New images of Ground Zero after 9/11 are shared by CT first responder

BEACON FALLS, Connecticut — Every year on Sept. 11, Americans are reminded of the tragic events through the same images: the towers falling, the dust clouds, the flag being raised.

But 24 years later, new images are being shared for the first time by a Connecticut first responder who saw Ground Zero with his own eyes.

Jeremy Rodorigo, an EMS captain in Beacon Falls and part-time photographer, was one of the many local heroes who drove into Manhattan after the attacks.

“Let me just bring the camera. If we have the opportunity – just to convey to the world what’s going on down there, I will,” Rodorigo said.

His never-before-seen photographs reveal a devastated landscape that few outside the recovery effort ever saw.

Never before seen 9/11 Ground Zero photos

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