9/11 - The Day that Changed the World
As early as 1999, Osama bin Laden devised a plan to use civilian aircraft as weapons. The targets were chosen for their symbolic significance to the USA: The World Trade Centre was an economic hub, the Pentagon was the military nerve center, and theWhite House was the center of political power. But how could the attack manage to succeed? Months before the attacks, the CIA had crucial leads - including the names of known terrorists. Yet they failed to put the puzzle together. This documentaryretraces the attacks of September 11th, 2001 in precise chronological order - in the air, at Ground Zero, in newsrooms and in the centers of power in the USA. Archival footage, audio recordings and findings from the 9/11 Commission Report make it possible to reconstruct the events, almost in real time. "9/11 - The Day that Changed the World" is a sober analysis of a global turning point: it examines missed warnings, the chaos of the day and the impact of a moment that reshaped the world.
Director: Leslie Woodhead · Cast: Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Laura Bush, Richard Clarke, Rudolph Giuliani