Elizabeth Stringer Keefe has shared the photo every year since 9/11. She finally found the owners after it went viral this year.
"I have always said to myself about the photo that I try not to think about what the story behind it is, and that I just want to get the photo back," Keefe told Boston Magazine.
After years of getting nowhere, Keefe posted the picture on Twitter Thursday night, where it was retweeted more than 58,000 times and led to a page on Reddit where users tried to help locate the owner.
After the photo spread through the internet, Keefe said she was "shocked" and "thrilled" by the interest.
"I feel like people are giving it the exposure it needs to get the right set of eyes on it. Twitter has literally taken it up. I think that it could be the year that it gets back to the owner. I hope so," she said to Boston Magazine.
