Warning: Article contains content some readers may find distressing
It's been over 23 years since the 9/11 attacks on New York's World Trade Center shock the world and yet, footage of the horrifying incident is still a source of morbid curiosity for many.
11 September, 2001 started like any other for busy New Yorkers, with the city waking up and rushing to work as usual. However, the metropolis would come to a standstill at 8:46am, when the first of two planes smashed into the North Tower.
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Just under 20 minutes after a second plane would crash into the South Tower, followed by a third flight crashing into the Pentagon (which houses the US Department of Defence). A fourth flight, bound for either the White House or the US Capitol, would smash into a field in Pennsylvania after a passenger revolt.
The attacks took the lives of nearly 3,000 people and injured between 6,000 and 25,000 others. Millions more would die in the following War on Terror, which raged on for decades since.
It's therefore understandable why the harrowing event still manages to capture our attention, especially with eye-witnesses still coming forward to share their memories and footage.
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One of those people is Kei Sugimoto, who uploaded his footage captured from 'the roof of 64 St Marks Place, in NYC' to YouTube on 23 July, 2024.
Take a look at the footage captured by Sugimoto below, which has since been viewed over a million times:
Sugimoto has since spoken to LADbible about why he decide to upload the footage from an 'unseen angle' as well as what it was like to witness the attack in real time.
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"I had just assumed it was an accident and there was a fire," the now-46-year-old recalled.
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However, Sugimoto would add that he realised the scale of the situation after witnessing the second plane hit the South Tower and then decided to grab his camera and document history.
"I did see the second plane impact, and that's when I thought, okay, for sure, this is not just an accident. This is intentional. It's a terrorist attack," he said.
Sugimoto would attempt to had the footage in to his local police department but admitted that his offer wasn't 'taken seriously' by officers on the day, which meant the tapes gathered dust in his closet until recently.
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His footage has since gone viral online, which many people appreciating his decision to help 'preserve history'.
"This footage offers a unique perspective not seen from the south or east," one said. "You are watching these angles for the first time ever."
"It’s crazy that we’re almost 23 years out and still getting new footage," a second added on Reddit, while a third commented: "Makes me wonder how much history is being stored in people's attics of basements waiting to be unearthed."
Brenna Cooper