Aftermath : unseen 9/11 photos by a New York City cop / John Botte.

"On the fifth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, former NYPD detective and lifelong photographer John Botte unveils his powerful, penetrating portraits of America?s unforgettable tragedy. Asked by the police commissioner to document the aftermath, Botte spent countless hours at Ground Zero in the moments, days, and weeks following the attacks, and was given privileged access to the behind-the-scenes rescue and recovery efforts of 9/11... With more than one hundred and thirty hand-developed, black-and-white photos and selected captions by the photographer himself, the book memorializes the unforgettable images we all recall from those days?and captures countless scenes previously known only to those who worked the devastated area so tirelessly. The result is an extraordinary historical record that stands to become the definitive photographic retrospective of September 11." -- BOOK JACKET