The Falling Man

article The Falling Man. Tom Junod’s article should be read by anyone who believes they have felt all there is to feel from the 9/11 attack. He will prove otherwise that there is indeed still much emotion to

The Falling Man On the date of September 11th 2001, a horrific terrorist attack took place on the World Trade center. From this one act of evil caused thousands of individuals to perish in the matter of minutes. As time progresses on, the things that still remain are the memories and the footage of what occurred on that day. As the two buildings were in engulfed in flames and people stood helpless on the ground, some witnesses turned to photography and video footage to hopefully help this day to

Argument on Censorship Photos are tools to bring clarity and truth. Published in 2003, “The Falling Man,” was written by Tom Junod in Esquire magazine. In this article, Junod examines the controversial photo that triggered an investigation, censorship, and offense. When photographer Richard Drew took a picture of a man who seemed to have jumped from the World Trade Center on September 11th, America erupted into assumptions, forcibly causing the photo to disappear from public access. In a time where

The Falling Man September 11th, 2001 is known as the day in which Islamic terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes and crashed two of them into the World Trade Center in New York City. 9/11 is also recognized as the day in which immense devastation spread throughout the United States. A photographer, Richard Drew captured a photograph of a man falling from the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 9:41 a.m. during the attacks. The man, who appears in the image and eventually is notorious

During the article, there were many different ideas brought about the Falling Man picture. The very first part of the article started with “Do you remember this photograph?,”(intro) and that set the audience up to remember something that happened that many people would know about. The subject of the article is the shocking event that happened on September 11, 2001 where planes crashed into World Trade Center wreaking havoc and causing panic. At the beginning of the article, it talks about the photo

is forever imprinted in my mind is the image “The Falling Man,” from The New York Times, a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. It is a photo and article that was in the very first pages of The New York Times, days after the terrorist attacks. That was the first time I had seen the

pictures of the jumpers. One of his photos, now known as the Falling Man, would be sent around the world, and became an iconic picture of the horrific event. The image evoked a lot of criticism, complaints and anger from viewers. Although many attempts were made, the man in the picture was never identified, according to News.com.au. The image shows the man jumping headfirst from the North tower of the World Trade Center, presumably falling to his

unidentified man falling off of the World Trade Center, invoking the presence

immediacy that brings the characters’ experiences “incredibly close”. For example, the folder of Stuff That Happened To Me that Oskar created allows the reader to look into Oskar’s mind and understand what he has gone through. He includes pictures of a falling man in his folder, keys that look like the key he found in his fathers vase, and the Sixth Borough - the world that Oskar’s father

that day showing various images of the buildings on fire and of the rubble, there is a photograph of a man with the World Trade Center’s as his backdrop, plummeting to his untimely death. The controversial photograph has brought to light a very important question, should such a graphic and heartrending photo be published for the world to see? Despite the public outcry over the disturbing “Falling Man” image, there are many significant reasons why its publication should be allowed. Among those are that