9/11 The Falling Man

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Did anyone else watch this at weekend on More 4?

Let me start off by saying that watching the events of 9/11 was no less harrowing than watching the live footage 15 years ago, in fact this program showed footage that was probably more harrowing. You really can't help but be shocked and saddened.

Watching this program makes you understand the power of photography, how much impact it can have on people and families the world over. It also raised the interesting debate on ethics within photography, publishing and media. It does also show that an image that once caused outrage can symbolise something much more.

A powerful image for sure.
 
Ricardodaforce said:
Isn't that an old show? I am sure I watched it years ago.
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Dunno, first time I've seen it. Been running programmes to commemorate the 15th anniversary.
 
I watched it years ago. Quick Google shows 2006.

I was watching 102 Minutes, from 2008.

Both very good documentaries.
 
kendo1 said:
I watched it years ago. Quick Google shows 2006.

I was watching 102 Minutes, from 2008.

Both very good documentaries.
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I've got that and another one (can't remember the title off the top of my head) to watch yet.

Anyway, sorry for bringing up an old topic. Still, powerful image.
 
Yes I watched it last night, not for the first time.
More harrowing I found, were the images of people crowded at the broken windows above the impact floors, just trying to get air.
 
The 9/11 Hotel was interesting too.
14 people in the WTC Marriot (at the foot of the towers) who survived the collapse of both towers because they happened to be in the section of the hotel that was rebuilt and reinforced following the 1993 bombing which happened in the underground car park below the hotel ballroom.
 
on that terrible day i was taxiing an American businessman to GLA

I pulled over as he listened to the BBC for some time, with tears streaming down his face

he never said a word - just wept. I really beleive that event struck at the heart of every US citizen

RIP
 
Very harrowing documentary. It still doesn't seem real in some ways! You just cannot bear to think how people in the buildings and planes must have felt if they knew their own outcome.
 
Yardbent said:
on that terrible day i was taxiing an American businessman to GLA

I pulled over as he listened to the BBC for some time, with tears streaming down his face

he never said a word - just wept. I really beleive that event struck at the heart of every US citizen

RIP
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I was in London watching it live on a production feed. Canary Wharf was evacuated as it was thought a similar thing would happen there. As we drove out of London, a huge police convoy stopped all traffic to escort Blairs wife and children out in a X5 BMW.

Time covered it and has some other unpublished images of the towers.
http://time.com/4453467/911-september-11-falling-man-photo/
 
Byker28i said:
I was in London watching it live on a production feed. Canary Wharf was evacuated as it was thought a similar thing would happen there. As we drove out of London, a huge police convoy stopped all traffic to escort Blairs wife and children out in a X5 BMW.

Time covered it and has some other unpublished images of the towers.
http://time.com/4453467/911-september-11-falling-man-photo/
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I think it marks one of those days where you willl always remember where you were it when you heard it. I originally heard a small plane had crashed into the twin towers, then the internet died...

Went onto the boardroom on the 2nd floor and switched the TV on... I will always remeber the words of one colleague, as we stood shocked watching the first plane slam into the towers....

"Oh I hope no one was hurt!"

I still remember the crucifying withering look i gave him.
 
I also remember sat etching the news and it said a small plane. The next minute, live on air, another plane smashes in to the other tower. Just unbelievable.
 
Yes it was indeed a defining moment in terror and its ability to be covered in real time on TV.
I was sat in an open plan IT office in Barnsley watching it on an old TV someone had for the odd football match.
I don't remember my feelings so much as I remember how much anger and maddness would come from the attack.
And for sure it did, I whoever carried out those attacks could not foresee how much disaster would follow.
 
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