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Posted on 02/11/2010 4:53:15 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
We have seen the Twin Towers collapse hundreds of times on TV. The steel and glass skyscrapers exploding like a bag of flour, the dust and smoke pluming out across Manhattan. But never like this, from above. Nine years after the defining moment of the 21st century, a stunning set of photographs taken by New York Police helicopters forces us to look afresh at a catastrophe we assumed we knew so well.
(Photos at link)
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I feel like a lot of it went down the memory hole -- it's rare to see images of the burning, the falling bodies, and the collapse.
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