Originally produced for The Learning Channel, this documentary aims to dissect the events surrounding the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, addressing many of the questions that still continue to haunt the public. Through CGI graphics, interviews with witnesses and discussions with those who designed and engineered the buildings, this program examines the horrific incident in full detail.
Practical Effects
CGI collapse simulations that still hold up terrifyingly well.
Direction
Ben Bowie lets engineers talk—no narration over-explaining.
Director
Ben Bowie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Guy F. Tozzoli, interviewed here, was the original director of the World Trade Center project—he pushed for 110 floors specifically to beat the Empire State Building's record.
This aired just one year after 9/11, when Americans were still arguing whether it was 'too soon' for any media analysis—making its clinical engineering focus almost radical for 2002.
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