Almost 14 years later, memories of the terrorist attacks on September 11 -- where we were, what we were doing when the news first broke -- still linger for all of us. But what was the scene like for the decision-makers in America's capital?
The U.S. National Archives posted a new collection of images from the Vice Presidential Records of the Photography Office that offer a rare look chief executive staff in the hours after the attacks first started. In the more than 350 photos posted to Flickr, you can see former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, and other key members of the U.S. government at work on one of the most difficult days in the nation's history.
Here's just a small selection of the most powerful images unearthed in this newly posted collection, shared now thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request (case number 2014-0012-F). You can see the rest on the U.S. National Archives gallery on Flickr.
[img src="http://admin.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/White-House-on-9-11-015-640x426.jpg" caption="Vice President Cheney with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby in the President's Emergency Operations Center (PEOC)" credit="U.S. National Archives" alt="White House on 9-11 015"]
[img src="http://admin.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/White-House-on-9-11-016-640x426.jpg" caption="Vice President Cheney with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby in the President's Emergency Operations Center (PEOC)" credit="U.S. National Archives" alt="White House on 9-11 016"]
