THE TENSION: Combat Camera: A 9/11 Retrospective, Part 1

Arlington, Virginia (Sept. 11, 2001) -- Medical personnel and volunteers work the first medical triage area set up outside the Pentagon after a hijacked commercial airliner crashed into the southwest corner of the building. (U.S. Navy Photo by Journalist 1st Class Mark D. Faram.)

Arlington, Virginia (Sept. 11, 2001) -- Medical personnel load wounded into an ambulance at the first medical triage area set up outside the Pentagon after a hijacked commercial airliner crashed into the southwest corner of the building. (U.S. Navy Photo by Journalist 1st Class Mark D. Faram.)

Arlington, Virginia (Sept. 11, 2001) -– Smoke and flames rose over the Pentagon late into the night, following a suspected terrorist crash of a commercial airliner into the southwest corner of the Pentagon. Part of the building has collapsed meanwhile firefighters continue to battle the flames and look for survivors. An exact number of casualties is unknown. The building was evacuated, as were the federal buildings in the Capitol area, including the White House. (U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Bob Houlihan.)

Pentagon, Arlington, Va. (Sept. 11, 2001) – "The Pentagon is functioning" was the message Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, center, stressed during a press conference in the Pentagon briefing room barely eight hours after terrorists crashed a hijacked commercial jetliner into the national military headquarters. Rumsfeld is fland, left to right, by Secretary of the Army Tom White, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army General Henry Shelton, and Senators John Warner, of Virginia, and Carl Levin, of Michigan. (U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Bob Houlihan.)

San Diego, Calif. (Sept. 12, 2001) -- A Sailor aboard the auxiliary command ship USS Coronado (AGF 11), command ship for U.S. Third Fleet, keeps a vigilant watch near the entrance of San Diego Harbor. (U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Palmer Pinckney.)

New York, N.Y. (Sept. 14, 2001) -- Rescue workers conduct search and rescue attempts, descending deep into the rubble of the World Trade Center. (U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jim Watson.)

New York, NY (Sept. 14, 2001) -- What was once a glittering symbol of the financial center of the world now stands blanketed in ash and soot. The World Trade Center was destroyed during a September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Jim Watson.)

New York, N.Y. (Sept. 15, 2001) -- A New York City fireman calls for 10 more rescue workers to make their way into the rubble of the World Trade Center. (U.S. Navy Photo by Journalist 1st Class Preston Keres.)