Aired on CNN at an unknown time (see link 1). Professional quality. His shot features the earth apparently shaking ~10 seconds before the “collapse.” Comparing other videos finds no verification of the phenomenon (see for instance Rick Siegel 911 Eyewitness Hoboken compared). Camera location at 145 Ave of the Americas was about 1.54km away, and considering the time it takes for seismic waves to travel (“surface waves” (?) being half as fast as primary waves, or sound waves… the speed of sound through granite is 5,000 m/s), the shake would have taken about a second to travel to Sauret’s camera.
To use his video as proof of demolition (or at least to prove NIST lied in their exterior column failure claim), analysis of the slow motion video shows the antenna dropped first. The collapse initiated inside the core.
The acclaimed Sauret documentary is titled “WTC: The First 24 Hours.” Scenes from the film were featured in the famous Naudet documentary “9/11,” among many others. The footage of Ground Zero, empty and quiet, is particularly striking. The DVD is really 2 films, one artistically short and one extended.
NIST Cumulus file: CNN Dub 6 02 (see also in low quality in the folder “Etienne Sauret – WTC The First 24 Hours” – or decent quality in “CBS NaudetNaudet 2 clip_13”) UPDATE: Release 10 has a good quality 28-minute wmv file (640×480 px) as file CNNWTCI-329-I-#6.
Etienne Sauret
YouTube 1, 2 & 3
