9/11 photos: helicopter pilot describes taking the pictures - Telegraph

New aerial photos of the World Trade Center in New York burning offer the first clue about why people were not rescued from the burning buildings by helicopter. One of the things I wondered when it happened was "Where were the helicopters?" Here in South Africa we have had at least two fires in high-rise buildings were people above the fire were rescued by helicopter. Surely New York, with much greater resources, could manage to rescue some people that way.

Now, for the first time since it happened, I learn that there was a helicopter looking to rescue people. Hat-tip to Adelaide Green Porridge Cafe: World Trade Centre New Aerial Photographs from after the attack

9/11 photos: helicopter pilot describes taking the pictures - Telegraph:

A series of dramatic aerial photographs have been published showing the devastation of the Sept 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Photo: AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger

As the photos show, the top of the building was so covered with smoke that it would havew been very difficult to rescue anyone who was up there, if they managed to getr up there.