First aired 2 minutes after the event on New York channel 2. While later replaying the footage, they (WCBS) reported: “3rd blast brought down tower.” A 16-million dollar investigation by the NIST (part of the U.S. Commerce Dept.) argued otherwise, while failing to explain the ground level blast. (See Fireball at Street Level, below.)
This view was also a LIVE CBS News 2nd plane impact video perspective. It aired on CBS2 NY several times, but not much on the national network. (See the CBS TV archive.) For a while the clip was on the wcbstv.com website (now a dead link).
Strangely, two other CBS cameras missed the collapse: the CBS camera on the Trump International Hotel & Tower at 1 Central Park West near the CBS Broadcast Center (at 530 W 57th St) — which is the 1st view seen as CBS fades in from Pentagon coverage — AND the camera on the General Motors Building, aka FAO Schwartz, E 58th St at Madison Ave. That’s the one with the Empire State Building in the shot on the right. DID these two cameras record the event?
NIST Cumulus files: WCBS Dub2_27 (banner graphic blocks final seconds), CBS_Broadcast_8-45ACBS2_clip11 (and clip15 – all cut short by news banner), and FOX and CBS clips – Selected eventsSelected events clips_10 (and 11)
CBS2 Blue Angle (WCBS)
YouTube 1, 2 & 3
