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NYPD Releases Previously Unseen Photographs of Collapsing Twin Towers

Zoltan Arva-Toth | Film | February 12, 2010 | 4 Comments
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The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has released a series of previously unseen aerial photographs that document the collapse of the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001. The Twin Towers were destroyed in a devastating terror attack conducted by Al-Qaeda, acting in accord with the 1998 fatwa issued against the United States and its allies. After the terrorists had flown a pair of passenger jets into the skyscrapers, the only vehicles allowed in the air space near the World Trade Center were police helicopters, which is where these newly released photos were taken from. The photographer was Detective Greg Semendinger, who allegedly took three rolls of film with a Minolta camera, plus 245 digital photos. Many of the latter have been published since then, but his film shots were only released yesterday, after ABC News had filed a Freedom of Information Act request back in 2009.

Website: See 12 images on MSNBC

Photo credit: Detective Greg Semendinger



 

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#1 Peter Hearl

Great picture, very sad day.

2:56 pm - Sunday, February 14, 2010

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I can't forgot those days. It was very sad.

9:17 am - Monday, February 15, 2010

#3 chris

very beautiful shots.
hope to see such scene again soon.

2:29 pm - Monday, February 15, 2010

#4 flag poles

What a scene and what a terrible day that was.

2:35 pm - Sunday, August 15, 2010

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