How We Came to Know His Fall – Witness

How We Came to Know His Fall

In the midst of chaos, a sense of order often emerges. It finds itself in the company of calamity: as an escape plan, an oxygen mask, a…

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That is, until an image came in from Richard Drew, a photographer for the Associated Press. A man in a simple white shirt and black pant ensemble, with one leg bent, in the upper third. His frame symmetrically dividing the North and South tower. He was falling, arms by his side, seemingly resigned to his fate. And in that moment, Margaret O’Connor was both a sifter and potential victim of casualty.