Actually, There Are More Than a Few

who have talked about the so-called "jumpers" who in panic leaped  from the Twin Towers to avoid death by fire or smoke inhalation only to face certain death below.  Of course these people weren't thinking rationally; otherwise, they wouldn't have put first responders and others on the street at risk or create trauma to those who have witnessed the falls.  Of course these weren't suicides; they were forced out of the building thanks to the terrorists who put them in the situation.

They were murder victims, pure and simple, not "jumpers."

Last night I looked at the documentary called 9/11: The Falling Man, which discussed the "jumpers" and revealed the (likely) identity of the poor soul who was photographed by an AP photographer in "mid-flight."

Here is an article with the photograph published.  The documentary is very hard to take in places because the interviewees were suffering so badly from the trauma of losing family members and friends.

Part one of the YouTube (the other parts are in the sidebar):



This and any of the original news coverage is very hard to take.

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