Richard Drew on photographing the "Falling Man" of 9/11
4.2M views · Sep 5, 2021 · News & Politics
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@V1000x · 3 years ago
I hope people realize that the falling man was a person, a person who wasn't destined to die that day but was forced to die that day, remember in the end that was a person, a living person
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@eliazupadhyay5592 · 1 year ago
The story of the guy identifying his Fiancé from a picture must have been absolutely gut-wrenching for him, I can't even begin to process how he felt
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@stephendoing2253 · 2 years ago
The "falling man" took control of his life at that time.
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@DefinitelyMiamiVice · 3 years ago
Man, that guy that recognized his fiancé as one of the jumpers…just…OMG 😞💔
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@sig9girl · 3 years ago
What a sad choice those people had to make. It still breaks my heart. This journalist is very honest, and brilliant.
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@a1m4thah3d · 2 weeks ago
That man woke up like everyone else that day. Rolled out of bed, had a cup of a coffee, let the dogs out, kissed his family goodbye and left the house never knowing his final moments would be plummeting to his death after a terrorist attack on the WTC. You just never know when its your last day. My God
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@vernieb2005 · 3 years ago
I get so angry when some ignorant people say those victims committed suicide by jumping. No, no they didn't. They had a choice to suffocate, burn or jump. Which is not even a choice someone should ever have to make. They were murdered just like all of the other victims that day
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@chocloditelensman · 5 years ago (edited)
This guy has been at the most tragic and happiest events and has captured most of them. The “falling Man” is haunting and unsettling. Still saddens me to this day.
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@avdavey · 3 years ago
For anyone interested to know. That was Jonathan Briley who was an AV Technician who worked at Windows on the world. Anyone who knew Jon can identify him by his shoes, hair style, shirt and lanky body.<br>He was a great fellow! I have this image in one of my buildings as we dedicated it in Jon’s<br>memory.
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@dean1039 · 5 years ago
The reason this image is so impactful is because it shows the human element of the tradgedy. Watching buildings collapse is shocking, but it doesn't connect you to what the people went through inside the towers that day and the unbearable decisions they had to make. This photograph does that.
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@minhcarter9010 · 3 years ago
No matter how many years have passed, I still cry when this terrible day arrives every year.
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@blackwater2192 · 3 years ago
"Some of you may not want to see this." If you lived thorough 9.11, you've already seen it.
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