The brothers , residents of the United States since 1989 , were in New York City at the time of the September 11 attacks to film a documentary on members of the Engine 7 , Ladder 1 firehouse in Lower Manhattan . Jules captured the only clear footage of the first jet , American Airlines Flight 11 , hitting the North Tower of the World Trade Center . The footage shot in 2001 would become the 2002 documentary , '' 9/11 '' . The video camera that Jules was using that captured Flight 11 crashing into the World Trade Center is now on display in the National Museum of American History in Washington D.C
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Jules and Gédéon Naudet