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we have crystal-clear footage of Flight 175 and nearly none for everything else.
This overstates the contrast. Beyond Flight 175, 9/11 was extensively photographed and filmed, and there is also known footage of Flight 11 hitting the North Tower.
Full reasoning
NIST's World Trade Center investigation says the attacks produced a large visual record, not "nearly none for everything else." NIST reports that it assembled 6,899 photographs and 6,977 video clips for the investigation, and another NIST summary says it acquired nearly 7,000 segments of video footage totaling more than 150 hours plus nearly 7,000 photographs from at least 185 photographers. That directly contradicts the idea that, apart from Flight 175, there was scarcely any visual record.
It is true that Flight 175 was captured from several angles. NIST's aircraft-impact analysis says two videos captured the approach/impact of Flight 11, while several videos captured Flight 175. So the real contrast is not "clear footage of Flight 175 versus nearly none for everything else"; it is that the second impact was filmed more often because cameras were already pointed at the burning North Tower after the first strike. That makes the post's wording misleadingly broad.
An official 9/11 Memorial page also states that the Naudet brothers captured the only footage of Flight 11 striking the North Tower, confirming that there was at least some footage of the first impact rather than "none."
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- Visual Evidence, Damage Estimates, and Timeline Analysis (NIST NCSTAR 1-5A), NIST
NIST says: "Two data bases were assembled containing 6,899 photographs and 6,977 video clips," with thousands of them timed for analysis.
- About the NIST World Trade Center Disaster Investigation
NIST says it "acquired and organized nearly 7,000 segments of video footage, totaling in excess of 150 hours and nearly 7,000 photographs representing at least 185 photographers."
- Analysis of aircraft impacts into the World Trade Center towers (NIST NCSTAR 1-2B)
NIST states: "Two videos captured the approach and impact" of Flight 11, and "several videos captured" Flight 175.
- Jules and Gédéon Naudet | National September 11 Memorial & Museum
The 9/11 Memorial describes the Naudets as filmmakers who "captured the only footage of hijacked Flight 11 striking the North Tower."