The Falling Man of 9/11.

AlexDB9 said:
What documentary if you don’t mind me asking?
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its been years but it was all about who was the jumper, and they came to the conclusion it was a waiter who worked in the restaurant at the top, sorry i cant remember what it was called
 
The identity of the subject of the man has never been officially confirmed. The large number of people trapped in the tower has made identifying the man in the 12 photos difficult. It is thought, though the number is uncertain, that at least 200 people fell to their deaths.[5]

Reporter Peter Cheney suggested in the nationally distributed Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail that the man pictured in the photo may have been Norberto Hernandez, a pastry chef at Windows on the World, a restaurant located on the 106th floor of the North Tower. Some members of Hernandez's family agreed with Cheney,[10] but after examining the entire photo sequence and note details of his clothing, were no longer convinced.[11]

Jonathan Eric BrileyEdit
"The Falling Man", an article about the photograph by American journalist Tom Junod, was published in the September 2003 issue of Esquire magazine. It was adapted into a documentary film by the same name. The article gave the possible identity of the falling man as Jonathan Briley, a 43-year-old audio technician for Windows on the World. Briley, a resident of Mount Vernon, New York, was a sound engineer. His brother Alex is an original member of the 1970s disco group Village People. Briley had asthma and would have known he was in danger when smoke began to pour into the restaurant.[11]

Michael Lomonaco, the Executive Chef/Director at Windows on the World, also suggested that the man was Briley.[12] Briley was initially identified by his brother, Timothy.[11] Lomonaco could identify Briley by his clothes and his body type. In one of the pictures, the Falling Man's shirt or white jacket was blown open and up, revealing an orange t-shirt similar to one shirt that Briley often wore. Briley's older sister, Gwendolyn, originally helped in identifying the victim. She told reporters of The Sunday Mirror, "When I first looked at the picture [...] and I saw it was a man—tall, slim—I said, 'If I didn't know any better, that could be Jonathan.'"[13]
 
From a little over a mile away they looked like tiny little spiders breaking off the building. It was almost imperceptible, at first, difficult to distinguish from the other debris coming off the building. I thought to myself, "Why does some of this debris look like tumbling little ninja stars?"

It wasn't until later that I had gotten home to the dorms, and we saw the video footage, that I put two and two together.
 
Madmick said:
From a little over a mile away they looked like tiny little spiders breaking off the building. It was almost imperceptible, at first, difficult to distinguish from the other debris coming off the building. I thought to myself, "Why does some of this debris look like tumbling little ninja stars?"

It wasn't until later that I had gotten home to the dorms, and we saw the video footage, that I put two and two together.
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Did you witness it live?
 
Madmick said:
From a little over a mile away they looked like tiny little spiders breaking off the building. It was almost imperceptible, at first, difficult to distinguish from the other debris coming off the building. I thought to myself, "Why does some of this debris look like tumbling little ninja stars?"

It wasn't until later that I had gotten home to the dorms, and we saw the video footage, that I put two and two together.
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I would like to think I’d have the nerve to summon up one last funny. Either a macho man elbow drop or a triple summersault and go for no splash
 
^^^
At least you'd go out laughing to yourself. Val Venis moneyshot either. I dont make light of what happened to those people so no disrespect intended to anyone
 
My fear of heights literally paralyzes me. I would have probably burned alive. Fuck.
 
I don't think falling to your death would be all that bad.

But I'd hate to die like this:

http://data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4...av69NER0VC81Lil94Xu4N9/oY6OiAb8H8PvHR0dFTX//Z
 
IndyCovaHart said:
Jokes about 9-11 on 9-11.

Really classy, Sherdog.
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How many firefighters does it take to screw in a light bulb?

There's no time for that you idiot! The building is coming down!!
 
squeezewax said:
The link is about the falling man from 9/11. That haunting, extremely sad photograph that we've all seen.
I don't know why but i kind of find it fascinating for some reason as well as sad, and if i look at it for too long it can bring tears to my eyes.
I've often wondered if his identity was known or not?

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a48031/the-falling-man-tom-junod/
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If they would have had some large air bags, a lot of people could have been saved. Mayb3 something like what the guy lanes on who sky dived without opening his parachute a couple years ago. When looking at the contracting cost of building a sky-scraper, it might not be that insanely expensive to give people that jump a chance.
 
Rhood said:
Ouch!
Why didn't reporters cover the fireman body drop story?
Imagine if your friend got killed by a random body falling from the sky.

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The craziest 9/11 story is the "surfer." Everybody made fun of it, because of how ridiculous it was. Then it turned out to be true.
 
I always thought the pic of the guy still standing in tower well it was on fire before it fell was more interesting...
 
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