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Understanding the Viral Evolution of the Second Plane Hit Footage and Its Digital Legacy

"The footage of the second plane striking the World Trade Center's South Tower on September 11, 2001, stands as one of the most widely distributed, analyzed, and culturally viral digital artifacts in modern history. Its evolution reflects the broader transition of media from traditional broadcast television to decentralized internet sharing, altering how catastrophic events are documented, archived, and perceived globally. The Broadcast Era and the Immediate Capture On the morning of September 11, 2001, global news organizations were already broadcasting live footage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, which had been struck by Americ..."

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