Newly released aerial photos of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attack show the towers coming down from a dramatic new angle. The photos, taken from a police helicopter, were obtained by ABC News under a Freedom of Information Act request with the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
In this photo, the upper floors of a World Trade Center tower burn after terrorists flew a pasenger jet into it.
Smoke billows from a World Trade Center tower after the attack, which killed nearly 3,000 people.
The first World Trade Center tower begins to implode. Both buildings collapsed within two hours of being struck, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others.
A world Trade Center Tower Implodes.
Smoke and ash engulf lower Manhattan as one of the towers collapses.
Another view of the destruction. New York state was home to about two-thirds of the trade center victims.
Smoke billows from the grounds of World Trade Center.
Smoke and ash rise as a tower burns.
Downtown high-rise buildings are engulfed by smoke and ash.
Another shot of smoke and ash engulfing lower Manhattan.
A view of lower Manhattan after the implosion.
White ash covers the downtown area near the grounds of World Trade Center.
These Dramatic images were taken from a police helicopter — the only photographers allowed in the air space near the towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
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