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Photographer who took the 'Falling Man' photo remembers that moment

WBUR
Published September 11, 2026 at 11:06 AM CDT
A person falls from the north tower of New York's World Trade Center Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001, after terrorists crashed two hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and brought down the twin 110-story towers. (Richard Drew/AP)
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A person falls from the north tower of New York's World Trade Center Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001, after terrorists crashed two hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and brought down the twin 110-story towers. (Richard Drew/AP)

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Associated Press photographer Richard Drew, who, 25 years ago, captured the agony of 9/11 with an image that became known around the world as ‘The Falling Man.’ The subject of the photo appears to fall head-first to his death from one of the burning World Trade Center towers.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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