All photographs by Hiro Oshima. Copyright 2001. Unauthorized use or duplication prohibited. Contact: photo@ zibili.com

After the first crash, the debris, plane parts and body parts were all over the area. Around the corner from this location, I saw an arm... It didn't occur to me how stupid it might be to walk toward the Towers at this moment. I got hit by some falling metal debris on the leg - luckily, only a slight abrasion/burn (which I didn't realize I had until about midnight that night - goes to show I was running on adrenaline all day).