asked the nation to try and return to a normal life nearly two week after the terrorist attack on the WTC. September 23, 2001.

9/11 New York: Pictures of a tragedy ahead of 25th anniversary

Almost 3,000 people died in the terror attacks on New York in 2001.

Along with photographer Bruce Rollinson and feature writer John Woodcock, Andrew Vine was dispatched to New York by The Yorkshire Post to cover the aftermath of the worst terrorist attack in history.

Bruce captured this set of harrowing images in the days after the attack. In our Saturday Special here, we remember the victims and look back, 25 years on.

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