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Summary: The Best Documentary on 9/11 made!
Review: I saw so much on TV after 9/11, but this is the piece that made it real, and made me cry (finally). If you want to see what happened and how it affected the people of new york, the U.S. and the world... this would be the film. Brillaintly and bravely filmed, poignantly narrated. There is nothing better. Watch this film and always remember.
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Summary: Riveting....
Review: There are not really words to describe this documentary. The first time I watched it (when it originally aired) I don't think I blinked. I cried like a baby that time and when I watched the DVD, but I thought this was an important piece of history that I would like to have to show my son (who was 3 at the time of the attacks) what it was like - and also to remind myself. It is well done. I especially liked the fact that these 2 brothers who filmed what was originally a documentary on rookie firefighters did not go for the lurid - you can hear the sounds of bodies falling, but they are not shown. One of the brothers states that someone to the right of him was screaming and on fire when he first entered the lobby of the Trade Center, but he did not think it was proper to film. The brothers did not capitalize on the horror of the situation to make money. This is by far the most complete and most compelling piece on September 11 I have seen.
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Summary: HISTORY ALWAYS AS A WITNESS
Review: In an incredible piece of documentary film making. 9/11 really give you a window into what it may have been like to witness the events of 9/11 first hand.Anyone who's interested in investigating the events of 9/11, especially the skeptics need to see this. The reason I say this is that while I believe there are many legitimate unanswered questions, this documentary puts to rest any questions about the fringe theories of about what happened that day. Most impressive of all, you get to see the excellent gob that the FDNY, NYPD, and rescue workers did that day. Word of warning; while there are no graphic imagines in this (ones; that haven't already appeared on TV), this will evoke some of the feelings and memories we felt that day. Understand that before viewing.
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Summary: Shocking
Review: When I watch this film, even though it may be for the 10th time, it's like I'm watching it again for the 1st time. The film is really quite shocking, and I have so many emotions that run through me when I see this film. It still makes me cry sometimes, and the only other film that I've ever cried in was Schindler's List. The scenes of mass people running in panic had a profound impact on me, and I don't think I can watch this film again. Unfortunately, many more Australians died in the Bali bombings so I don't think I could watch a film on Bali either..
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Summary: Mindblowing
Review: What you will witness in this DVD will change your life. Certainly just watching the events of 9/11 as they occurred on TV back in 2001 was very disturbing and life changing, but to witness this event from the eyes of firefighters as the event occurred from the exact second of the first planes impact, to being actually inside a burning tower, to the total collapse of both buildings is absolutely moving. Whether you believe in God in some form or another, to see this "accidental" footage that two french brothers obtained will really make you believe they were selected by a higher power to film it. This is a necessary piece of history that everyone should own, if not just to honor those fallen but to keep in rememberence and never forget the terrible tragedy that took place on 9/11.
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Summary: Everyone Should Own a Copy of This View of History
Review: This IS an extraordinary film documentary of September, 11, 2001. The "fortunate"... if this word can possibly be used in conjunction with the tradegy of 911... ability/desire of these two brothers to capture the events of this day serves those lost as well as those who survive. Each household should have a copy of this filmwork.
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Summary: This Documentary Substantiates Everything
Review: Viewing this superb and emotionally-moving documentary immediately made me realize why we should not have unleashed our armed forces in a violent crusade to eliminate terrorists. Seeing the WTC be struck by a hijacked airliner piloted by an evil irrational fanatic definitely inspired me to ask myself, again and again, "Why do they hate us?" Images from within the buildings just prior to their collapse, hearing the innocent victims landing WHUMP! after leaping to their deaths, my very first thought was, "Yes sir, we need to form a coalition involving the United Nations, and pass some resolutions." Seeing the terrified, injured people caught up in this situation immediately made me think, "By golly, we MUST send in some inspectors!" Contemplation of the aftermath, the lives destroyed, the families utterly decimated, our nation attacked, most assuredly made me realize, "We have just GOT to give the inspectors more time! That'll teach those terrorists a lesson they will never forget!"
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Summary: I've heard it referred to as "entertainment"
Review: What kind of sicko would feel that way?The first third is the show they wanted to make; the final two-thirds is the end result. I have never visited NYC, but my father is a retired firefighter and I am grateful he never had to do a high-rise rescue.
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Summary: From A 9/11 Survivor
Review: I thank each and every reviewer who took the time to add their comments and thoughts to a film memorial of 9/11, World Trade Center Towers tragedy. I treasure each and every one of you!
