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Bill Biggart: The Journalist Who Died Photographing 9/11

Bill Biggart was the only journalist casualty in the 9/11 tragedy. When the first plane hit the first tower of the World Trade Center, he picked up his cameras and walked the twenty blocks to the building on fire. He was killed when the second tower collapsed.
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September 11, 2001 © Bill Biggart
On September 11, 2001, Bill Biggart and his wife Wendy Doremus were walking their dogs in downtown Manhattan. At about 8:45 a.m., the couple noticed clouds of grey smoke forming against the clear blue New York City s...

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Jonas Cuénin

Jonas Cuénin works as managing director at Blind and has previously been working as editor-in-chief at the magazines L’Oeil de la Photographie and Camera.

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