On this day 22 years ago, the whole world changed forever when two hijacked planes plowed into the Twin Towers at the World Trade Centre in New York. There’s no shortage of footage and angles of the tragedy online, but one YouTuber named Kevin Westley shared footage in 2001 that he didn’t realise he had left on ‘private’ until recently. Today, that footage is doing the rounds:

Newly released 9/11 footage hidden for over 20 years provides new angle pic.twitter.com/ePfuzkgynh

— Historyore (@Historyore) September 8, 2023

Mental to see that raw reaction to the second plane colliding and the utter terror and confusion from those people on the ground. Here’s the full video from Kevin’s YouTube which has now racked up over 6 million views – poor guy must’ve been wondering why no one was watching his video the last 20 years:

No matter how much time passes, it’s still such a shocking and surreal moment in history. I’m not going to bother getting into all the different conspiracy theories but they’re  interesting enough if you want to look them up. What we know for sure is that up to 3,000 people lost their lives that day, and our thoughts are with them, their friends and family on this day.

Never forget:

For the two students who dressed as the Twin Towers for Halloween and ended up winning Best Costume, click HERE. Yikes.