My spouse and I resided on the Lower West Side, Battery Park City, Gateway Plaza, So. End Ave. As survivors of the 9/11 World Trade Center Towers tragedy... our story is one in a basket of billions. From our Gateway Plaza apartment, facing the street and 300 yards from the Towers, we helplessly witnessed all from our apartment windows. The closeness of the Towers viewed from our windows - gave an illusion that one could reach out and touch the Towers; their beauty with night lights reaching toward the sky promoted a contemplative emotion. We viewed the planes entering the Towers, the overwhelming inferno, individuals jumping, the collapse of the Towers, the darkness as debris hit our windows with a fury. What occurred over a period of hours, seemed like a much shorter time span. The darkness was darker than an eclipse, darker than the darkest night; and then a momentary hush after the air cleared. Viewing the roof garden one floor below, with the human reaction of looking out to see if someone might be on that roof garden and in need of help. Debris strewn everywhere, recording tape and paper hung from the trees of the garden and oh, so much ash. The momentary hush, whether real or imagined, then the viewing of debris for a second, fantasized that a parade had just passed by on our short street. I experienced anger not fear - anger that factions could bring such evil deeds to our wonderful country. I now really understand the expression a feeling of helplessness, I couldn't fix what had just happened. We stayed in our apartment until 5:15 p.m. that day, waiting for someone to knock on our door to advise us to evacuate, with nothing but a battery radio to keep us abreast of happenings. "In a New York minute", we evacuated via the stairwell touched with ash, the result of a first floor door left open. With a few belongings, gathered with a tad of thought of what was being left behind, we stepped out of the door onto the pavement, seeing and standing in ever so much ash and debris, I wanted to turn around and go back to our home. It was one of many moments of reality I carry to this day. At first thought, we planned to walk up the East Side, but opted to pass through the building in back of the apartment complex. We gained access to the Esplanade walking the short distance to reach the Hudson River dock - North Cove. We were escorted to the New Jersey shore via New York Police boat. From the boat deck, we viewed even more damage to the Manhattan skyline, especially noting the zigzag shape of the side of the American Express building, housed in one of the World Financial Center buildings along with the glorious Winter Garden, as well as the fall of World Trade Center Building 7. We were taken to the Jersey City Hospital, attended to by compassionate staff. Then traveled by National Guard truck to Hoboken, NJ where we were housed by a wonderful family who welcomed, with great trust, strangers to their home. On Friday 9/14, our eldest son & daughter-in-law drove from New Hampshire via New Jersey routes to Hoboken for transport us to New Hampshire for temporary residence with our daughter, who along with her friend and our youngest son, greeted us with open arms & the overwhelming feeling of not wanting to let go with each hug that followed. {I sometimes wonder what the count of hugs were given from day 9/11 and long thereafter? Billions.} Our daughter and son had spent that Friday in New Hampshire collecting items of clothing and necessities which the Concord community generously opened their hearts and donated by churches, stores, individuals, employers, American Red Cross, et al. One of our grandchildren -- he was 8 at that time - arrived home from a few days with his Dad. He hugged us so tight, understanding the depth of 9/11 events for someone so young and yet so wise. He told Grandpa & Babcia (Polish for Grandma) that he had something for them... his Mom was not even aware of his gift. He had spoken to his classmates about his grandparents' closeness in location of the World Trade Center Towers. Presented to us was a large envelope full of hand-made cards from each of his classmates. And if that isn't love and caring, I don't know what is - from the hearts and minds of children! Residing now in New Hampshire, not because of 9/11 drove us away, but circumstances just went that way as we continue to put our lives into perspective. We Miss - New York City deeply; events found nowhere else in the USA, the introduction to & interaction with so many wonderful cultures. There isn't a day or night in the past two years, that we do not think of 9/11... the Lady of Liberty & Ellis Island both on the confluence of the East River and the Hudson River, viewed from the lower part of the Esplanade. And that Lady of Liberty wept, I just know it, and she still stands with pride and remembrance that the USA is a democracy that will prevail. We Remember - the victims, the survivors, their friends and families, the workers from the public and private sector, the volunteers, our neighbors in Gateway Plaza and staff in the small group of stores on South End Avenue, Battery Park City. We Remember - the places we visited, the book signings attended, the celebrities we met, the concerts and theater plays, the movies, the arts, the parks, the strangers we talked with, on streets, on subway and those while standing in line for an event... yet there are so many places we didn't get to. We Remember - Always In Our Hearts, Forever In Our Souls, Heroes, Victims, Survivors One and All... We Were There. Painfully, the lump in my throat and the twist in my stomach, the tears in my eyes and the pain in my heart, to the depth of my soul, forever go on. "God, teach me to laugh again,
but never let me forget that I cried."
Katy Fisher
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: This movie is absolutely amazing! As I live in Seattle, it's always been hard for me to really understand what it felt like to be there. Now I know. I feel as if I was there that day. That's how powerful this movie is.
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