Historical photos: Omaha reacts to 9/11 terrorist attacks
See photos showing how Omaha reacted to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that day and in the days that followed.
Earl Cushman watches the World Trade Center fall on CNN during a break at Mutual of Omaha in Omaha. Mutual projected two large screens in a dark room for employees to watch CNN following terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001.
Creighton University students in Omaha hug after a noon prayer vigil at St. John's Church on campus. In front, from left, are Anissa Vega and Amanda Mascio, both 20.
Passengers at Eppley Airfield in Omaha watch TV monitors while waiting for information and updates on their canceled flights that were grounded after the terrorist attack in New York on Sept. 11, 2001.
Cathy Peterson finishes donating blood with Maria Bertino's assistance at the American Red Cross Midwest Region Blood Services Office in Omaha. The office was busy in response to the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001.
Lester Lee of Omaha fills up his tank at Saddle Creek and Leavenworth Streets on Sept. 11, 2001, while long lines wait their turn to buy gas, speculating that prices are going to shoot up. He heard that prices were already hitting $3.50 to $5 in Kansas City.
Workers leave the Hruska federal building in Omaha after federal offices throughout the United States closed in response to the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001.
Officers Dan Kuhl, left, and Deron Moore listen to Kuhl's radio outside the Hruska federal building in Omaha on Sept. 11, 2001, after federal offices throughout the United States closed. The closing was in response to the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C.
ConAgra in Omaha has all of its flags flying at half-staff on Sept. 12, 2001, in the wake of the terrorist attack on New York and Washington.
Community leaders in Omaha make statements about the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001. From left are Patrick McNamara, hate crimes project; Gretchen Harms, Islamic Center; Jane Batt, NCCJ; Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, Temple Israel; and Ahmad Ghosheh, Islamic Center of Omaha.
Jets sit silent on the north hub of Eppley Airfield in Omaha one day after the United States was the victim of a terrorist attack in New York and Washington, D.C.
Gas lines form at a QuikTrip near Saddle Creek and Leavenworth Streets in Omaha on Sept. 11, 2001. People speculated prices would shoot up due to terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C.
Friday, Sept. 14, 2001, services at the Islamic Center of Omaha were dedicated to the victims of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. Mohammed Zia, left, prays and is watched by 5-year-old Ismaeel Ibn-Lugman, who stands next to his father, Lugman Abdussalam.
Millard West senior Blair Bonnesen waves the stars and stripes after hearing the national anthem before the football game between Millard West and Creighton Prep in Omaha on Sept. 13, 2001.
Debbie Maspons wipes away a tear during a prayer service at Christ Community Church in Omaha. To her left is her husband, Carlos, on Sept. 14, 2001.
Dan Brown of Lincoln, who works in Omaha, takes time out of his day for a prayer service at Christ Community Church at 404 S. 108th Street in Omaha on Sept. 14, 2001.
From left, Katie Jerina and Claire Conlon watch events unfold on TV as Paige Shevlin listens to classmates talk about the terrorist attack on New York City and Washington, D.C., at Burke High School in Omaha on Sept. 11, 2001. The girls were in an AP World History class.
Creighton University students placed these stones on the steps of St. John's Catholic Church on the Creighton campus in Omaha during a prayer service for the victims, families and rescue workers touched by the terrorist attack on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.
Amy Hilt of Bellevue attends a prayer service on the steps of St. John's Catholic Church on the Creighton University campus in Omaha for the victims, families and rescue workers touched by the terrorist attack on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.
Papillion-LaVista poms and cheerleaders, including Sarah Jones, left, and Kari Lou Procopio, take part in a brief vigil before the football game at Millard South in Omaha on Sept. 12, 2001.
Precious Bonner, 17, left, comforts Kara Graves, 16, as "God Bless America" is sung before the Benson-Central High School football game in Omaha. They are Benson cheerleaders. The game was played on Sept. 14, 2001.
Tom Lamay and the entire University of Nebraska at Omaha football team wore American flags on their helmets during the Mavericks' game against South Dakota State at Caniglia Field in Omaha on Sept. 15, 2001. The Mavericks won.
Celebrating their 42nd anniversary on a cot at the DoubleTree in Omaha after their flight was grounded are Judy and Douglas Mackey of Cincinnati, Ohio, on Sept. 12, 2001.
Omahans gather at First United Methodist Church in Omaha for an interfaith service of "mourning and hope" in response to the attack on the World Trade Center. Barb Ferguson, right, and Dene and Joan Pruett, husband and wife, left, were among the worshipers on Sept. 12, 2001.
Martie Conkling breaks down in tears with her 2-year-old son, Wyatte, as they sing "God Bless America" at the Salvation Army's send-off of donations to the victims of the terrorist attack in New York, in Omaha on Sept. 14, 2001.
Ron Pleasant, his mother, Phyllis Pleasant and her other son, 12-year-old Chad Pleasant, sit on the steps of the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln and sing "God Bless America" during a candlelight vigil.
Fighting the wind, Papillion-La Vista poms and cheerleaders Carissa Hodges, from left, Jessamie Bierschenk, Heather Sutphen and Laura Sedivy keep their candles lit during a small vigil at Millard South in Omaha on Sept. 12, 2001, for the recent terrorist attacks.
Referees for the Brownell-Talbot vs. Waterloo High School football game in Omaha listen to the national anthem on Sept. 14, 2001. They are, from left, Terry McGovern, Eric Olson and Tom Rawley.
Dan Sampson, left, and Joel Stapleton load a truck with donated items at the Salvation Army in Omaha to be delivered to victims of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
Travelers at Eppley Airfield in Omaha wait in line for their baggage to be checked by hand by security personnel before it can be loaded into the cargo hold of their airliners. The majority of this group was from China.
A Delta Airlines employee pulls what appears to be security tape from the rear door of a 737 jet sitting at a gate on the north hub of Eppley Airfield in Omaha on Sept. 13, 2001. Flights were supposed to resume that day. All planes grounded at Eppley were thoroughly searched when the airport was shut down after a terrorist attack on the United States.
Flights resumed at Eppley Airfield in Omaha on Sept. 13, 2001. This may have been the first loaded flight returning to the air around 2 p.m. Â
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