Chilling Aerial Photos of 9/11 Attack Released

A trove of aerial photographs of the collapsing World Trade Center was widely released this week, offering a rare and chilling view from the heavens of the burning twin towers and the apocalyptic shroud of smoke and dust that settled over the city.

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These photos were taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department
and obtained by ABC News.

ABC News says it obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act.

The pictures show smoke billowing from one of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York. 

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