Last week stunning footage of the Twin Towers’ destruction was uploaded to YouTube by a videographer named Kei Sugimoto. Then 24 years of age, Sugimoto filmed the harrowing event from a rooftop in the East Village of Manhattan, about two miles from the World Trade Center.
Within a few days, the footage went viral on social media, amassing over 60 million views on X and more than 1.5 million views on Sugimoto’s YouTube channel. The predominate discussion among millions of people online was the demolition-like nature of the buildings’ destruction.
Through our analysis of the video, we discovered that the short segment showing the South Tower’s destruction had previously aired on Sky News and CBS 9 in Washington, D.C. Still, most of the 57 minutes of footage, including that of the North Tower’s destruction, appears to be brand new. The new video is also valuable because the footage of the South Tower’s demise is much better quality than previous versions.
The new version of Sugimoto’s footage also includes a conversation among his acquaintances about how it appeared to them that the South Tower had fallen due to an explosion and not as a result of the jet fuel-ignited fires. Their observation mirrors the recorded reactions of other people who were filming the event — and the perception of nearly 200 eyewitnesses at the scene.
On Wednesday, IC911 Executive Director Ted Walter went on the show Redacted to share his analysis of the new footage. He highlighted three significant features that support the case for controlled demolition:
- A bright flash and structural damage on the northeast corner of the South Tower above the impact zone, which is totally incompatible with the official story;
- A newly identified squib near the southeast corner of the South Tower that coincided with the fall of the top section, which is equally incompatible with the official story because the nearby airplane impact hole would provide plenty of room for displaced air to exit the building;
- Sugimoto’s friends perceiving that the South Tower appeared to have been brought down by an explosion.
We encourage you to watch this informative interview on Redacted and share it widely. Also be sure to check out the original explosive footage.
Redacted Interview
Abridged Kei Sugimoto Video
Translation of Japanese Spoken after Each Tower’s Destruction
South Tower
Woman: Ahh. Oh no.
Man: It collapsed. Look.
Man: Hey. That’s terrible.
Woman: No way!
Woman: It’s gone.
Woman: It’s horrible.
Man: Oh no, everyone down there is in trouble.
Woman: [Not intelligible.]
Woman: This is bad bad bad bad bad!
Man: Everyone down there is dead.
Woman: All the surrounding buildings are destroyed, right?
Man: Everyone covering the event down there is dead.
Woman: They’re down there, right?
Man: It’s still spreading.
Woman: Incredible.
Woman: That wasn’t a fire, right? Was it another explosion? It didn’t go from the bottom.
Woman: I think it was an explosion. There was a “PWOAN” [loud explosion sound] at the bottom.
Woman: It’s gone.
Woman: Terrible.
North Tower
Woman: It collapsed.
Man: There it goes.
Woman: I didn’t see it.
Woman: The glass really flew.
Woman: Oh no, it fell to the side.
Man: Incredible.
Woman: To the side, right?
Woman: Were they able to plant such a perfect bomb there?
Man: It’s a bomb, right?
Woman: It collapsed so perfectly.
Woman: Collapsed all the way to the bottom.
Translation courtesy of James Corbett.
