For years, American media suppressed this footage, viewing it as too disturbing or as a "stigma" of suicide, rather than an act of survival in an unsurvivable situation.
Because the man's identity was never definitively proven, he became a symbol for all the victims of that day. f 986.1.mp4
The clinical nature of the file name (f 986.1) contrasts sharply with the raw, visceral human emotion of the footage. For years, American media suppressed this footage, viewing