Newly released aerial photos of the Sept. 11,
2001, World Trade Center attack show the towers coming down from a dramatic new angle.
The photos were obtained by ABC News, which filed a Freedom of
Information Act request with the National Institute of Standards
and Technology last year. The NIST collected the images as part of
its investigation into the terrorist attack.
ABC said it was provided 2,779 pictures on nine CDs. Many of the
photos, taken from police helicopters, have never been released
before.
One photo shows a
close-up of the upper floors of the burning towers. Others show the
towers' dramatic collapse in a thick plume of smoke and debris and
sweeping views of billowing smoke clouds.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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