9/11heroes - where are they now?

RUDOLPH GIULIANI: New York City’s mayor, Giuliani was hailed as the man who calmed New Yorkers. Since leaving office in January he has been in high demand on the lecture circuit where he’s believed to earn as much as £65,000 per speech. He also has a £2m deal to write two books.

THOMAS VON ESSEN: At the time of the attacks, Thomas Von Essen was commissioner of the New York Fire Department. He left that position in December and has joined Giuliani's firm as a consultant.

He also gives speeches and has written his memoirs, Strong of Heart, which covers his life as a firefighter, union president and finally commissioner.

BERNARD KERIK: As New York City police commissioner, Bernard Kerik helped soothe a shaken city. He left the police post in December to become senior vice president at Giuliani's consulting firm.

He was thrust into the spotlight after the attacks and his appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show led him to reunite with a daughter he fathered with a Korean woman while stationed in that country in 1975.

THEODORE OLSON: On September 11, the US Solicitor General Theodore Olson received two phone calls from his wife, lawyer and TV commentator Barbara Olson, who was aboard Flight 77, which would strike the Pentagon.

A book critical of the administration of ex-President Bill Clinton, The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House, became a bestseller three months after her death.

Olson handles the federal government's cases at the Supreme Court and has led the Bush administration's battle for new powers in the name of national security.

LISA BEAMER: Since her husband, Todd, helped lead what appeared to be a rebellion against their Flight 93 hijackers, Lisa Beamer has met President Bush, spoken at religious gatherings and made appearances at ceremonies, including the dedication of a post office in honour of her husband.

A month after the attacks, Beamer, 32, took the same Newark-to-San Francisco flight her husband had been on, to raise money for a foundation in his name. She gave birth to her daughter, Morgan, in January.