The September 11 Attacks - Scott Myers' footage (editor's cut)

This video contains the files « Myers_clip1.avi » to « Myers_clip10.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: Scott Myers (1953 - 2021)
Location: John Street & Broadway, Manhattan, NY; view from the East
Time: ~08h46:50 - approx 09h15 a.m. EDT, September 11, 2001

»» 00:11 »» The weekend before (private footage);

»» 00:46 »» On a rooftop @ ~08h46:50 a.m. EDT, the North Tower (1 WTC) was just hit;

»» 02:27 »» Camera now mounted on a tripod, adjusting;

»» 02:51 »» 08h49:47 a.m., camera position unchanged until 09h14:11 a.m. EDT;

»» 16:07 »» South Tower (2 WTC) got hit @ 09h03:00 a.m. EDT;

»» 27:16 »» Closeup shot of the North Tower, 96th floor 96 down to 92nd floor;

»» 27:53 »» Aftermath.

The time when the camera started rolling @ ~08h46:50 a.m. has been established with the help of footage from the film '11|09' by Jules & Gédéon Naudet, and also with raw footage shot by a WNYW (FOX5) news crew (team Dick Olivier) from City Hall Park.

Recently, I've learned that Scott Myers became the victim of a homicide, on November 26, 2021 in his home in Catskill, NY. Being shocked by this news, I would like to express my condolences to all those who loved him.

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.

I also have redacted the footage released through NIST FOIA #09-42 request. I decided to protect the privacy of those people, often children, who're unrelated to the event. Therefore, I only added 35 frames (in the form of still images) to this present video, but without concealing this material. It is a little unclear to me why NIST has responded to the FOIA request with private footage that is not directly related to the attacks.

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.