CNN was using WNYW Chopper5 feed for the first two seconds of the LIVE “collapse.” The shot then faded to this CNN camera at 5 Penn Plaza (their New York headquarters, also with another camera – see below), this view zoomed closest. Download the LIVE mpeg2. In the strange case of the South Tower footage – which missed it LIVE but did in fact capture it – the station didn’t broadcast it until the middle of the night.
The WTC 1 LIVE shots changed 3 times: 1) After 2 seconds from WNYW Chopper5, 2) after 4 seconds of the zoom, the 5 Penn Plaza wide shot faded in, 3) After 5 seconds of that stationary angle, this closeup angle faded back in, while the camera zoomed out. To see this particular zoomed shot without fading out and back in, see CBC Newsworld LIVE (Canada). Notice CBC attributes the shot to WABC, as does this unknown broadcast. Hectic times, I suppose.
Raw NIST Cumulus file: CNN Dub5 15 (missing last seconds of core remnant falling) — also NIST FOIA release 10, WTCI-329-I-#25 at 15:30 which has raw audio revealing that the camera operated inside where the CNN TV broadcast is heard.
CNN View 1: 5 Penn Plaza Roof Cam
YouTube 1 & 2
