I chose this video as it represented a highly nostalgic outlook on the tragedy. I found this video particularly powerful and moving, driven by the emotional soundtrack of Jeff Buckley singing 'Hallelujah', it is done in documentary style with the producer carrying what must camcorder taking us on a journey inside what was once the world trade center. The video shows real footage of being on the top of the two towers, looking out over Manhatten, the views really are amazing and its somewhat ironic and sad that the view no longer exists. I should also emphasise the importance of the soundtrack in this video, much of the lyrics in the song act as an eery echo of the event, lines like 'I've seen this room and I've walked this floor', bringing a visual nostalgia of once being actually inside the buildings as well as the line: 'there was a time when you let me know, what's really goin on below but now you never show that to me do you', conveying the sense that the victims remain suspended in time, suspended in the last moments of their life, high up inside the two towers. It is a haunting video in that respect. Unlike the other videos, this offers little in terms of hope and emphasises more on loss, as people are still grieving and will most likely grieve forever for their lost loved ones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tznSfXplNRU&feature=fvw
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