ABC News har fått ut nye hittil usette bilder fra 9/11, tatt fra New York-politiets helikoptre. Bildet viser ett av tårnene som faller sammen. Man får et inntrykk av dimensjonene, hvor mye støv som spres over hele det sørlige Manhatten.

They include hundreds of shots taken from New York Police Department helicopters, showing the vast clouds of dust and debris when the towers fell.

«I almost didn’t realize what I was seeing that day,» ex-NYPD Aviation Unit Detective Greg Semendinger told AP of the photos he contributed to the collection. «Looking at it now, it’s amazing I took those pictures. The images are… stunning.»

The vast image collection was released following a Freedom of Information Act request filed by ABC News last year.

It’s a «phenomenal body of work,» Jan Ramirez, chief curator of the planned Sept. 11 museum, told AP. The photos are «absolutely core to understanding the visual phenomena of what was happening.»

ABC News has asked for permission to publish more of the images, the rights to which are still retained by the organizations or private individuals who originally took them.

World Trade Center Photos: A Fresh But Painful Look at Sept. 11 Tragedy