The third of three frames captured by an automated camera set up in Brooklyn that captured the approach and crash of American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center on the morning of 9/11. In this frame, the smoke following the immediate explosion after the impact of Flight 11 can be seen expanding out of the tower, and beginning to move towards the south‹
World Trade Center

Minoru Yamasaki

Aerial · New York City, United States · 1966

Photo: Wolfgang Staehle · 2001-09-11 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Original 1280×480

The third of three frames captured by an automated camera set up in Brooklyn that captured the approach and crash of American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center on the morning of 9/11. In this frame, the smoke following the immediate explosion after the impact of Flight 11 can be seen expanding out of the tower, and beginning to move towards the south

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