The September 11 Attacks - Richard Peskin's footage (editor's cut)

This video contains the files « Peskin 01.avi » to « Peskin 44.avi » which have been released to the public by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).Show more

Videographer: Richard Peskin
Location: Harrison Street & Greenwich Street, Manhattan, NY; view from the North
Time: 08h55:59 a.m. EDT throughout the day until dusk, September 11, 2001;

»» 00:16 »» Camera starts rolling @ I 08h55:59 a.m. EDT;

»» 05:22 »» South Tower got hit @ 09h03:00 a.m. (not directly visible);

»» 16:43 »» South Tower just has fallen @ 09h59:20 a.m.;

»» 18:24 »» Videographer Mark LaGanga coincidentally captured filming from the top of his car at the Tribeca Bridge @ 10h01:17 a.m.;

»» 27:20 »» North Tower just has fallen @ 10h28:37 a.m.;

»» 30:03 »» Videographer Luigi Cazzaniga coincidentally captured filming on Greenwich Street, as the mobile command post of the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is passing Mr. Cazzaniga very slowly between Duane Street and Jay Street @ 10h31:20 a.m.;

»» 33:55 »» 7 WTC on fire (smoke rising) @ 10h47:03 a.m. EDT;

»» 37:15 »» Dark smoke continues to rise from 7 WTC @ 11h11:37 a.m., as well as from burning cars on West Broadway but also on 200 West Street;

»» 42:16 »» 7 WTC on fire @ 04h37:42 p.m. EDT with new smoke developing on the north side;

»» 43:27 »» 7 WTC on fire @ 04h51:52 p.m.;

»» 44:04 »» 7 WTC just has fallen @ 05h21 p.m. EDT;

Mr. Peskin had a very privileged vantage point. Surprisingly, there is almost no consecutive footage available, only the present clips. This is intriguing. Fact is that during all three collapses, the camera started rolling just a couple of seconds too late. Another fact is, that after 19 min 17 sec accumulated footage runtime (19:50 in this video) Mr. Peskin is making a statement : "This is the second tape." We don't know which video system exactly he was using in 2001, neither which tapes. But most VHS tapes on the market offered a longer or much longer run-time. There are some clues, however without hard evidence, that Mr. Peskin is actually an experienced news correspondent, professionally equipped, and that his footage here is a by-product of his journalistic work.

The start time @ 08:55:59 a.m. EDT has been established through synchronization with Cindy Weil's footage, which was in part possible until 10:34:15 a.m. EDT. Later time stamps are based on information provided by NIST.

I refrain from digital image manipulation. In my opinion, any so-called 'enhancement', as observed in similar video creations elsewhere, is tampering with evidence. I consider this video document as material evidence in the disaster investigation. My objective is to use as much raw footage as ever available for a highly authentic document, and to avoid edited material if possible. I also conserved artifacts 'as is'.
However, I adapted all footage to NTSC standard (SD), doubled the frame rate to 59.94 fps (60000/1001), and tried to restore the audio, if possible, when necessary. Though working with mostly uncompressed footage, this online version is presented in the HEVC/H.265 video compression format.

This video has been created for exclusively educational, non-profit purposes.
Dedicated to the lives lost on September 11, 2001, and in the aftermath of that day. May they rest in Peace.
Thank you for taking the time to inform yourself.