A lasting audio visual Monument to Brave men & women

Rating: 10/10 (4 August 2006)

Isaiah 6:8- "Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me."
This movie is a Thank you, to the men and women who lost their lives that others may live.
Ofc. Jimeno a nine month Rookie always wanted to be an officer to help people. Sgt. McLoughlin was a salty cop who had been a member of ESU and developed plans for any future emergencies at WTC after the 1993 bombing.
Imagine yourself 10 blocks away from those two tall Towers looking up at the debris falling. Now imagine being 1 block away. Can you imagine getting closer? Can you see the paper, chairs, and desks and everything else falling which could kill you before you get even close to the entrance!
A lot of Heros ducked, dodged, tripped and made there way inside while others ran out. For those of you who would say "Not me!", This is why this movie is so important, and why it should be told. They show everyday people being heroes as well to include a Marine who could have stayed at home saying "I'd hate to be there."
This movie is so well acted, scripted, and intensely real that I even prayed they would make it out, forgetting these two helped with the movie!
This movie includes some of the officers and firefighters who were actually there, serving as extras in the movie. This for me as an officer made the difference. This movie is based on accounts of two PAPD (Port Authority Police Department) officers and their families. It also is a testament to those who volunteered to rescue people in the towers who did not come back.
The movie will make you sad, mad, proud, happy, and it will make you cry. The best for me is Jimeno's and McLoughlin's conversations when trapped. It is so real. As a cop, their sense of humor in such a life and death struggle, is the same as those cops I watched the movie with. I've never laughed so hard while I was crying!
This is not another September 11th, 2001 movie. This movie will inspire you. It inspires to live, love and be the best you can be to one another. It also makes me proud of the NY officers who were at WTC who came and helped us during Hurricane Katrina after all they'd been through. New Yorkers Don't Quit!