communication. So, while a national police department does not exist in the United States, communication 
and information are now a common thread that binds all of the different types of law enforcement agencies. 
 
10:28:24 a.m. on September 11th, 2001 was the precise second that photojournalist Bill Biggart took the final shot of his life. He 
took his last breath moments later when the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed upon him. Four days later, searchers 
found his body, his burnt-edged press cards, his three demolished cameras, six rolls of film, and one small undisturbed compact flash 
card carrying almost 150 digital images. It was the remains of one horrifying day and one extraordinary life. “I am certain if Bill had 
come home at the end of that day, he would have had many stories to tell us, as he always did. And had we asked how it really was, 
he would have said, ‘Take my advice, don’t stand under any tall buildings that have just been hit by airplanes.”-Wendy Doremus, 
wife of Bill Biggart. 
Homeland Security Era Examples 
I remember I awoke to live video showing one of the World Trade Center buildings with smoke billowing 
from the windows. I wondered hesitantly how the fire started? Then, as one video camera rolled, by happenstance, 
it caught an airplane flying directly into the second World Trade Center building and my worst fears came true. 
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