On the day of "The Falling Man", I was driving to work listening to the radio. There was an interruption into the song playing on the radio. I was confused about an airplane crashing into the Twin Towers until I entered into my workplace. I was in disbelief.
"The Falling Man" is a true story of a man falling from one of the Twin Towers during 9/11, 2001. The man's unusual position during his fall prompted the photographer to seek out the identity of this man.
There was a lot of compare and contrast in this writing. Some saw the man's fall to his demise as the grace of an Olympic while others perceived his fall as inelegant. The Hernandez family saw it as a betrayal of the love ones left behind. In contrast, If it was Johnathan Briley, the writer look at it as the man way of trying to get back to his family. To me, he took on a position to land in a certain area he had selected; hoping he would survive.
The photographer's many quest to find the identity of this man showed how people interpreted this man hope for survival. Some took a religious view on it and some seemed not to want to be associated with him. It was unusual that only one photo was used in this writing. It was Junod way of keeping his readers focusing on this individual as a symbol of desperation for all who perish that dreadful day.
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