Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani today described watching desperate people jump from the burning World Trade Center in emotional testimony to a jury that will determine if September 11th conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui should die.
Jurors and spectators, including relatives of the September 11th victims, also watched video clips of two planes hitting the trade center and then about five minutes of footage of people jumping from the burning, smoking buildings. Many spectators gasped and dabbed at tears while watching the video.
"I saw several people, I can't remember how many, jumping," Mr Giuliani said. "There were two people right near each other. It appeared to me they were holding hands. "Of the many memories, that's one that comes to me every day."
Shortly after, jurors were shown several views of the Twin Towers collapsing in Manhattan on September 11th.
Mr Moussaoui alternated between smiles and nods as he watched the video clips of the twin towers collapsing in Manhattan. After the jury and judge were gone for the morning break he sang out "Burn in the USA!" - an apparent takeout on the Bruce Springsteen song.
Last year, Mr Moussaoui, an admitted al Qaeda member and the only person charged in the United States with the September 11th attacks, pleaded guilty to six counts of conspiracy. Three of the charges carry the death penalty.
On Monday, the jury found Mr Moussaoui was eligible for the death penalty. The jurors agreed with the government argument that Mr Moussaoui's lies when he was arrested three weeks before the attacks led to the deaths of nearly 3,000 people.
In this final phase of the sentencing trial, jurors will decide if Mr Moussaoui should be sentenced to death or life in prison.