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Proof: The shot seen around the world: How an amateur photographer captured the ultimate sacrifice of FDNY heroes on 9/11

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-11T08:51:03Z","headline":"The shot seen around the world: How an amateur photographer captured the ultimate sacrifice of FDNY heroes on 9/11","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"independent","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/september-11-photo-fire-department-ladder-118-aaron-mclamb-b3040491.html","v":1}

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3947998f6cd390b2e54cabed8f33546325a9c746995c7dceca7d4db1f95362c6

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-3947998f6cd3.json prints 3947998f6cd390b2e54cabed8f33546325a9c746995c7dceca7d4db1f95362c6. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. There is no OpenTimestamps receipt for this record yet.
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

This headline has not been sealed. Headlines are sealed automatically within minutes of first being seen; older ones are sealed on request, and are then marked as a backfill.