High quality versions now available thanks to the International Center for 9/11 Studies NIST FOIA, released in torrent form at 911datasets.org. Watch also in “Ground Zero Underworld,” (UK Ch.4, 2007) more than once. The media had lined up on West St./the West Side Highway (you will notice). Byron Pitts presented the summary for CBS Evening News, during which this particular shot was the one used to show the North Tower event. Watch at the TV archive site and notice the edit. The 4:59 pm airing with an extra second reveals the zipper of explosions rapidly moving down the west face. (See “Acceleration + Serendipity” by DavidChandler911.)
Raw NIST Cumulus files: CBS-Net_Dub4 32 and CBS-Net Dub6 04 (29 seconds longer, of equal quality)
CBS on West Side Hwy.
YouTube 1, 2 & 3
