The September 11 Attacks - Jeff Sutch's footage (editor's cut)

Content warning : Scenes of people falling from the building. Viewer discretion is advised.
This video contains the files « CBS-Net Dub2 12.avi » to « CBS-Net Dub2 23.avi » which have been released to the public by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). I added additional footage which was released through NIST FOIA #09-42 request, and which is not available on NIST's cloud server.Show more

Videographer: Jeff Sutch
Locations: Broadway - Church Street - West Broadway, Manhattan, NY
Time: approx 08h48 a.m. - ~01h30:06 p.m. EDT, September 11, 2001.

Early images of the burning North Tower shot right from the base of Building Seven. The shoot came to a premature end after the South Tower was hit, and heavy debris was raining down on Jeff Sutch and his brother Scott.

»» 00:16 »» Broadway between Leonard Street & Worth Street @ approx 08h48 a.m.;

»» 00:39 »» Church Street & Warren Street @ ~08h53:57 a.m.;

»» 02:00 »» West Broadway & Warren Street @ ~08h56:36 a.m.;

»» 02:24 »» West Broadway & Barclay Street @ ~08h58:16 a.m.;

»» 07:09 »» South Tower got hit @ 09h03:00 a.m. EDT;

»» 08:00 »» West Broadway & Park Place, retreating to Warren Street @ approx 09h04;

»» 09:11 »» West Broadway & Chambers Street, retreating to Reade Street @ approx 09h07 a.m.;

»» 09:49 »» balcony shot from Broadway near Franklin Street @ 10h00 a.m.;

»» 11:36 »» Interview, WCBS-TV live with Ernie Anastos & Dana Tyler in the studio @ ~01h28:53 - ~01h30:06 p.m. EDT.

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', and the FOIA patches which I may use may have encountered earlier compression losses.
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.

Actual times have been established thanks to the footage provided by Cindy Weil, Jim Huibregtse, Luigi Cazzaniga, as well as by WCBS-TV.

This video has been created for exclusively educational, non-profit purposes. The usage of commercial footage shall be regarded under the conditions of 17 U.S. Code § 17 (Fair use).
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.