Mystery Behind The Man Who Fell From The Twin Towers On 9-11

15 years ago the world watched on in horror as Al-Qaeda co-ordinated the most deadly terrorist attack ever on American soil.

The series of four attacks killed 2,996 people and injured over 6,000 others, changing the world as we know it today. Shocking footage and photos captured these chilling events which unfolded on that fateful day, but they were mostly of planes and towers, not people. But Falling Man was very different.

It was arguably the most controversial 9/11 photo of them all, as it captured a man tumbling out of the Twin Towers after becoming trapped on one of the upper levels. On a day of mass tragedy, the disturbing photo, taken by Associated Press photographer Richard Drew, was one of the only pictures that shows someone dying.

When it was published in newspapers across the United States and the rest of the world the next day, it faced a massive backlash from viewers and branded ‘voyeuristic’.