The Raising of the Flag at Ground Zero (2001)
This documentary chronicles the historic event of the raising of the American Flag at Ground Zero in New York City on September 11, 2001. It follows the story of the three firefighters who were chosen to raise the flag in the midst of the rubble and devastation of the World Trade Center. The film
Raising the Flag at Ground Zero is a photograph by Thomas E. Franklin of The Record newspaper of Bergen County, New Jersey, taken on September 11, 2001. The picture shows three New York City firefighters raising the U.S. flag at the World Trade Center, following the September 11 attacks. The official names for the photograph used by The Record are Firefighters Raising Flag and Firemen Raising the Flag at Ground Zero. The photo appeared on The Record front page on September 12, 2001. The paper also put it on the Associated Press wire and it appeared on the covers of several newspapers around the world. It has often been compared to the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal during World War II.