6:37 pm ET September 7, 2011

PHOTOS: 10 Years After Sept. 11 Attack, Amazing Before-and-After Photos of Ground Zero & World Trade Center Site

The attack that rocked Manhattan, the U.S. and the world at large took place nearly one decade ago on Sept. 11, 2001 … but images of the tragedy live on.

Take a look at this chilling slideshow, and walk through that day and the first days thereafter in 2001 through photos of the devastation right alongside the stark contrast of what took its place: hope, resilience and freedom.

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