Flight 175
2nd WTC Attack Missed |
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TV network & amateur shots, in that order |
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ABC NewsCopter 7 (Watch on YouTube) |
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Previously known as "Chopper X" because it was assumed ABC's Chopper 7 captured the LIVE International Shot. Newly discovered eyewitness testimony shows Chopper 880 for WCBS-AM radio simultaneously broadcast the famous plane crash video... on ABC, CNN, Fox News, BBC.... NewsCopter 7 didn't air live footage until 9:08, upon finally arriving from the Linden, NJ airport 14 miles away. See the 4th image at left for Chopper 7's first broadcast images. We were climbing through eleven hundred feet toward an assigned altitude of fifteen hundred feet, and then we saw it. Paul Smith, my pilot, saw it before I did -- an airliner, traveling from south to north, traveling low and fast.
"Now what's this guy doing?" I asked Paul.
"You see this yahoo?" he shot back.
Paul was thinking the same thing I was: the jetliner was on an approach to Newark's shortest and most seldom used runway, and was, for some reason, slightly off course. Airplanes would come up from the south and then turn west near the Statue of Liberty onto final approach. Paul assumed that this airplane would do just that, and he was perturbed that Newark's air traffic controller hadn't advised us that there was an airplane in our vicinity.
Interestingly, BBC showed this angle for 1 second at 9:17... a miscued, belated replay of the ABC 2nd hit missed footage. UPDATE: BBC was broadcasting the WABC feed, which mistakenly keeps the LIVE banner on the screen during the last second of the Chopper 7 explosion replay... the only one for some reason. |
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ABC Brooklyn Cam (YouTube) |
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This angle is fascinating because at the precise moment of impact, the famous LIVE chopper shot of the plane crossfades to this extreme closeup of the North Tower (ABC7 local and CNN) as if to hide the impact. The broadcast switches back to the chopper shot before the fireball erupts into the screen, except in extended replays of the shot (see 1st photo at left). Details on exact camera/building location can be found at The Last Resort forum under the thread title "2nd hit Camera Angle Change." The timing of the angle change may have been a coincidence, but we mustn't forget the same thing happened almost simultaneously on CBS and NBC.
"On the roof"
The ABC LIVE Analysis (Part 4) by Broken Sticks correctly identifies the camera as remote controlled, due to the jerky zoom at 9:02 that sets up the 2nd hit synchronized switch angle. (The above quote confirms this.) R.I.P. transmitter operator Don DiFranco, who was on the 110th floor of WTC 1 when |
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CNN 9:13 (YouTube) |
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This view is deceivingly identical to the 9:10 angle that caught the plane. Camera motion indicates the shot is not the same. Also, the picture is too clear and in focus to be the same point of perspective. Perhaps there were two cameras operating from 5 Penn Plaza. |
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NBC LIVE (YouTube) |
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Another LIVE camera angle switch during plane impact - as with ABC7/CNN above - to a tight shot of WTC 1. (See all the LIVE recordings with a plane.) This camera zooms out and adjusts after the impact, as can be seen in the FNN Japan version. Also, see the LIVE BBC version, where the zoom out happens during a different shot, but ongoing adjustments are apparent. |
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WB11 Chopper Air11 (WPIX-TV) See the YouTube 1 & 2 |
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Chet Wilson, helicopter cameraman. Ray Rivera, pilot. Melinda Murphy, reporter. See cwair11.com/911.html for reference. |
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WB11, Michael Barbagallo (Watch) |
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This shot is attributed to WB11 (WPIX-TV) thanks to information provided by videographer Mike Barbagallo's wife in the 'more info' section of the YouTube version. Quote: My husband Mike was downtown on the morning of 9/11. It was election day for a new NYC mayor. Mike and his coworker Tony Mazza were a few blocks away when the CW (WB at the time) assignment desk told them that a plane hit the WTC building. They walked over and begin to shoot the scene. After about 20 minutes of shooting they heard the second plane zoom overhead. Mike was able to capture the end of the plane entering the building. Glass and debris started to fall everywhere and Mike ran into the Millennium Hotel for shelter. Tony took off for the other CW truck. When Mike found it to be safe again, he began to record. After about 10 minutes of footage, he begin to return to the truck. By the time Mike reached the truck, the first tower began to come down. He took a gulp of fresh air and jumped into his truck for safety. When the smoke settled, he drove back to the station unharmed. . . . This angle was also shown around the world on other networks, such as CNN. A WB11 aired version isn't available online, apparently. |
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Amateur (?) Interviewing Man Turns Camera Above (NBC) YouTube |
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From NBC 9/12 at 12:03 am, clip 1 of 2. Is this an amateur shot? Will we ever know? Download mpeg2 or mp4 from archive.org (includes amateur clips 8 and 9 below -- found in directory at http://ia341239.us.archive.org/2/items/911_News_Clips/). |
