Falling Man: the many faces of a 9/11 riddle

The Sunday Times (UK) ^ | March 5, 2006 | by Giles Hattersley

[A knight without armor]

"If you need to ask, no explanation is possible."

My thoughts exactly.

[AUsome Joy]

I just went to your link and it brought back the sense of deep dread and fear as I knew my daughter was in the north tower when the first plane hit. I didn't know what happened to her until later that morning and learned that she was OK and had been on the 38th floor. She felt the impact of the plane and then the building swayed.

A few weeks later my husband and I went on a short trip and we met a woman whose daughter also worked there. Her daughter was late to work and came up out of the subway and saw people jumping. She was so shaken that she went back into the subway and left the area.

[eddie willers]

[itsLUCKY2B]

NEVER FORGET- NEVER FORGIVE!

[Drew68]

I don't think any of those people committed suicide.

I've never viewed it as suicide either. I think that in an inferno like this that there would come a point when your brain would shut off and your body will do *anything* to escape the crushing heat and smoke.

People who jumped may not have even made a conscious decision to do so. Their bodies did this for them.

[RoadTest]

"I don't think any of those people committed suicide. It's not suicide when you jump to escape from a burning building that will kill you, as far as I'm concerned."

You are right.

[Majie Purple]

I'll never forget! Nor will I allow others to.Bookmark on my FR Links t'will be shortly...

[keithtoo]

[Old Professer]

"9/11: The Falling Man, a documentary to be screened on Channel 4 on March 16, and Junod’s original article stop just short of saying Briley is definitely the Falling Man."

An odd way to go about hyping a TV show.

[UB355]

mark

[manwiththehands]

Pictures that are pertinent to the story steal precious bandwidth needed for pop-ups and advertising.

[swmobuffalo]

New York Minute

I'll never hear that song again without thinking of that day.

[freema]

Ditto.

[devolve]

[BenLurkin]

Clinton legacy bump.

[paul51]

I think in this case, the photographer wants and answer because not knowing is a true burden

What's the burden? It's seems more like a morbid fascination to me. What is the point of this endeavor?

[georgia2006]

He has been improperly identified before.

I saw one picture taken by Bolivar Arello of a person after they had hit the ground

[kajingawd]

Many of the images of 9/11 are like that. I think in this case, the photographer wants and answer because not knowing is a true burden"


why is the photographer burdened?

[aculeus]

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[fatima]

aculeus Thanks for the article.Joe thanks for the link.God rest his soul.