Did many newspapers use the photographs of people falling from the World Trade Center towers? Kenny Irby of The Poynter Institute asked several photo editors around the country. Here are excerpts from their replies to his question: Did you run it?

We had to convey the human tragedy. The symbolism of the image was powerful. Those little people next to that huge building reminded me of us as individuals in this huge world. We never discussed not running it.—Sue Morrow, St. Petersburg Times

We did not. I pushed gently for it and was rebuffed. I found the photo of the man going down headfirst incredibly disturbing when I saw it in print.—Pim Van Hemmen, The Star-Leger , Newark, N.J.

People trapped in the building were forced to make a disturbing choice, to potentially die in the fire or attempt an escape. We determined that it was important to include this image in our coverage in order to present a complete and accurate photo report of these tragic events.—Max Faulker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

We ran a picture, in color, showing flames above one person clinging to a window and another person in mid-air.... There are times when newspapers need to report the shocking nature of events.—Scott Sines, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.

We didn't run the "jumper photo" and somehow I feel that we failed to visually tell the reality of the inner horror of this story. My God, thousands of people have died in and around those buildings, and all we show is the plane smashing into the building with the resulting fireball.—Clyde Mueller, The New Mexican

We ran it full-page and we ran it because it was disturbing. We also ran a quarter-page of a severed hand. This isn't high school. It's the real world and we shouldn't shield our readers from it.—Eric Meskauskas, Daily News, New York

We knew we wanted to run it, but also knew we'd use it on an inside as a secondary at best. This tragedy changed some of the rules of the way we normally think about these things, at least a little.—Randy Cox, The Oregonian, Portland