Faces of the Brave
	On September 11, 2001-- life as we once knew it suddenly ended. In the chaos and rubble where the World Trade Center once stood, Record photographer Thomas E. Franklin captured an unforgettable image of hope--"Three firemen raising the American Flag at Ground Zero". Standing defiantly against the gray and white landscape of devastation, these dust covered men and the vivid red, white and blue Old Glory instantly became a symbol of American patriotism. Franklin's photo of these three heroic rescuers--Brooklyn-based firefighters Dan McWilliams of Long Island, George Johnson of Rockaway Beach (both from Ladder 157), and Billy Eisengrein of Staten Island (Rescue 2)--also became a global message that life, and America, would go on.