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Silent scene. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: over 20 years this french photographer has been constructing a portrait of the earth with his aerial photographs. his book "earth from above" sold over 4 million copies. [ speaking in foreign language ]
>> a moving image held still. one flash and a photographer is framed lit and constructed a silent scene. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> for over 20 years the french photographer yan batron has been constructing a portrait of the other with his aerial photographs. his book "earth from above" sold over 4 million copies. [ speaking foreign language ]
>> despite the efforts of rescue workers, 347 people are killed and hundreds are injured. >> the overwhelming cause of death according to hospital authorities were people suffocating in the sheer crush or broken bones. people having their bodies crushed in the crowds or in some cases throwing themselves into the river and drowning. >> while the number of casualties is staggering, it could have been higher if it weren't for those who jumped from the bridge. >> one of the survivors is told by some of the older people, you youngster, you have to jump off of the bridge into the river. because we n...