#911findingheroes

I need your help! For the next several months, I will be posting a few images a week here on my on Instagram from 9-11, looking to identify any individuals connected to the people in my photos. If you could share the Instagram handle @ronbwilson to anyone you know that lived in The New York City area during that time, NY or NJ firefighters, police or paramedics that were there that day, we would greatly appreciate it. We need to cast a very wide net, so please spread the word to check in frequently for new posts. If anyone recognizes someone in our pictures, please have them message us on Instagram or via email at [email protected] I witnessed firsthand all the incredible work these true American heroes did that day, sacrificing everything to help their fellow New Yorkers. It was the most consequential day of my life and career as a photographer. In preparation for some upcoming exhibitions and speaking engagements about my images from that day, I’m finally realizing my nearly twenty-year dream to make a film about this event. Our focus is to find the people in my photographs or their families to interview them about their lives and experiences before, during, and after that fateful day. Deborah and I believe this is the most important story of our time, and we are eager to see how it all unfolds. #911findingheroes #911herosearch #Honor911 #NeverForget #911Memorial #September11 #WorldTradeCenter #WorldTradeCenterMemorial #WeWillNeverForget #NYCNeverForget #FreedomTower #PatriotDay #WhereIWas #Hope #WTC #911 #NYC #firstresponders #heroes #documentary #film #Remember911 #TwinTowers #911Anniversary #TeamUSA https://www.instagram.com/p/CBRI8ryjduk/?igshid=bl8p05bvdio6

We need your help! For the next several months, I will be posting a few images a week on my on Instagram from 9-11, looking to identify any individuals connected to the people in my photos. If you could share the Instagram handle @ronbwilson to anyone you know that lived in The New York City area during that time, NY or NJ firefighters, police or paramedics that were there that day, we would greatly appreciate it. We need to cast a very wide net, so please spread the word to check in frequently for new posts. If anyone recognizes someone in our pictures, please have them message us on Instagram or via email at [email protected] I’m keen to share with you some important news about my newest project. My long-time friend and filmmaker Deborah Stile, and I have started production on a documentary about September 11th, 2001. I lived within walking distance of The World Trade Center. After receiving a call from my photojournalist friend Lilly Echeverria saying there had been a plane crash in lower Manhattan, I grabbed my camera gear and all available film, and I ran towards the burning buildings with the first responders. I witnessed firsthand all the incredible work these true American heroes did that day, sacrificing everything to help their fellow New Yorkers. It was the most consequential day of my life and career as a photographer. In preparation for some upcoming exhibitions and speaking engagements about my images from that day, I’m finally realizing my nearly twenty-year dream to make a film about this event. Our focus is to find the people in my photographs or their families to interview them about their lives and experiences before, during, and after that fateful day. Deborah and I believe this is the most important story of our time, and we are eager to see how it all unfolds. #911findingheroes #911herosearch #Honor911 #NeverForget #911Memorial #September11 #WorldTradeCenter #WorldTradeCenterMemorial #WeWillNeverForget #NYCNeverForget #FreedomTower #PatriotDay #WhereIWas #Hope #WTC #911 #NYC #firstresponders #heroes #documentary #film #Remember911 #TwinTowers #911Anniversary #TeamUSA https://www.instagram.com/p/CAvTnvKDvrE/?igshid=12qsgvhqbsnyh

The twin towers were the tallest buildings on earth and the most famous structures in the world. Instantly recognizable. Symbols of America itself. A demonstration of technology coupled with breathtaking ambition. I remember the first time I saw "them" in 1986. Not one, but two. They were a guiding point for directions-always there. If I ever felt lost of didn't know what direction I was walking, all I had to was look up, and their soaring grandness was there to guide me, guide all New Yorkers. So tall they seemed to go on forever, especially at night. We all remember where we were that September morning. We remember how we first heard the news and how it made us feel. THERE I WAS, face to face, witnessing the largest structural failure in history, watching the biggest building project since The Great Pyramids collapse into dust, with all of the thousands of innocent lives along with it. That day New York City's bravest rose to their biggest challenge. Faced with the worst, they gave us their best. I ran towards the burning buildings with them as others ran away. Witnesses to the 9/11 attack can only helplessly look on in horror at the devastation. It was the most consequential day of my life and career as a photographer. I’m finally realizing my nearly twenty-year dream to make a film about this event. Our focus is to find the people in my photographs or their families to interview them about their lives and experiences before, during, and after that fateful day. I need your help! For the next several months, I will be posting a few images a week on my Instagram feed from 9-11, looking to identify any individuals connected to the people in my photos. If you could share my Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/ronbwilson/ to anyone you know that lived in The New York City area during that time, NY or NJ firefighters, police or paramedics that were there that day, I would greatly appreciate it. We need to cast a very wide net, so please spread the word to check in frequently for new posts. If anyone recognizes someone in my pictures, please have them message me on Instagram or via email at [email protected] #911findingheroes #911herosearch #Honor911 (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_tbjbiD63v/?igshid=3bqncl4zijbm

On the morning of September 11th, 2001, I grabbed my camera gear and all available film, and I ran towards the burning buildings with the first responders. I witnessed firsthand all the incredible work these true American heroes did that day, sacrificing everything to help their fellow New Yorkers. It was the most consequential day of my life and career as a photographer. ’m finally realizing my nearly twenty-year dream to make a film about this event. Our focus is to find the people in my photographs or their families to interview them about their lives and experiences before, during, and after that fateful day. I need your help! For the next several months, I will be posting a few images a week on my Instagram feed from 9-11, looking to identify any individuals connected to the people in my photos. If you could share my Instagram handle @ronbwilson to anyone you know that lived in The New York City area during that time, NY or NJ firefighters, police or paramedics that were there that day, I would greatly appreciate it. We need to cast a very wide net, so please spread the word to check in frequently for new posts. If anyone recognizes someone in my pictures, please have them message me on Instagram or via email at [email protected] In this photo, if I remember correctly, the man in the center of the photo with the gray shirt helping lift the gentleman into the ambulance was another photographer who had professional gear, does anyone recognize him or any of the first responders in this image? #911findingheroes #911herosearch #Honor911 #NeverForget #911Memorial #September11 #WorldTradeCenter #TwinTowers #WeWillNeverForget #NYCNeverForget #FreedomTower #PatriotDay #WhereIWas #heroes #WTC #911 #NYC #firstresponders (at Lower Manhattan, NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_k0-NZD21K/?igshid=a7d4aueb3oyj