Featuring newly-uncovered audio recordings, previously unseen home movies and powerful testimony from the victims' families, 9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers tells the stories of some of the people trapped in the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001.
As the programme shows, these recorded messages and memories of the private calls remain a treasured legacy for the families left behind - the last known words of their loved ones. Dignified and full of love, they show humanity at its best and most courageous.
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9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers
Sun 06 Sep 2009
Featuring newly-uncovered audio recordings, previously unseen home movies and powerful testimony from the victims'…
- Contains material that some viewers may find upsetting
- This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
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