Jules Naudet thought he was making a documentary about firefighters: At 8:45 I remember filming the firefighters milling around in the streets, and we hear this very loud roar. It’s New York, it’s normal — you know, a plane. This one was louder and coming quite fast. I remember looking up, and I see clearly the plane. I can read american airlines on it. It’s that close. And it disappears behind a building, so I just — reflex, instincts — pan my camera to see where it will come out. And it smacks right into the World Trade Center. The first instinct, at least for me, and I guess like 99.9% of people, was, What a tragic accident. What was the pilot thinking? Why didn’t he try to ditch in the river or something? Then we’re on our way to the World Trade Center. I remember asking the chief, “Can I come in with you?” He says, “Yeah, don’t leave my sight, just stay with me.” As we’re entering the revolving door that comes in the lobby of 1 World Trade Center, there is a person on fire, burning alive and screaming. I had lived a very sheltered life. Death for me was maybe at a wake of a grandparent. But to be confronted by death — all of its ambiance, all of its horror — that proximity was seared in my brain forever. That would kind of announce the progression of the day. It kept getting worse and worse and worse. When we arrived in the lobby at the fire desk, all the firefighters start to come. At that point I don’t feel scared, because the fire is 80 stories above me, I’m surrounded by 200 supermen, and what can go wrong? I think after the second plane hits — we just hear a roar and an explosion — I remember looking through the window and seeing debris fall. One firefighter was saying the other building has been hit, and then you realize that it’s not an accident. It’s an attack. Read the rest here.
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