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Amateur - Brief Explosion Clip (NBC) YouTube |
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From NBC 9/12 at 12:03 am, clip 2 of 2 in the video, after #7 above. This is a rare shot of the fireball, which begs the question: "Where's the rest of the video?" Maybe it just wasn't interesting enough to air on TV. |
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Amateur (?) from below, Park Row - CBS YouTube 1 & 2 |
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Aired on CBS (only CBS?) as early as 12:44 pm... and many times throughout the day... at 10:18 and 10:30 pm, etc. No credit for the videographer is given, although the Sutch brothers footage was the subject of discussion during these airings. |
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Amateur (?) on CNN 9/12, 5:04 am YouTube |
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Shot from N similar to Michael Kovalenko amateur, seen below (or above in the playlist). The clip begins with a shot from the CNN 9:10 am 2nd hit view, but from before the attacks began. |
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Amateur from Discovery & RTL YouTube |
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A short clip from Discovery's "Inside the Twin Towers" (2006) and the German version on RTL DVD, "Die Letzten Minuten Im World Trade Center." It's the 2nd plane impact plus about 5 seconds rare footage with audio. Thanks, quantumflux432 for pointing this out... and for finding more of the same video seconds later, but in the 2008 History Channel special "102 Minutes...." |
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NBC Producer Shachar Bar-on YouTube |
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Previously unknown amateur. UPDATE Jan. 17, 2010: See Bar-on's story of the 2nd plane hit on MSNBC's website. There's now more interest for the short clip from N. |
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Bob and Bri, "What We Saw" Revver link (see 11:45) |
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Uploaded to Revver 9/11/2006, with a suspicious edit during the plane impact. It could just be that the recording was stopped for a minute... bad timing... as with the towers' |
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CameraPlanet - "PLANES" Youtube |
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Rare view with interesting explosion audio (not found on the newest archive clip reel, linked under 15 below). Found at a forgotton link, the original CameraPlanet .mov file had the Brian Gately and Jen S. 2nd hit videos before this short clip. Other CameraPlanet videos with the plane include Gary Pollard and Luis Alonso. See the main 2nd hit page to have a look. |
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CameraPlanet - "Shot from right below North Tower" Youtube 1 & 2 |
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Star Reese is named as the videographer in National Geographic's DVD set "Inside 9/11," the bonus program called "Witness 9/11." (watch) The longer CameraPlanet version of this clip begins with audio from CNN in the background. For this reason we know there was an edit (or the camera stopped recording for a bit), just before the explosion happens. There is a gap in the broadcast. See also this shorter version, which begins with the explosion. Part of this video was uploaded again by CameraPlanetArchive to highlight the window washers on WTC 7. |
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CameraPlanet - "Tower 1 on fire" Youtube |
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The plane impact seems edited out. Of course, the camera could have been turned off for a minute. |
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CameraPlanet - "West Side Highway - Near Pier 59..." Youtube |
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"That was not an American Airlines. That was not an American Airlines." Allegedly, it was a United plane Flight 175. She's right, then. |
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CameraPlanet - Woman on Roof Part 1 & 2 |
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Update: Cynthia Malaran is named in National Geographic's "Inside 9/11" bonus program "Witness 9/11." Malaran's shot is in the first few seconds. Online in the CameraPlane Archive part one of the video is titled "Rooftop view from across Hudson on North Tower burning." LOL, how about from East Village. "Both Towers Smoking, dark balck smoke" is Part 2. LOVE the spelling, CameraPlanetArchive. |
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Cruzate.com - NY Hell (YouTube link) |
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The source file was made available at the camera operator's website cruzate.com/nyhell. Unfortunately, the video quality was/is terrible. See the photo at left (and on the website) for a clear view from this person's perspective. "...When I was back in the roof I saw just before my eyes the explosion on Tower 2. I didn't see the plane, nor did any of the other guys on the roof. We speculated for a few minutes. The only thing we could imagine was on of the wings of the first plane hitting the other tower and provoking the explosion, but that was very unlikely...." Note the cameraman's response, currently at the top of his website: I find it very upsetting to find my name associated with videos trying to prove that there wasn't a second plane on the 9/11 attacks. I totally reject that view and in any case my words were used totally out of context and without my permission. To be more explicit, I totally reject the videos hosted in livevideo.com by "no plane witnesses" and "socialservice". Both use my name and my words without my permission for the purpose of proving their lunatic theory. |
