#14 World Trade Center Towers Burning
date: label: Date made
content: 2001
label: Date made
content: 2001-09-01
name: label: maker
content: Watts, Susan C.
notes: label: Description
content: This photograph, by Susan Watts portrays the horrifically ironic bird’s eye view of the Twin Towers. The cloudless blue sky with the silhouette of a tree framing the photograph, gives an artistic edge to the nightmarish situation set before the New York Daily News Photographer. The first plane, American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center’s North Tower at 8:46 am. The second plane, United Airlines Flight 175 followed at 9:03 am, hitting the South Tower.
label: Description
content: New York Daily News Photographer Susan Watts was on her way to photograph the New York Mayoral Primary Elections when she heard a plane had hit the World Trade Center. She was amongst those running away from the towers as they turned from pillars of steel to pillars of smoke, photographing the entire process. She narrowly escaped as the building collapsed, and eventually avoided physical harm. Watts is currently still working for New York Daily News.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Terrorism
label: Subject
content: September 11 Terrorist Attacks
label: related event
content: September 11th Attacks
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0077.05
label: accession number
content: 2003.0077
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0077.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print, digital
label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Type
content: photographic prints
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: digital (overall capture method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm