9/11: The Falling Man (5/8)

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Documentary based on an article by Tom Junod (Esquire 2003) about a photograph (by Richard Drew) of a man falling from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

The film goes in search for the identity of the falling man and also how the photograph affected many people. Interviews with journalists, photographers and families who lost someone on 9/11. Directed by Henry Singer and narrated by Steven MacKintosh.

First broadcast by UK's Channel Four in March 2006.

Apologies for any breaks in programme, the software used is not the best.

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[uchihaaddiction]

Any god that would send someone to hell for suicide-- whether during a horrible disaster with little choice left, or during a quiet, sad moment of private desperation-- is NOT a god worth worshiping.

[jmcguk]

Denying a man's last positive choice because you believe he'll go to hell if he jumped, even if it was to save himself from being burned to death. I have no sympathy for his family's feelings on the reports; their feelings are based on irrational and ultimately judgemental beliefs, that this man is damned if he jumped. Ridiculous.

[shananagans5]

That's not suicide in any way. The people that jumped were in a situation with no correct course of action whatsoever. If there is no correct thing to do, there is no incorrect thing to do. My heart goes out to them.

[MrJokeyman]

@uchihaaddiction So we're supposed to just look at this as a man jumping to his death and nothing more? I believe that he knew his fate and as he looked out at the city from that tower, he SAW God's face smiling at him and smiled back. So, in the end, he didn't fall. He flew. He flew as only a man free of life's worries and troubles forever more can fly.

[KingDcome11]

I know God would never send anyone to hell for doing what Norberto did!! Rest in peace Norberto!

[Lautred]

Never consider these fallen angels as commiting suicide- This is simply - Self Perseverance. Rest in Peace <3

[CuteCatFaith]

Suicide is pardoned in the Judeo-Christian realm when the person is sick. Jews are not ordered to do Yom Kippur nor abstain from pork if ill, nor are Muslims ordered to do Ramadan if ill. I live in France now, am Catholic, and the French church condones abortion and euthanasia. In fact, healthcare is rationed in France and euthanasia is now legal. The reaction of the family was understandable in its way but dumb. May they all have peace and thank you for this documentary. Uprated.

[junkrat1]

"but the last thing he would do is jump out the window"

That was the last thing he could do you silly cow......

sorry but the family is in denial, jumping would be better then just burning and suffocating to death from the smoke or getting burried alive until the tower collapses. Such a shame the family is so ignorant in he's death, just shows what true measures he was pushed to.

[GirlsThatWearBlue]

black or "spanish"? he probably means black or hispanic :-/

[starkingbiker]

nah that wasnt him the guy that jumped was black and thiner but RIP hernandez

[Powerlight958]

@gothkid1989 You say that as if we have a choice to choose what's truth. The Truth is that there's a loving, caring God out there, but he's also just. But there is also a hating, destroying satan out there, and he is pure evil. This is why there should be no Satan.

[proprodigySD]

@Bluevetteboy2012 I don't think there's anything honorable about being forced to commit suicide over being murdered. It's merely tragic. But i do respect his choice and yes, i would have done the same. RIP