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nist archive

posted march 2010, the first update in years



a collection of photos taken by an nypd helicopter (61mb with 153 images) - ftp folder, zipped package

many thanks to cryptome.org

mystery plane



click the screenshot to view a cnn report

doubletree hotel



fifteen minute security camera footage of the pentagon impact - download (147mb)

many thanks again to flight77.info

naudet update



catches up with firefighters from the original film - download (156mb)

complex rubble



photographs taken by a rescue worker - ftp folder, zipped package (13mb with 20 images)

what we saw



footage taken from an apartment a block away from the world trade center - download (71mb)

pentagon footage

click on the frames below for enlarged versions of the corresponding still


video one (21mb)
video two (24mb)

many thanks to flight77.info for the long processes of getting defenselink.mil to release these frames

alternative angles

clips that show the full extent of damage to wtc7 before it collapsed


news coverage (24mb)



collapse eyewitness



tower one falling, filmed from across the hudson river; video ripped directly from the source dvd - download (21mb)
complete eight minute sequence from the online copy of the movie - download (52mb)

renderings and animations

mike wilson, on his website, reconstructed the final moments of american airlines flight 77



download presentation (50mb)

more digitally generated simulations of what the attack looked like - video #1, video #2

purdue university created an in-depth simulation of the crash

image (what the security camera frame really shows)
image (close up of the damage done)

there's another digital mock-up available but it appears inaccurate in terms of approach angle and relative size

official library

defense department archives - ftp folder (43mb with 31 images)

source images - zipped package, ftp folder (33mb with 27 images)

new york city archive

ground zero overview - high resolution photo (14mb), lower resolution photo
hdtv quality flight 175 stills; the jpg is 19mb and the original bmp is 80mb - image #1 jpg/bmp, image #2 jpg/bmp
manhattan satellite views - prior to attacks, after the attacks, heat map

footage from two different channels showing the first collapse from underneath - video #1, video #2
firefighters on the street below as the tower starts to collapse - video (5mb)

photographs of the exact four planes involved
n591ua flight 93, n612ua flight 175, n644aa flight 77, n334aa flight 11

world trade center, billowing smoking - image #1, image #2
building seven damage - image #1, image #2, image #3, image #4
wreckage recovered from the planes - image #1, image #2, image #3, image #4

image (looking up at the tower on a clear day)
image (plane coming up on the building)
image (tower tilting at the start of collapse)
image (flight paths of the hijacked planes)

highlights from the hereisnewyork.org galleries showing the legacy of the wtc
zipped package, ftp folder (3.8mb with 127 images)

photographer is standing right beneath the towers and has clear vantage toward both of them while they're smoking
zipped package, ftp folder (20.3mb with 40 images)

somebody who lives in an ny apartment took pics from out his window as it directly faced the towers
zipped package, ftp folder (7.9mb with 28 images)

complete rip of the new york art labs website showing impact holes, ensuing fires, and memorials put up in days after
zipped package, ftp folder (41mb with 547 images)

photographs of the world trade center taken from the garden state side of the hudson river before and after the collapse
zipped package, ftp folder (5.3mb with 47 images)

taken a few blocks away from the wtc, these images show both towers from the sidewalk
zipped package, ftp folder (3.5MB with 9 images)

what's left of the towers, all of the ruble, taken through the window of a nearby building
zipped package, ftp folder (1.3mb with 14 images)

flight 175 debris on top of the federal building, taken by a construction worker breaking the no photography rule
zipped package, ftp folder (9.2mb with 17 images)

taken from a rooftop a few miles away from the towers, showing them smolder in the distance a few miles away
zipped package, ftp folder (3.9mb with 88 images)

dust clouds completely engulfing the city and and rising high into the sky as seen from a hudson river pier
zipped package, ftp folder (4.1mb with 29 images)

stills from three videos showing either wtc1, wtc2, or wtc7 collapsing
zipped package, ftp folder (2.1mb with 84 images)

washington archive

emergency crews fighting fires - video #1, video #2, video #3
outter ring of the pentagon collapsing - video #1, video #2

video (helicopter fly-by of the scene)
video (clean up workers sorting though plane debris)

what happens when a plane flies into a reinforced wall at full speed: image #1, image #2, image #3

composite sequence with detailed impact visual: image #1, image #2, image #3
satellite imagery of the Penatgon: image #1, image #2, image #3, image #4

images of the pentagon facade prior to section collapse
image #1, image #2, image #3, image #4, image #5, image #6

some analysis of the damage: image #1, image #2, image #3
debris left over from the impact explosion: image #1, image #2, image #3
poles knocked down by the airliner on its approach: image #1, image #2, image #3
letter c from the american airlines skin: image #1, image #2, image #3, image #4
parts found at the crash scene: image #1, image #2, image #3, image #4, image #5
higher resolution images of more parts: image #1, image #2, image #3, image #4

collapse of the damaged section later than afternoon due to fire
image #1, image #2, image #3, image #4, image #5

the pentagon's facade after the section collapse
image #1, image #2, image #3, image #4, image #5, image #6, image #7

image (building blueprint showing what internal columns were damaged)
image (flight path flight 77 took to hit the pentagon the way it did)
image (where the knocked down light poles were located)

more diagrams from the washington post: image #1, image #2, image #3, image #4
what the pentagon looks like now and the proposed memorial: image #1, image #2

highest quality flight 77 debris photographs to date, taken by an emergency responder
zipped package, ftp folder (4.1mb with 11 images)

panoramas of the building's damage and debris left scattered over the front lawn
zipped package, ftp folder (9.4mb with 14 images)

audio

listen to the entire howard stern broadcast uncut, spanning more than four hours

emergency dispatch transmissions can be found on the new york times records page

documents

national commission on terrorist attacks upon the united states final report

faa 9/11 operations center chronology

pentagon building performance report

nist computer simulation of the fires in the wtc towers

nist mechanical and metallurgical analysis of structural steel (draft)

media coverage

msnbc's hardball included a widow who hoped the government can no longer keep information about the attacks secret

senator dennis kucinich, broadcast on c-span, called attention to foreknowledge of the attacks

coverage of a presidential news conference included a question to bush asking what he knew in advance

history channel's engineering disasters discussed the collapse of seven world trade

miscellaneous

clips from the lone gunman pilot, aired in march 2001 on fox, in which an airliner is hijacked and flew into the wtc

for almost seven minutes, the president sat there while the attacks were taking place

security camera tape shows the terrorists getting clearned at logan international airport