[ebneter]

Originally Posted by BBKF ↗

I have always assumed my friends were 2 of the jumpers. They were working at Cantor Fitzgerald. They either jumped or died quickly. I am not positive...maybe you know...it seems someone said many of the jumpers were from that office and Windows on the World. Is this just rumor?

Most of the floors of the North Tower above the impact zone were occupied by Cantor Fitzgerald and WotW, so most of the jumpers came from there. (There were very few jumpers from the South Tower.)

[dandroid]

for those haunted by this particular aspect...rent extremely loud and incredibly close...

[Bluegill]

It takes me a while to call out Photoshops too but when you work every day every week on it, you can spot it easily. No need to apologise at all Bill, you got it sent to you, not your fault mate!

[Mkx240]

Maybe some of you have seen this one. Shot of the North Tower shortly after impact. Several of the first jumpers fell from the east face around the impact zone in the offices near the lower parts of the smoke.

[Billthegravedigger]

Originally Posted by BBKF ↗

I have always assumed my friends were 2 of the jumpers. They were working at Cantor Fitzgerald. They either jumped or died quickly. I am not positive...maybe you know...it seems someone said many of the jumpers were from that office and Windows on the World. Is this just rumor?

Sadly, as Ebneter said, there were a lot of them from Cantor Fitzgerald. People rained down from all four sides of the North Tower for nearly the whole 102 minutes that the North Tower stood. Hell, there were destroyed bodies all over the Marriot's roof acordding to firefighters. Here's a still frame from a video shot by the NYPD helicoptor that was pretty close to the North Tower in several videos.

It is grainy, not clear, and not the best in any terms, but you can make out splattered bodies. That is what it is too, it is bodies. I saw a man come down from South face of the North Tower and hit the edge of the Marriot and explode everywhere.

[Billthegravedigger]

Originally Posted by draken ↗

Yeah, but at least those people had a choice. I was reading about the people who were trapped at or near the impact zones. Imagine your body being broken by the explosion and/or resulting debris, being trapped amongst others who are dead or dying along with smoke and fire, and only being able to wait for death as you hear the building collapsing above you.

I guess it would be a double edged sword. In some ways they had a choice, but at the same time, it was an almost impossible choice.

[Billthegravedigger]

Originally Posted by Mkx240 ↗

Maybe some of you have seen this one. Shot of the North Tower shortly after impact. Several of the first jumpers fell from the east face around the impact zone in the offices near the lower parts of the smoke.

Here's a picture taken after the impact of Flight 11, but just before any people fell into the plaza.

[Mkx240]

Originally Posted by Billthegravedigger ↗

Here's a picture taken after the impact of Flight 11, but just before any people fell into the plaza.

This is the only info I could find about that picture. I can't find the footage anywhere but here is a still shot from the video.


We Hear Sirens
Alex Harder
3:00; 2007; USA
"A childhood friend of mine escaped the World Trade Center with his life on 9/11/2001. This short is culled from what little but rare footage he was able to capture that day. After some deliberation and time, we both felt that it should be seen in some form. He entrusted the footage to me. This is how the film came about. It is not necessarily a political statement, but images and sounds in memory."

http://www.difvf.com/2008program1.html

[Billthegravedigger]

I have come across that as well. I have scoured the net everywhere to find it, but no such luck.

[dandroid]

this one been posted?