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9/11: The Falling Man (2006)

"The Falling Man, the story of the 'jumpers' of 9/11. It follows the trail of the photographer who nearly lost his life shooting the image; of the citizens who decried it, arguing that it was sensational and exploitative; of the editors who published it and then reluctantly banned it; and the journalist who finally uncovered the falling man's identity. The Falling Man confronts this single, harrowing image and helps history to give a proper due to the jumpers of 9/11." -cbc.ca
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calfire firefighter
Posted 84 days ago
I am a california firefighter and served in the national guard, a friend of mine just passed away. He fell from a helicopter in a trainning mission... we never know if today will be our last day, all we can do is prepare for the worst and pray for the best. 343 of my brothers died that day. We will never forget.. RIP TM
Swiss Observer
Posted 250 days ago
Perhaps staying was to die, and jumping the last possibility to survive....
just a thought. That is true heroism and not fatalism. These people are not suicide jumpers. They are people trying to hold on to life a little bit longer. The fires and smoke would have perhaps ended their lives sooner. May they forever be comforted.
average josephine
Posted 320 days ago
The falling man represents just one of the lives lost on that horrible day. To omit his story and the others that chose to jump because it makes "some" people uncomfortable is like excluding them from all the other lives that were stolen from us. They all deserve to be remembered as Heroic.
pedro alves
Posted 446 days ago
jumping meant freedom from the horror.
ebony
Posted 540 days ago
Really interesting watch. I would be one of those people trying to find out who the falling man was too, I would be too curious not to be.
Elizabeth
Posted 592 days ago
Is'nt weird the image verification number we type in to post our views which is chosen for us,The falling mans image verification number is his FALL which is chosen by circumstance of tragedy. Oxygen versus Gravitys death net, it is good to take your last breath with the absence of suffocation.
Elizabeth Australia
johnny
Posted 606 days ago
Very poignant and morbid film about the 9/11 Jumpers from the WTC. This film sure is a tough pill to swallow but well deserving. the jumpers of 9/11 should never be forgotten just because people are afraid to put themselves in a place that would make them think about the harrowing decision these people had to make and made. In a time and place where things were out their control, they seem to have made a choice on the one last thing they had control of, how they were going to die.
as one person in the film puts it... It was probably the last thing they could keep control of, their life and how it was going to end.. in fire or by choice in free fall.
And as another person puts it, they had two choices of execution and no third choice. It is a private moment, a quiet moment captured in a flash of life before death.
The Falling Man photo has stirred emotions and anger and more, a picture is worth a thousand words... and this reporter is trying to find out who that person in the photo is... but no... it seems people still will be willing to watch blood, sex and death in over gratuitous TV shows and movies, but not in reality. Good film, morbid and good.