Images of New York City’s World Trade Center collapsing and city streets filled with dust and rubble haunt the memories of Americans everywhere.
These infamous symbols of a nation under attack flicker on television screens across the country each year on Sept. 11, and have been printed in countless books.
They also fill one immaculately preserved photo album owned by Thomas Goodheart.
Goodheart was there. Along with his fellow New York firemen, he donned his flame-resistant uniform and headed to the site where thousands of innocent lives were taken.
On Sunday, Goodheart joined hundreds of firefighters from across Texas and the Southwest in downtown Dallas to honor the lives of New York firefighters who died on 9/11.
As he tirelessly worked, he captured what he saw around him with the disposable camera that he always carried.
“It’s funny, the weather today is the same as it was that day,” Goodheart said. “The sky was just like this. Maybe