When my daughter is old enough and asks why September 11th is important....

Rating: 10/10 (17 April 2007)

I lived in NYC in 2001. I saw the North Tower from my apartment. I lived too far away to hear the first impact, but I witnessed the second impact and the collapses.
I had been in Tower One many times in early to mid-2001. And I met many people who didn't have a chance on that morning.
This film does by far the best job of capturing the feeling of that morning. First the "what a bad accident" to the second hit and the realization was clear what was going on, to the thought that a crash in PA was unrelated and not knowing what happened on United 93 for a day or two. And the sheer joy when they announced that all planes were grounded.
And learning what happened on United 93 was almost the worst - because they knew what was happening. They knew what they faced while so many other victims that day either were obliterated or died not knowing exactly who was responsible or why.
When my daughter (born after 9/11) is ready to know what happened that day, this will be the DVD (or whatever we use to play movies by then) that I will play. Hopefully she will understand the threat we face and she will hopefully ask why so many of us are taking it so lightly.
An excellent film. Unexpectedly powerful and real. I wept.