Richard Drew (born December 6, 1946) is an

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photo-journalist. In 2001, he took the photo titled ''

The Falling Man ''The Falling Man'' is a photograph taken by Associated Press photographer Richard Drew of a man falling from the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks in New York City. The Unidentified Man in the image was trapped on the upp ...

'', which captured the image of a man falling from the

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towers following the

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. A British documentary ''9/11: The Falling Man'' about the photo premiered on the

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channel on September 10, 2007. Drew was one of four press photographers present at the assassination of

Robert F. Kennedy Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK and by the nickname Bobby, was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, ...

References

External links

CNN Interview with Richard Drew
*Junod, Tom "The Falling Man"

(September 2003). *''9/11: The Falling Man'' (March 16, 2006). Channel 4. *Howe, Peter (2001). "Richard Drew". ''The Digital Journalist''

American photojournalists Living people Photographers from New York (state) People associated with the September 11 attacks 20th-century American photographers 21st-century American photographers 1946 births {{US-photographer-stub