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11 september 2001 new york city , united states 1985 -- 2001 berlin , germany roman catholic william and peter biggart -lrb- second marriage -rrb- biggart jr. . -lrb- first marriage -rrb- kate world trade center site september 15 , 2001 bill biggart
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bill biggart

william g. `` bill '' biggart -lrb- july 20 , 1947 -- september 11 , 2001 -rrb- was an irish-american freelance photojournalist and a victim of the september 11 attacks , notable for his street-view photographs of the event before being killed by the collapse of the world trade center 's north tower and for being the only professional photographer to be killed while covering the attacks .
on 15 september 2001 , biggart 's remains were discovered along with a bag containing his three cameras and the compactflash card from which his last photographs were recovered .
the photos were used in the 15 october 2001 issue of `` newsweek '' .
his photographs from 9/11 were exhibited at the international center of photography and the smithsonian 's national museum of american history .
they have also been preserved on the internet by `` the digital journalist '' .
