it has to be said, to most ordinary photographers ? one so unusual, in fact, that it immediately attracts suspicion. Furthermore, this photographer is not only filming at an officially blocked junction, he is filming the firemen who blocked it, as their guest ? a 28-year-old beginner, treated the way a documentary film legend like Fred Wiseman might be; the suspicions multiply. At the scene of a potential emergency, a photographer without credentials from the Fire Department would have been told to stand well clear, along with other pedestrians: he would not get the kind of privileged access Naudet gets. And if the white mail van parked at the south-east corner in this film had been turning right up Lispenard Street, between Naudet and the North Tower, just as the plane flew into it, not only ? since he is standing in the road ? would he have had to get out of the way rather fast, the plane's impact might have been missed. How very convenient that, at the appropriate time, the van was still parked at that corner, the only other vehicles that could have caused problems belonged to the Fire Department and Naudet's view of the tower was unimpeded by either vehicles or people ? including the firemen, all conveniently standing well away from the film action to the south. How many firemen, precisely? According to Firehouse magazine (April 2002), three units responded to the gas leak call ? Duane Street, Engine 6 from Beekman Street and