9/11 tourist guy (meme)

A hoax that featured a digitally altered photograph of a tourist on the observation deck of the World Trade Center, supposedly on the day of the September 11 attacks, showing a plane about to hit the tower in the background.

The photo became an Internet phenomenon as many manipulated pictures spread online. The man in the photograph was ultimately identified as Hungarian Péter Guzli, who took the photo in 1997. Guzli said he edited the photo as a joke for his friends and did not realize it would spread across the Internet.

See also

• Original hoax photo

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