My name is Jon Walczak. I'm an investigative journalist and the director of the upcoming documentary film "32 Frames: A 9/11 Mystery".

I'm currently suing the FBI in federal court — and I need your help.

For 16 years, I've tried to obtain photos of 9/11 developed by the FBI from a disposable camera found in the rubble of the World Trade Center. These photos are singular — the only images taken in a tower on 9/11 above a point of impact.

Their existence was first revealed in 2003 in this Baltimore Sun article. I was 15 and happened to see it at the time.

I reported on the photos in 2021.

In September 2025, represented by Loevy & Loevy, I filed a FOIA lawsuit in the Southern District of New York. I kept it quiet until now.

Since 2010, I've filed dozens of FOIA requests for these images. The FBI denied them all, saying the photos were "not reasonably described"; that my requests required an "unduly burdensome search"; citing privacy concerns; national security concerns; etc.

After filing suit, the FBI claimed it undertook an expansive search to find the photos. The FBI now claims not only that it can't find the camera, negatives, or photos — but that it can't even find a record of the images.

The existence of the photos was confirmed to me by both the reporter who wrote the 2003 article and the FBI agent who showed them to her.

If the FBI truly lost these photos, what else has it lost? This case raises serious concerns about how the FBI handles evidence — and, in my opinion, how it improperly rejects valid FOIA requests.

So I'm asking for your help. My attorneys are working hard. I now need to raise funds to keep the lawsuit going.

Funds raised will help cover legal expenses. Any leftover funds will be used either to help fund additional transparency efforts or donated to charity.

Important: Obtaining these photos and whether or not to publish them are two separate issues. If I obtain the images, I will ethically evaluate what to publish. I will not in any way monetize the images. I will not publish any images, for example, that show clearly identifiable people in distress. But for the sake of history, I do think these images should be obtained and, after an ethical evaluation, published.

(NOTE: These photos are separate from those I'm investigating for "32 Frames ". Different camera and photos).