The Falling Man
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Sep 20, 2026
DebbieHOST
It makes me feel sick, but I just have to keep them.
DebbieHOST
The Riddle of the Falling Man The disturbing yet arresting photo from 9-11 shows a solitary man plummeting to his death from the heights of the burning North Towers.
DebbieHOST
The photo, taken by Richard Drew of the Associated Press moments after the impact of one of the jetliners, highlighted the terror of the moment and the courage it took that man to escape the carnage created by the cruel terrorists.
DebbieHOST
But the identity of the falling man, as it came to be known, became an ongoing mystery that has never been definitively solved.
DebbieHOST
The Toronto Globe and Mail unleashed reporter Peter Chaney to unlock his hidden identity.
DebbieHOST
But when he determined it was Norberto Hernandez, a pastry chef at the Penthouse restaurant, Windows on the World, Hernandez's wife and daughter angrily denied that it was him.
Charley BourneHOST
But one of my big questions for anybody my age or older is like, what do you remember of 9-11? I did recently post a TikTok video where I gave my top three or four, four I think it ended up being 9-11 documentaries for those that didn't see the TikTok video, I would highly recommend you watch the following documentaries if you're interested in 9-11.
Charley BourneHOST
Phone Calls from the Towers, 9-11 One Day in America, The Falling Man and 102 Minutes That Changed America.
Charley BourneHOST
I know you guys listening are probably all in a bunch of different countries so I can't list exactly where to watch each of them.
Charley BourneHOST
Google it, I'm sure you'll be able to find them and I think they are some of the most incredible documentaries.
Tim DennisHOST
So Dr. Judy, when we left people, uh, we were talking about the specials that, that have aired over the weekend, and of course, I myself like to immerse myself in these specials to remind myself exactly of what happened down there, and remind myself of truly what an atrocious event this thing was.
Tim DennisHOST
One of the specials that I ran across on Netflix this past weekend had to do with the falling man, and I'm sure you're, you know the picture of this man that, uh, rather than burn up or...
Tim DennisHOST
And there, there's two, there's two stories.
Tim DennisHOST
Rather than burn up, he decided to jump from what they think is the 92nd floor.
Rosie WaterlandHOST
Rosie here.
Rosie WaterlandHOST
Just coming in quickly to say that, um, obviously this episode is about the Falling Man photograph from 9/11, so we're talking a little bit about people who very tragically fell from the towers that day.
Rosie WaterlandHOST
Um, uh, i- it's widely accepted that, um, that was not a choice people made.
Rosie WaterlandHOST
Um, those deaths have not been, um, classed as these people taking their own lives.
5 MINS LATER
Rosie WaterlandHOST
they stopped showing it on the news as well.
James JosephHOST
Mm.
Rosie WaterlandHOST
So for a solid couple of years, you did not see any of these people until a man called Tom Junod, a journalist, he published a big article called "Who Was the Falling Man?" in Esquire two years after 9/11 happened, so in September 2003, and they published the photos in that-
James JosephHOST
Mm
KruserHOST
So they just jumped to their death.
KruserHOST
And today there's still there's this there's there was one I remember one picture of it was called The Falling Man.
KruserHOST
And that publication sparked controversy, backlash.
KruserHOST
People were looking for the guy's identity.
KruserHOST
And the subject of the photo is still a debate subject and discussion.
KruserHOST
The identity of the falling man, possibly Jonathan Briley, is less important, just his identity, than thinking about what the unimaginable choices the victims in those high-rises had that day.
KruserHOST
Can
Bill MeckGUEST
you imagine yourself in that position? How terrifying
Harry FitzgeraldHOST
A lot of 9-11 clips coming up at the moment with the recent anniversary of 9-11.
Josh GarleppHOST
Did you read the Falling Man article? I'd never read it.
Josh GarleppHOST
I've seen
Harry FitzgeraldHOST
the doco.
Josh GarleppHOST
So that's been kind of weaponized a little bit.
Josh GarleppHOST
But so that was then, they thought this was real.
Josh GarleppHOST
So then Sky News thought the article of me being called a woke baby penis, cuck, and then doing a gritty on a park bench was real.
Josh GarleppHOST
And I mean, we've got the clip here if those haven't seen it.
Mark DavisHOST
I don't know where it appeared.
Mark DavisHOST
Just the, the, The Falling Man, I think it's called.
Mike GallagherHOST
The Falling Man.
Mike GallagherHOST
That's right.
Mark DavisHOST
And, and, and what it is, is you, you know, if you think of the image of somebody jumping from the 80th, 90th, 100th floor, it's just somebody all, you know, akimbo, but this particular guy, his head is pointed down, his leg is just kind...
Mark DavisHOST
I don't know where it appeared.
Mark DavisHOST
Just the falling man, I think it's called.
Mark DavisHOST
Falling
Mike GallagherHOST
man.
Mark DavisHOST
I don't know where it appeared.
Mark DavisHOST
Just the, the, The Falling Man, I think it's called.
Mike GallagherHOST
The Falling Man.
Mike GallagherHOST
That's right.
Mark DavisHOST
And, and, and what it is is you, you know, if you think of the image of somebody jumping from the 80th, 90th, 100th floor, it's just somebody all, you know, akimbo.
Mark DavisHOST
There was one...
Mark DavisHOST
There was a, there was a magnificent, and in fact, poetic article, I don't know where it appeared, just the, the, The Falling Man, I think it's called.
Mike GallagherHOST
The Falling Man.
Mike GallagherHOST
That's right.
Mark DavisHOST
And, and, and what it is, is you, you know, if you think of the image of somebody jumping from the 80th, 90th, 100th floor, it's just somebody all, you know, akimbo.
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