Resurfaced ground zero footage shows the moment an Americanj ournalist headed unknown toward the deadliest terror attack in US history.
CBS News photojournalist Mark LaGanga drove down Manhattan’s West Side Highway on 11 September, 2001, unaware the south tower had already collapsed on itself.
LaGanga can be seen walking up the highway towards the base of the north tower, interviewing passersby, and trying to find out what happened.
A police officer thought the roof had caved in, while a firefighter thought part of the building collapsed.
Even those who watched it happen up close could not process that the entire south tower had suddenly vanished.
CBS News photojournalist Mark LaGanga drove down Manhattan’s West Side Highway on 11 September, 2001, unaware the south tower had already collapsed on itself.
LaGanga can be seen walking up the highway towards the base of the north tower, interviewing passersby, and trying to find out what happened.
A police officer thought the roof had caved in, while a firefighter thought part of the building collapsed.
Even those who watched it happen up close could not process that the entire south tower had suddenly vanished.
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00:10 >> The very first thing I shot was of the tower.
00:14 I'm actually standing on our news vehicle, on the roof of it.
00:18 We're on the West Side Highway, and
00:19 it was just in order to get a better perspective of what's going on.
00:23 >> What happened?
00:25 >> What?
00:25 >> What happened?
00:26 >> The building collapsed, part of the building collapsed.
00:28 >> [LAUGH] >> At least that's what I think happened.
00:31 Everybody's running like.
00:32 >> [LAUGH]