The 9/11 attack which began with an areoplane colliding into one of the Twin Towers, in New York was presented to me in class as an exclusive short clip, enlarged on a wall above me.
What an odd feeling that came over me as I watched the lives of so many, literally fall apart. The Big Apple, as I'd never seen it before.
7 years on, and I still feel the eeriness, even simply as I watch the cameraman focus on the dusty hollow streets.
Of course I remember seeing some of this harrowing footage back on 11th September, 2001 recorded by various news programmes but this particular video closely showed the debris and dust gushing through the streets, in a way that felt very new to me.
Having to analyze such a piece of history, so raw, is a huge task as I've come to learn the back-ground of the video and where it derives.
Strangely, the video is owned by a private company and asks an incredibly large price. This is madness to me as, surely such a devastating event should be accessible for all. For instance, a range of film frequents YouTube and we comment on it freely. I am not suggesting that the clip I saw should be posted on a video-sharing sight, this could cause unnecessary pain across the board, but sharing this video with fellow journalists and media savvy, could effectively;
- educate
- introduce a new idea of commentary
- inform those unaware of the event
- enable other such videos to be used pro-actively, not detrimentally.
