This picture was released to email and went viral after New York City was attacked on September 11 , 2001 . The title of the email was ' the tourist guy ' , ' the accidental tourist ' , ' Waldo ' or the ' WTC Guy ' . It showed a man standing on the observation deck of one of the World Trade Center towers before the plane hit the building . When others started claiming to be the subject of the photo a 25-year-old Hungarian man named Péter Guzli came forward and explained that he did not want any publicity
attacked on September 11 , 2001
September 11 attacks
Photographic manipulation