Although the tower is in view for a moment during the initiation, the collapse is not seen. Still, this angle must be included here. Audio is preserved, assuming no artistic license or censorship has occurred (as with brother Gedeon’s airplane impact shot, with missing frames). Notice the vacuum effect as the dust and paper is sucked up the street back toward Ground Zero! This phenomenon is investigated briefly by Achimspok in NORTH TOWER part2 – Ch18.
The clip comes only from the famous Naudet-Hanlon documentary “9/11,” seen on CBS March 2002 for the 6 month anniversary, and on UK TV (at least) in Sept. 2006 for the 5-year anniversary. See the VHS/DVD version here. James Hanlon the actor/producer/firefighter narrated the film, which includes the only quality shot of the 1st plane impact at 8:46. I personally think that shot was staged. The gas leak that caused the intersection to be blocked off… was planned long in advance by people who knew there had to be one good video of the event… and it had to be controlled. What better propaganda than the best 9/11 documentary, with unsuspecting FDNY heroes as the stars!
Jules Naudet, “9/11”
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