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He sensed movement and, as he focused on its source, he felt a chill, like a cold hand passing through him.

A tribute to those who served -- and died.

View images from that fateful week with notable quotes from those who were closest to the tragic events.

On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, shortly after eight in the morning, I transmitted a tone and announced a third alarm for the borough of Manhattan, N.Y. The call was initially reported as a high-rise fire in the World Trade Center tower 1.

Have the WTC and Pentagon attacks changed how police work will be conducted in the future?

By looking to its past, the Dover (N.H.) Police Department has successfully adapted to the challenges of policing today.

Leadership, bravery and initiative in the face of superhuman odds are still some of the most powerful axioms of being an American.

In the peaceful, crime-free democratic country of South Africa (you know, the latest "workers' paradise"), crime is so rampant that the crooks are running out of victims to rob. Recently, the government even decided to stop mailing pension checks because so many old folks were getting' koshed and robbed outside the banks where they cashed 'em.

Disasters can happen anywhere and, as so poignantly demonstrated in New York, it's our job to manage and mitigate them.

Hundreds of our own were murdered on September 11, 2001, along with thousands of citizens we were sworn to protect. Terrorism has struck the nation, particularly emergency response personnel. This nation’s police officers have been damaged by these criminal acts of terror; we have been damaged as a group and as individuals.