Satan in the Smoke‪?‬

The photograph by Mark D Phillips shot moments after the second plane struck the World Trade Center captured the face of Satan – or did it?


Readers called their hometown newspapers by the hundreds after the picture appeared on front pages across the country. What was the face in the smoke billowing from the South Tower? 


Today, September 12, 2011, marks the tenth anniversary of the day the image was first published. In 10 years, viewers sent over 25,000 email messages sharing their thoughts on the meaning of the face in the smoke.


“Satan In The Smoke: A Photojournalist’s 9/11 Story” is Phillips’ first person narrative of the media frenzy created by his image.