The live picture fades mid-collapse from Chopper4 to this camera on top of the 70-story GE Building at 30 Rockefeller Center, a location which became an observation deck/tourist attraction – “Top of the Rock” – in 2005. The building is home to most of NBC’s New York studios.
Notice the skewed, leaning view. Hear anchor Matt Lauer be prompted to say the towers WERE leaning. At 9:07 am! (The camera was crooked all day. It captured the WTC 7 demolition attributed to CBS by NIST.)
A third LIVE NBC camera broadcasts from a building NE of the WTC, but only as the dust cloud begins to rise. A full length replay airs 7 minutes after the event. (See non-LIVE views below, NBC Woolworth view.)
Raw NIST Cumulus files: WNBC Dub10 03 (YT link 1 above) and WNBC Dub5 106, partial as seen live.
NBC View 2: GE Building
YouTube 1 & 2
