The story behind the photo that captures the horror of 9/11

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Sep 11, 202629:16Society & Culture

In the immediate aftermath of the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, photographer Richard Drew took a now-famous photo of a man falling from the north tower. The photo garnered attention and backlash, with the subject nev...

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