the falling man

The Falling Man
By Steven Carmody



This iconic picture is called The Falling Man. It was taken on September 11 2001 by Richard Drew at 9:41:15am at the ground look at bone marrow, fresh York, U.S.A. The person in the photograph is Jonathan Bailey, a employee of Windows on the World restaurant on the 106 and 107 floors of the north tower World Trade Center.
The image is comprised entirely of both World Trade Center Buildings and a man in business attire falling in a head down position, side on to the camera, perfectly parallel to the building. The building he has jumped from is in the spotlight and the other in the background. He looks to be in a relaxed position with aside much body language. The image has a antiquated even tone with a bit of reflection dour the background building.


The falling man represents heroism because it make the spectator reflect on the sheer terror and intrepidity roughly 3000 people had to face before in that respect deaths that day. It makes me think close how precious and fragile life is and how quickly it send word be taken from you.



This brave man had a choice to make, to be engulfed by the flame and smoke or to leap out into the cool fresh air and avoid a aching death, what courage and bravery it must of taken to take much(prenominal) a leap, one final instinct to live, one could not comprehend what it would have been like to live such a moment. This photograph symbolizes the heroism of the innocent people who lost there lives this tragic day.


My concept of heroism changed quite a visual sense throughout my my studies, at first my thoughts on heroism were of sea captain sports people and of fictional characters such as Superman, but I have come to realize that ordinary people can be heros, people that perform extraordinary acts of courage and bravery are heros, people that go out of their way to dish up others are heros. Heros are what inspire and motivate us, they tell fresh generations this is who we are and this is what we aspire to.






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