UPDATE 2018: 60 Minutes posted some of Mark’s video with his commentary. Camera operator Mark LaGanga was named in the NIST FOIA, release 25, folder 42A0120 – G25D31 (Watch in full now), which features extended tape from CBS going into WTC Building 7 between collapses. As WTC 1 “falls” LaGanga doesn’t budge— as people run for their lives! Somebody is knocked to the ground by the force of the wind, just before pebbles hit the camera lens and all becomes black. The camera lens is too dusty to see detail of the “collapse” initiation.
Aired in full 9/11 on CBS at 12:58 pm and on FOX at 10:02 pm. This shot has often been replayed starting after the building begins to crumble, as/after the camera operator wipes the lens clean. Other popular, aired moments from Mark’s tape include 1. the old guy in the dust who says, “It collapsed. The top floors collapsed down. I saw it blow and then ran like hell. Thank God. I’m 69 but I can still run.” and 2. the Secret Service agent (title: OST, name: Bennette) inside dusty, evacuated WTC7 as the alarm sounds, before the WTC1 “collapse” and 3. THE best shot of WTC3 (Marriott) before WTC1 collapse – U TURN sign, Marriott crushed, debris, looks up at WTC1, smashed ambulance on its side; and 4. Interview with man in blue shirt with shoulder bag who helped carry a woman in a wheelchair down stairs from floor 68 – Mike Benfante – worked at Network Plus communications company on 81st floor of 1 WTC… where the bathroom was blown out he says. Hmmm.
NIST files: CBS-Net Dub3 31 (and release 25 as mentioned above)
CBS Mark LaGanga
YouTube 1 & 2
