Book excerpt: 20 years on, ‘The Falling Man’ is still you and me

Drew's photograph shows smoke rising from the burning twin towers of the World Trade Center after hijacked planes crashed into the towers on Sept 11, 2001 in New York. Photo: APSeptember 11: The 9/11 Story, Aftermath And Legacy,

My fellow photographers called it “the most famous picture nobody’s ever seen.” But, in fact, it was seen. Whenever it’s mentioned, people say, “Oh, that’s the one where the guy looks like he’s swan-diving.” Or, “That’s the one where the guy’s body is lined up perfectly with the lines of the World Trade Center.” And then there is: “I know — it’s the one where, if you turn it upside down, it looks like the guy is sitting on a chair.

I focused on one person falling through the air, and shot eight frames. Then there was a huge noise, like an explosion. I just kept shooting; I thought maybe the roof had collapsed. I had no idea the whole building was falling, because I was too close. It’s hard to say why not. The RFK assassination changed the fabric of American history. But then, so did the destruction of the World Trade Center. The Kennedy pictures were more graphic and, in one sense, more personal. We knew him, as a public figure, a brother, a father and a husband.

One editor who objected to my photo said, “Americans don’t want to look at pictures of death and dying over their morning cornflakes.” I disagree. I think they’re fine with it, as long as the victims aren’t American.

The Falling Man. It is a symbol of everything that is happening to your country. Since that day, people in your country have been falling. Let down by your domestic enemies. Your foreign enemies see it and are taking advantage. Will you awaken?

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