9/11 (2002) on Netflix
TV-PG20022h 8mDocumentary
Two French filmmakers are making a documentary about Tony Benetatos, a rookie New York firefighter. On September 11, 2001, the company he has joined answers a call and a plane passes overhead.
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Plot summary
Tony Benetatos is a probationary firefighter assigned to Engine 7 in Lower Manhattan, and a documentary crew is following his first months on the job. On the morning of September 11, 2001, Battalion Chief Joseph W. Pfeifer and his firefighters answer a report of a gas odor at Church and Lispenard streets. One filmmaker goes with Pfeifer while the other stays at the firehouse with Benetatos. As the firefighters examine the suspected leak, American Airlines Flight 11 passes overhead, and the camera follows it, capturing a recording of the plane hitting the North Tower that is one of only three known to exist. The firefighters are among the first on the scene, and the filmmaker keeps filming as they go into the North Tower.
Cast
- Tony Benatatosas Himself
- Jamal Braithwaiteas Himself
- Tom Spinardas Himself
- Dennis Tardioas Himself
- Joe Casaliggias Himself (as Joseph Casaliggi)
- Gédéon Naudetas Himself
- Jules Naudetas Himself
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about 9/11 (2002)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Jules Naudet was filming firefighters examining a supposed gas leak when American Airlines Flight 11 flew overhead; turning his camera to follow the plane, he taped one of only three known recordings of it flying into the North Tower.
- The film began as a documentary by James Hanlon and brothers Jules and Gédéon Naudet about probationary firefighter Antonios “Tony” Benetatos, assigned to Engine 7/Ladder 1/Battalion 1 in Lower Manhattan, following his early experiences as a firefighter.
- A number of CBS affiliates declined to air the documentary or delayed its broadcast, out of concern that its profanity could result in FCC fines.
- CBS and the filmmakers chose to leave unedited the profanity the firefighters spoke during the September 11 attacks, and the original broadcast went out with a viewers-discretion warning instead.
- The television broadcast was hosted by Robert De Niro and contained only two commercial breaks, during which the advertisers used their airtime to honor first responders.
