The Falling Man

An excellent documentary on the ABC last night titled `9/11: The Falling Man'.
Still eerie after five years, and why shouldn't it be, anything to do with September 11 still fascinates me, horrifies me and intrigues me and this documentary was no exception.
Aiming, as the title suggests, to identify the person in one of the more telling images of that day. It was a photo of one of the `jumpers' which came to sum up the desperation of the moment for the people trapped in the burning towers of the World Trade Center.
It turned out that according to either the coroner or the police, no-one jumped from the buildings. It was a denial that this event, which many people witnessed, occurred.
It remains unclear whether a positive identification has been made of the man in the picture, there was a very likely scenario painted, they have pinned down the person they believe it was but can't confirm it conclusively.
However, in one way as the documentary highlighted the picture can have greater effect as a representation of the day, similar in some way to the unknown soldier.
Whoever he was, I'm sure he did the right thing in his mind at the time. I'm sure no-one would hold it against him.