Seven years after 9/11, this powerful documentary brings a fresh angle on the terrorist attack. It reveals the extraordinary stories of the people trapped in the 22-storey Marriott World Trade Center Hotel, which nestled beneath the twin towers. Up until now, these stories of luck, sadness, bravery and heroism have rarely been reported; this impressive programme more than compensates. The Marriot was one of New York’s busiest hotels. At 8.45am on 11 September 2001, the hotel was at full capacity, with more than 1000 people staying in its 825 rooms. While guests were finishing their breakfasts, working out in the gym or relaxing in the luxury pool, the hotel’s tranquil environment was shattered by the roar of jet engines and the horror of falling and burning debris. Initially it wasn’t clear to hotel guests exactly what had happened. Some, unable to see the full extent of the carnage way above the hotel, assumed it was minor incident and that the emergency services would soon have things under control. In fact one American lawyer was so busy, preparing for an impending trial, that he stayed in his room. By the time the second plane hit the South Tower at 9.03am, many hotel guests had managed to escape, but as the fires continued to burn out of control and the towers came crashing down, some guests and staff became trapped. Miraculously, 14 survived. This documentary meets some of the survivors. They include a British family on holiday; a hotel receptionist and part-time …
the lawyer didnt think about what was happening that heartless prick, hes a bad lawyer i bet. the guy with the orange hair and glasses is smiling while talkin about a catastrophic event. wtf is that about.
the lawyer is a heartless prick didnt even take time to even fucking notice what the fuck was happening bet hes a bad lawyer a very bad lawyer
youre unbelievably stupid
it was not bin laden,look inwards not outwards
The lawyer is a selfish prick!
he’s beyond crazy…i cant even think of a word to describe him.
i hate bin laden why do he did this to them?
he is a crazy man
i think the sad part of this is the fire fighters
aww when he was told that his sister and his niece died
Inside job for sure. 100% .
tell me another one
to murder children they all deserve to die you may hate gw bush but what he did will rid the world of these people who did this it may take 20 years but we will win the war r.i.p.
I know, it was tragic, god bless all those who perished…I cannot imagine the feeling and torture of having not known whether my relatives or friends were caught up in the attacks.
The whole thing is horrible. God Bless everyone. R.I.P to all. The sadest thing, (it all is sad) are the babies that were murdered too and all the children. I have a 3 year old and a 10 year old, i get chills everytime I think something could happen to them.
One of my old neighbors lost her husband they have two girls together.
the man, his sister Ruth and niece Julianna’s story is so sad
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3 relatives brought together in the most devastating day in modern times
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May you rest in peace Ruth and Julianna…as well as this 2 year old girl named Christine Lee onboard that Flight 175 that crashed into the south tower
R.I.P. all the victims….!
oh my God…
The story of the man, his sister Ruth and nice, Julianna is so sad
3 relatives brought together in one tragic day…it makes me wanna cry
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pooor Julianna
( She wasn’t the only child in that second plane, a.k.a Flight 175….
A younger girl was there in that plane with Julianna…her names Christine Lee, 2 year old..she was riding with her parents…christine’s father made a call to his dad and talked until the time the plane crashed into the WTC…this is so SAD!!
I know so sad…
Because the same thing will just happen again
R.I.P to everyone that died on this horrifying day.
poor girl damn you terrorists especially you murwan al shehei
Ron Clifford, an inspiration.
amazing documents
I didn’t know there were children on the planes…oh my God…
this documentaries are worst then a terror movie. so horrible.
why cant they rebuild the twin towers insted of replacing it with gardens