In 2002 Benoit saw on the French TV channel France 3 the "&lt;a href="9/11%20%282002%20film%29"&gt;9/11&lt;/a&gt;" documentary film about the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center in New York. The film was directed by the then fireman James Hanlon and the French-American filmmakers Jules and Gédéon Naudet.