A lens of life and death / David Handschuh (New York daily news)

The flow of humanity / Christine Haughney (Washington post)

Start spreading the news / Zlati Meyer (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Dairy of disaster / Nick Spangler (Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Seeking solace in my notebook / S. Mitra Kalita (Newsday)

All I hear is silence / David Paul Kuhn (Yomiuri Shimbun)

From nightmares to redemption / Petra Bartosiewicz (New York observer)

Journey to ground zero / Peter DeMarco (New York daily news)

A detoured commute / Jill Gardiner (Staten Island advance)

The vacation / Jennifer Chen (Reuters)

As it became ground zero / Stacy Forster (Wall Street Journal online)

"Have you seen ... ?" / Heather Nauter (Fox news)

Learning to see / Cindy Schreiber (Columbia Graduate School of Journalism)

Listening back / Beth Fertig (WNYC radio)

A fireman's son / Matthew J. Malone / Columbia Graduate School of Journalism)

Creating September 12 / Benjamin Wallace-Wells (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Out of the blue / Alexander Epstein (Stuyvesant Standard)

40 hours in hell / Katherine Eban Finkelstein (New York Times)

This is America / Rob Walker (Slate)

From the Pentagon / Sandra Jontz as told Timothy Stewart-Winter and Rebecca Hanover (European and Pacific Stars and Stripes

Facing the fear / Chris Williams (Columbia Graduate School of Journalism)

Camaraderie and sorrow / Abby Tegnelia (New York)

Living with fear / Amie Parnes (Boston Globe)

One city, many worlds / Carla Sapsford (Columbia Graduate School of Journalism)

Witness to catastrophe / Michael Howerton (Stampford advocate)

Digging through the rubble / Heidi Singer (Staten Island advance)

Role play / Lauren Wolfe (Columbia Graduate School of Journalism)

The lost / Jennifer Smith (Newsday)