by Claire O'Neill

It's been almost 10 years since the Sept. 11 attacks. And just when you think you've seen it all, a new perspective emerges. According to The Associated Press, the photos were taken from a police helicopter just moments after the attack. The photographers in that helicopter were the only ones allowed in the airspace around the wreckage that day. The images were obtained by ABC after it filed a Freedom of Information Act request last year with the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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