UPDATE 2011: Footage aired for the 10th anniversary with interviews of the reporters and camera crews. One version comes from the “Dr. Ebbetts” DVD “September 11, 2001 – As It Happened – A Composite.” (Download WTC2 avi.) Note there are at least two other New York 1 views not aired live: 1. from the Empire State Building and 2. from West Side Hwy./West St. In the live shot as the collapse ensued, nearby Kristen Shaughnessy of NY1 said from her telephone, “it’s exploding.” The cameraman is unknown, but NY1 crew in the area included John Schiumo (heard at 9:21 am say “here in Battery Park City” – nearby), Wiener Milien (named with a caption in HBO’s “In Memoriam: New York City 9/11/01 – not nearby), Yogi Colon (seen narrating his collapse aftermath footage in the studio at 2:04 pm) ….
It seems the camera shakes slightly a few seconds before the collapse, as if there were an explosion underground prior to “collapse.” Of course, we can’t see the camera. It may be on the cameraman’s shoulder, or it may have been bumped. A similar issue has been debated with a famous WTC 1 collapse video by E. Sauret.
No NIST FOIA file has been found.
New York 1 (NY1)
YouTube 1 & 2
