Firefighters raising the flag over ground zero on 9/11/01
This bronze is sculpted after the famous photo
by Thomas E. Franklin of the New Jersey Record.

After the tragic events of 9/11/01 brought on by terrorist attacks, the people of the United States of America were in shock.
As rescuers from across the nation worked to save those who were still alive amidst the wreckage of the World Trade Center,
a flag was raised by three firemen. They did it as a symbol of hope to help themselves and their fellow rescuers to go on
amidst the destruction. They did not realize they were being photographed at the time.
 But Thomas E. Franklin, a photographer for the New Jersey Record saw and captured an image of that flag
being raised which went on to remind the people of the entire country that we are united.

The 1/4th life-size maquette of this bronze is available for $19,900
An elegant walnut pedestal is also available.
Limited Edition of 250 pieces
Available in full color patina, shown above, or in traditional french brown patina.



Copyright permission to create this monument in the likeness of the photo “Three Firefighters Raising the American Flag on 9/11”
U.S. Copyright Registration No. VA-1-014-297 granted by North Jersey Media Group Inc. and The Bravest Fund.

In the words of The New Jersey record about the photo:
Sept. 11, 2001 –the end of the world as we knew it.
But in the chaos and rubble where the World Trade Center
 no longer stood, Record photographer Thomas E. Franklin
captured an unforgettable image of hope –three firefighters
raising the American flag. Standing defiantly against the gray
and white landscape of devastation, these dust - covered men
and the vivid red, white, and blue of Old Glory instantly became
a symbol of American patriotism. The Record’s photo of these
three heroic rescuers -Brooklyn-based firefighters George
Johnson of Rockaway Beach, Dan McWilliams of Long Island
(both from Ladder 157), and Billy Eisengrein of Staten Island
 (Rescue 2) -also became a global message that life, and America,
would go on. The photo, which appeared Sept. 12 in The Record,
has since graced the pages of many other newspapers as well as
 national newsmagazines. Network television has repeatedly
displayed the photo during its round-the-clock disaster coverage,
 comparing it to the famous image of Marines raising the flag on
Iwo Jima during World War II. Franklin, an eight year veteran
of The Record, took the photo late in the afternoon of Sept. 11,
 after spending many hours at the scene. He was walking toward
the debris of the World Trade Center when he spotted the firefighters.
“The shot immediately felt important to me,” Franklin said.
“It said something to me about the strength of the American people
and about the courage of all the firefighters who,
in the face of this horrible disaster,
had a job to do in battling the unimaginable.”