Commemorating 9/11: Rare Videos Not Released for Years After Attacks

Commemorating 9/11: Rare Videos Not Released for Years After Attacks
A picture taken 20 May 1986 in New York shows the Statue of Liberty and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in the background. MARIO SURIANI/AFP/Getty Images
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Explosions boom as the first World Trade Center tower begins to collapse. The man who held a video camera nearby pointed the camera up for 5 seconds. He was so close to the building he had to flee almost immediately.

Meanwhile, another man films the tower collapsing from a boat. His voice goes quiet in shock. We can almost hear his heart pounding, and then his words, collapsing under immense grief, speak for us all.