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Peter DiPilato (YouTube link 1 - short and 2 - full) |
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CameraPlanet included Peter in the film "7 Days in September," made in 2002. Part of his interview is included above. Thanks to the CameraPlanet 7 Days website, we can discover the circumstances of this 2nd hit (missed) video: "On September 11, 2001 I was sleeping on the couch of my apartment on the 27th floor-which faces the north side of the two towers. I started shooting when the phone rang and my friend told me to go out on my terrace to see what had happened. When I saw the indentation of what looked like a plane in tower #1, I grabbed my camcorder and proceeded to film the hole filled with smoke. I stopped it after a few minutes, then turned it back on just as the second plane hit. See more of Peter's video including jumpers in "PD1_7-1_" ...and 33 seconds more in "Amatuer CU on North Tower after hit, man talking in...." Good titles and organization there, CameraPlanetArchive. Geez. |
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DK08 w/ Audio (YouTube link) |
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Courtesy Dan Klein at bestshotfootage.com. (I think the DK in the title/video code is a coincidence.) I personally corresponded with Dan, during which time he attached this video in an email (in 3 parts), as well as an extended version of the |
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Caroline Dries (YouTube link) |
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From "102 Minutes that Changed America" (THC, 9/11/2008). Follow the link to history.com... which tells us Caroline's location was at the NYU dorms. In the video we learn the girls (Megan [spelling?] and Caroline) are on the 32nd floor (with a boy!)... where they immediately head for the elevator to evacuate. The artistic documentary "102 Minutes..." aired again on March 23, 2009. This is why Caroline's footage appeared on the Sky News website March 20. (Watch) |
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ITNsource.com clip 56 of 82 id 3155 (YouTube link) |
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"Another one! Another one! Another one!"
News giant Reuters aka ITNSource has the footage available for licensing, for hundreds of dollars: http://www.itnsource.com/compilations/faithhistoryandpolitics.... Does their full version cut off in the middle of the explosion, I wonder? |
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Johnstayhome (YouTube link) |
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Johnstayhome was watching NBC Channel 4 with his videocamera pointed at the TV. The screen blacks out - with static - upon impact. By request, he uploaded a clearer second version of the explosion on his TV. |
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Michael Kovalenko (YouTube link) |
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This clip comes from HBO's "In Memoriam: New York City 9-11-01" (2002). Watch the entire program now. It is a rare occurance that the videographers are named. (Notably, the famous loud WTC 7 explosion video - while not shown in the HBO special - IS identified.) |
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LolLoosechange - "Big Fire ball..." (Watch) |
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Rediscovered thanks to new YouTube user 911allcausticcamera, who is currently uploading some rare videos (week ending October 25, 2009). His 1st upload, "The moment in a second of explosion . 1" was thought to be new. Notice Killtown's comments. The video is in fact a no audio version of "Big Fire ball from plane hitting The World Trade Center," from YouTuber LolLoosechange - uploaded May 14, 2007, source unknown. |
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Bruce & Brad Miller - NW Jersey View (Watch) |
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Uploaded to YouTube September 07, 2006 by millertime83. Titled "In Memory: September 11th," as it is on vidoemo.com. Also it's on vimeo.com as "Eternal Memories," posted by Brad Miller. The video credits: "Video Footage and Photos: Bruce Miller, Brad Miller, Stevens Television." Thanks to prishep for pointing this one out. |
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MKus1001 (Watch) |
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Uploaded to YouTube April 29, 2010 by MKus1001. Titled "September 11, 2001 (Airplane hit)." Audio contains music. Building obscures explosion. Thanks to 911allcausticcamera for pointing this one out. |
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Moment of Explosion 2 (Watch) |
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UPDATE: Earlier source found at radarheinrich.de, thanks to Prishep aka 1979000. Thanks also to 911allcausticcamera, who has come out of nowhere (not America, going by the English grammar) and posted several rare videos shot by anonymous others on 9/11. This video was posted earlier by 911PL - in January as opposed to October - but the newer post seems to be of better quality. You be the judge. |
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Uscha Pohl (Watch) |
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The following info was gathered by YougeneDebs (Thanks!). Quote: |
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Vince Sabio (YouTube 1., 2., & 3.) |
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One of several clips used in the United States v. Zacarias Moussaoui trial, in exhibit number P200015. Notice the TV outage, as in Johnstayhome above... except here the network is CBS2 (watch). |
