PHOTOS FROM THE ARCHIVE: How the Miami Valley reacted to 9/11 attack

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The Miami Valley, like the rest of world, was stunned on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners and used them to attack the United States. A total of 2,996 people died that day when the airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field near Shanksville, Pa. The Miami Valley region reacted by coming together. Participants in a lunchtime prayer vigil sponsored by the Dayton Chapter of the Promise Keepers are shown in silhouette against the brick pattern of Courthouse Square, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. DAYTON DAILY NEWS ARCHIVE