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LAS CRUCES 鈥� At the Mad Hatter Gallery 鈥� a thin, rectangular exhibition space located downtown 鈥� three New Yorkers on Thursday morning compared their memories of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The stories and memories remained fresh and urgent on the eve of the 25th anniversary.

Photojournalist Lonnie Schlein had just returned from a long vacation to a new assignment in his four-decade career at The New York Times. His decades as a photo editor bridged generations of news photography, from black-and-white to the Times鈥� adoption of color photographs in 1997 and the transition from film to digital photography.

After a decade as the Times鈥� national photo director, Sept. 11 would be his second day as the metro section鈥檚 new photo editor, with 36 photographers reporting to him.

A house guest woke him that morning and pulled him to a window where they saw thick, black smoke fuming from the World Trade Center鈥檚 north tower. At that point, the plane crash appeared to be a terrible accident. Schlein got a call from the Times ordering him to get to a roof, take pictures and get to the newsroom.

The only camera at hand was a tiny Canon digital shooter 鈥� it would have to do. Schlein got to the roof and faced the lower Manhattan skyline as another passenger jet crashed into the south tower.

The picture he took of the World Trade Center burning is included in an exhibition of Schlein鈥檚 photography titled 鈥淭hrough the Lens鈥� in Las Cruces. The wall dedicated to 9/11 includes news photos and a printer鈥檚 proof of the Times鈥� front page the following day.

Security at the Times headquarters was locked down tight, with the reporters and editors throwing themselves into coverage even as rescuers rushed to Ground Zero. No one understood yet the nature or scope of the attack, whether more planes had been hijacked, or what might come next.

鈥淓veryone knew they had to do their job. Everyone was worried about their families. Everyone was worried,鈥� Schlein said. 鈥淒espite the emotion, we all knew we had a job to do and we had to do it. Even if some of us thought this could be our last day on Earth, we were still thinking about putting out the next day's paper.鈥�

Schlein left the Times in 2011 to focus on freelance photography, and now lives in Dallas. He agreed to the Las Cruces exhibition after being introduced to gallery owners Penny Peace and George Ivolin by New Mexico artist Virginia Maria Romero.

Curated by Amy Thompson West, the show features a small selection of Schlein鈥檚 news photography, quieter scenes from American cities and landscapes as well as historical moments Schlein viewed from behind his camera.

The 9/11 portion of the exhibit features an eerily prescient image of the Twin Towers that Schlein took in 1997, in which a female jogger leans on a railing in a contemplative attitude, the stripes of her trunks disappearing into the towers鈥� facade behind her. 鈥淚t meant nothing to me until 9/11,鈥� Schlein said.

鈥淓very single photograph here has its own story, and we were blessed enough to hear a lot of these stories,鈥� Ivolin said. 鈥淓ach photograph becomes its own little book.鈥�

On 9/11, Ivolin and Peace ran an interior design business in Manhattan. Ivolin left for their showroom that morning after the first plane hit, and by the time he arrived it was clear this was a targeted attack rather than an accident.

鈥淓verything started freezing, stopping 鈥� everything,鈥� Ivolin said. He told his employees to find their way home as subways, buses and vehicle traffic halted, cellphones stopped working, and the sidewalks were full of people walking, some wandering into his business looking for a landline to contact loved ones.

Later, Ivolin walked home himself. He said, 鈥淚n this large, beautiful city, you could hear a pin drop,鈥� other than the recurring whoosh of fighter jets patrolling overhead.

Peace, returning from Michigan by car, was delayed by traffic restrictions in the wake of the attacks, which saw a third plane strike the Pentagon in Virginia, while a fourth plane, headed toward Washington, crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers and crew members attacked their hijackers.

鈥淚mportant to this whole story is the humanitarian response and effort,鈥� Peace said. 鈥淎ll the firemen and policemen and EMS people were at Ground Zero. They just picked up and rushed there, and a number of organizations made sure there was food and drink and medical supplies.鈥�

As soon as New York鈥檚 bridges and tunnels reopened, Peace got home determined to join volunteer efforts.

鈥淚 called all the organizations I could think of that were down at Ground Zero,鈥� she recalled. 鈥淭hey all politely said, 鈥業鈥檓 sorry, thank you, but we have too many volunteers.鈥欌��

Algernon 顿鈥橝尘尘补蝉蝉补 is the Journal鈥檚 southern New Mexico correspondent. He can be reached at adammassa@abqjournal.com.