[chris]

Photographer Richard Drew captured a man falling head-first from the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York at 9:41:15 a.m. EDT on September 11, 2001. Drew photographed from West and Vesey streets and made a sequence of 12 frames. The best-known image shows the man inverted against the vertical lines of the towers, with his body nearly straight and one knee bent. The photograph became known as "The Falling Man." It was published the next day but withdrawn after criticism from readers.

The man has never been officially identified. Norberto Hernandez, a pastry chef at Windows on the World, was initially proposed, but his family rejected that identification after viewing the full sequence. Jonathan Briley, a 43-year-old sound engineer at the restaurant, was later proposed based on his build and an orange undershirt visible in the photographs. Members of Briley's family reportedly recognized him, but no official confirmation followed.

[Sharon]

A very upsetting picture and to think 200 people chose to jump rather than being burned alive.
Evil fucking Islam c****

[güttsfükk]

I remember the British press were all over a pic of a fireman going up the stairs in WTC taken by someone escaping.

[huskie]

Originally Posted by sadakohere ↗

Evil fucking Islam c****

I wasnt aware George Bush was islamic.

[termon]

too sad to watch , even harder to be in his shoes or wings!!! saddest shit ever happened in the States . never again .

[Beautiful Liar]

was this man ever indentified? just wondering...

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by his wife ↗

was this man ever indentified? just wondering...

Five years after the attacks, Jonathan Briley, a 43-year-old employee of the Windows on the World restaurant, was identified by chef Michael Lomonaco as The Falling Man. Briley was a sound engineer who lived in Mount Vernon, New York and worked in the North Tower restaurant.

According to the film, the victim was initially identified by his brother in the morgue by the victim's hands and shoes.

Lomonaco claims that he was able to identify Briley by his clothes and body-type. In one of the pictures, The Falling Man's clothes were blown away, revealing an orange undershirt similar to the shirt that Briley wore to work almost every day.

His older sister, Gwendolyn, asserted he was wearing that shirt on the day of the attack. She told reporters of The Sunday Mirror, "When I first looked at the picture...and I saw it was a man - tall, slim - I said, 'If I didn't know any better, that could be Jonathan.'"

A charity has been set up for Briley's family, and many news programs have aired his story as being the one of The Falling Man.
However, the identity of The Falling Man has never been officially confirmed.

[big raymie]

RIP whoever you are my friend

[MrCorpse]

i saw a tv show with other snapshots of his fall... he was struggling and flailing about... this picture gives the illusion of a calm free-fall... but when you see a few pictures it shows a very different moment in time.

[bigerch85]

i think faced with the choice of being burned alive or jump i would take the latter too,i remember that day like it was yesterday.i was at work when we all got called into office and showed the tv.couldnt believe my eyes,those poor poeple went to work that day and never returned.R.I.P
Can any of you guys remeber where you were that day