As seen from the Empire State Building… called Metrocam by the news presenters. Watch the building core fall apart in longer versions, as seen rarely – for example in NIST FOIA 911datasets.org release 10, WTCI-329-I-#5.wmv at vrt 4:50. Closer views of the core are seen in the amateur Luigi Cazzaniga shot, the Dean Riviere architects‘ shot, C. Hopewell/Tinacart and Meridianmulti… (add more). The Aman Zafar photo sequence comes to mind (www.amanzafar.com has 50 HI RES photos and takes a while to load, so here is the one of the core).
This camera was shared by WABC and WNYW from the start of the day’s coverage, but WB11 aired the 2nd plane impact from this angle LIVE. WPIX replayed this South Tower “collapse” over and over. WABC NY local Channel 7 aired the first half second of the “collapse” LIVE from this angle. WPIX-TV (WB11) aired this angle live for a moment during the last seconds. Side note: See the new WPIX 9/11 memorial page now.
YougeneDebs used trig to discover the WB11 view “seems to be on the western half of the ESB at about the 88th storey. Notice the Staten Island shore line and structures there behind One Liberty Plaza, the old U.S. Steel building, the black building just to the left of center-frame for an estimate of the height of the perspective.”
Raw NIST Cumulus files: WPIX Dub1 87 (aired at 10:01, minus last few seconds of core collapse) and WPIX Dub1 94 (aired at 10:03 am, same). Longest version in release 10, WTCI-329-I-#5.wmv at vrt 4:50. ALSO in high mpeg-2 quality in release 28,
WPIX (WB11) Metrocam
YouTube 1, 2 & 3
