2002 Heroes of 2001 First-Class+ Semipostal Stamps Self-Adhesive Sheet for Additional Postage

This semipostal features a photograph of three firefighters raising the American flag amid the rubble of the World Trade Center, taken late in the afternoon on September 11, 2001, by Thomas E. Franklin, a photographer for The Record of Bergen County, N.J. It appeared in The Record on September 12, 2001, and quickly became one of the most memorable and moving images of the day.