C Man uploads new footage of the twin towers after 23 years from an "unseen angle"
The man who unveiled footage of 9/11 from an 'unseen angle' decades after the tragedy has explained why he did it.
Exactly 24 years on from that tremendously tragic day in human history, we remember the thousands of people who lost their lives during the al-Qaeda terrorist attack, which included the hijacking of two commercial planes that would be flown into the Twin Towers in New York City.
Last summer, one witness named Kei Sugimoto shared his camera recording taken from 'the roof of 64 St Marks Place in NYC' on the morning of 11 September, 2001. "I had just assumed it was an accident and there was a fire," he recalled in an exclusive interview with LADbible.
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"I did see the second plane impact, and that's when I thought, 'Okay, for sure, this is not just an accident. This is intentional. It's a terrorist attack'."
Sugimoto's video ended up going viral after it was posted on YouTube, with users claiming it shows 'new angles of the collapse'.
"This footage offers a unique perspective not seen from the south or east," one wrote. "You are watching these angles for the first time ever."
Taken on a Sony VX2000 with teleconverter by the then-24-year-old, the harrowing clip shows black smoke billowing out from the towers before they eventually collapse.
Over on Reddit, one viewer pointed out: "It’s crazy that we’re almost 23 years out and still getting new footage."
Meanwhile, somebody else noted: "Makes me wonder how much history is being stored in people’s attics or basements waiting to be unearthed."
In the YouTube comments, Sugimoto explained his decision to release the footage after so long.
"I was cleaning my closet and found boxes full of Hi-8, Digital-8, and DV tapes," he wrote.
"When trying to play them back I noticed that maybe about a 3rd of them had demagnetized over time and were either blank, or suffering from major data corruption.
"After researching online I learned that video tapes are not immune from age even when stored in ideal conditions, so I franntially started to digitize them. Thus I'm just uploading the video now."
Sugimoto went on to mention that while he did witness the second plane crash, he didn’t film it.
"If I remember correctly, I think I ran to get my video camera after seeing the second plane crash sensing that this was no ordinary accident," he added.
Users thanked him for sharing the ‘unique perspective’ and called the ‘crystal clear’ footage ‘devastating’.
I never imagined my only daughter's wedding would end like this!
She was so happy on this day, and my heart as a father was full of joy.
But when we were at the restaurant, my daughter and her fiancé disappeared for about an hour.
We all started to worry. Then, the unbelievable happened!
The groom came running into the hall and shouted 'This wedding and marriage are off!' Everyone was in shock, myself included.
The groom just ran out of the restaurant.
I had this strange feeling, so I went to look for my daughter.
I found her almost immediately, unconscious on the floor of the men's restroom.
In the ambulance, she came to and barely whispered something
that made my hair stand on end. My fiancé...he tried to kill me.”
Those were the last words my daughter managed to whisper before she lost consciousness again. My entire body went cold. The ambulance sirens screamed in the night, but all I could hear was the echo of her trembling voice.
At the hospital, doctors rushed her into the emergency room. I sat outside, my hands shaking, replaying every moment of that day. The joy, the laughter, the vows… had it all been a cruel lie?
Half an hour later, a police officer approached me. “Sir, we found the groom’s car abandoned near the highway. There was blood on the steering wheel.”
I froze. Blood? Whose blood?
The officer continued, “We believe your daughter’s fiancé may have been involved in something far more dangerous than you think. We need to ask you some questions.”
At that moment, a nurse hurried over. “She’s awake. But… she’s asking for you only.”
I rushed to her bedside.
Her face was pale, but her eyes locked on mine with a mixture of fear and determination.
She grabbed my hand and whispered, “Dad, you have to believe me. He’s not who he says he is. His real name is not David… it’s—”
Before she could finish, the lights in her hospital room suddenly flickered and went out.
Darkness swallowed the room, and in the faint emergency glow, I caught a glimpse of a shadow moving just outside the door.
Someone was here. Someone who didn’t want the truth to come out