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SasssyMami - YouTube user (YouTube now & deleted/archived) |
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"Sept 11 2001, from my kitchen window" was recorded with an old videocamera, so SasssyMami played the tape on TV and recorded THAT with a new camera. Her first version is not archived. The following quote is from her Sept. 7, 2008, third upload (which has music instead of original audio): "I REMOVED ANYONE FROM BEING ABLE TO MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT MY VIDEO AS IT APPEARS TO ME THAT I AM SIMPLY ATTRACTING THE MOST IGNORANT AND WEIRDEST PEOPLE THIS WEBSITE HAS SURFING IT. THIS IS MY PERSONAL PAIN WHAT I WENT THRU, I DIDN'T PUT IT ON HERE FOR YOU IMBECILES TO SIT THERE AND SAY OH IT ISNT TRUE, OR THAT I MADE THIS UP. I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT NONSENSE, AND I DONT WANT TO HEAR WHAT ANY OF YOU FREAKS HAVE TO SAY. I AM KEEPING IT POSTED FOR THOSE THAT ACTUALLY RESPECT MY PAIN, AND ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING THE FOOTAGE THAT I AM ABLE TO OFFER. I also removed the sound because I don't want to share that with youtube anymore either. This video is on vhs tape, and I am using another camera to record the playback of the original tape to my tv, until i get it from the tape to my computer. This week marks the 7th year anniversary of 9-11-01 and it always brings me great sadness. I want to share this video so that people will not forget why our great nation is at war to begin with. Support our troops! . . . " |
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Etienne Sauret (YouTube clip) |
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Aired on 9/11 at an unknown time. The Sauret DVD is called "WTC: The First 24 Hours." It contains only footage with original audio, no commentary. See the film above, as found on Google Video. The production is obviously made by an industry professional. His use of a tripod helps display the tremors felt during both the 2nd hit and the North Tower |
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Sunnylicious (NEW 9/11/2009) (Watch on YouTube) |
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The videographer uploaded to YouTube September 11 2009, but his coworker uploaded a longer version Sept. 2007. Discovered in the research community thanks to a mirror upload by 911allcausticcamera Nov. 16, 2009. From the Sunnylicious blog, we read:
I was at work on the 5th floor of 111 Fulton Street, which is 3 blocks away from the World Trade Center site. |
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Sutch Brothers (GarageTV link) |
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The photographers, brothers Jeff and Scott Such (spelling?) appeared early in the morning of September 12th on CBS at 3:50 am. You can grab the CBS news clip with the interview and portions of their footage here: http://xenomorph.s3.amazonaws.com/CBS-9-12-350am.avi We shall assume the spelling is "Sutch." Listen to the reporter say the name during the street interview at 10:18 pm, and 9/12 at 3:50 am,
Notables: The jumpers scene aired on CBS at 6:33 pm and many times thereafter (on CBS at 8:17 pm, for example). Curious debris in the street looks like building material. (Click the link to see photos from another angle.) |
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Mike Toole (YouTube clip) |
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A short clip from HBO's "In Memoriam: New York City 9/11/01" (HBO, 2002). This and many more mainstream 9/11 documentaries are collected here at 911conspiracy.tv. Download the documentary in HQ if you like (at your own risk). |
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Videobiograph (YouTube link) |
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"WTC 9-11-01 Newly posted amateur footage" appeared April 2, 2008. A witness to the 1st plane wears a straw hat, telling his story to the camera. A self-proclaimed architect can be heard praising the design of the two towers. Quoting the 'more info' on YouTube: This is amateur footage accidentally showing the second plane hit the World Trade Center on 9-11-01. It has been sitting unseen in a video camera since that day. The footage has been shortened to fit here but was not staged in any way and was filmed by a private individual on vacation. It was a surprise to the cameraman when the second plane hit and as the dialog that's captured relates, some thought it was part of the first plane that had somehow dropped and caused the second explosion...remember, people down on the street were not aware of what was going on till later. More has not yet come from Videobiograph. Maybe it's because Simon Shack subscribed, attracting his group of followers to pester the man with claims that all 9/11 video was computer generated... or otherwise FAKED. |
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Cynthia Weil (video unavailable) |
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Click on the image at left to see the video frames used in the NIST report. See page 202 of the PDF. Maybe we can see this video once the FOIA request is finished and the image database is opened. (Thanks to Quantumflux432 for pointing out the existence of this video.) |
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"Why the Towers Fell" from Church St. (YouTube clip) |
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Also includes the "Spiegel TV" shot of the 2nd plane impact. That shot was so named because a European version of "Why the Towers Fell" (PBS, 2002) aired on Spiegel TV, with their logo... which appeared on the Internet. Thanks, Quantumflux432 for pointing out the existence of this video. |
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