Remembering 9/11

The Sept. 24, 2001, cover of Sports Illustrated.As the U.S. commemorates the eighth anniversary of 9/11, here's a gallery of the photos that ran in Sports Illustrated the week after the attacks.

New England Patriot Joe Andruzzi joined his brothers, Jim and Bill, both New York City firefighters, in front of their family home on Staten Island.

Save for a fan in full Volunteers regalia, the Swamp was devoid of its usual 83,000 game-day inhabitants the Saturday after 9/11, when Florida was scheduled to play Tennessee.

A flag flying at half-staff greeted these players as they left the practice field on the day after the attacks.

Families, couples, friends, tourists and mourners all came, staring mutely at the massive black cavity in the Pentagon.

The Midshipmen scrimmaged the Friday after 9/11 but knew that football wasn't the sole reason they were at the Naval Academy.

Perched mere blocks from the smoky ruins on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001, a distraught Mike Piazza grieved for his adopted city.

Plandome Golf Club in Manhasset, N.Y., honored its missing members with makeshift memorials.

The parking lot at Giants Stadium served as a staging site for equipment used in the rescue effort.

The smoky and diminished New York skyline served as the backdrop for a Saturday youth soccer game in Hoboken, N.J.

The New York Rangers, including Mark Messier, goalie Mike Richter and Brian Leetch, knelt on the ice in a moment of silent prayer after practice.