Just starting it this evening. Always fascinated with 9/11 stuff and this has never seen footage, I believe. Looking forward to it.

It's extremely well done. Just a little difficult to watch at times.

Watching the firefighters' faces there at the end of episode 1, after the stories of it being the last time they saw their friends/brothers and as people were falling from the towers...like I said, tough to watch at times.

Going to try and watch episode 2 tonight.

Is it a documentary or some dramatized take by someone?

Hulu's track record on "documentaries" (to me) has been FAR below par in recent years.

It's a National Geographic documentary with each episode airing every night on Nat Geo. There have been three out of six released so far and they are available on Hulu for next-day steaming once released.

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gigemJTH12 said:

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On episode 1unbelievable the footage that firefighter camera crew got of the plane while working that gas leak.

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I saw that for the first time on a doc for the 10 year anniversary and my jaw dropped. As far as I know, that is the only live footage of the first plane. Pretty amazing.

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That footage was taken by one of the Naudet brothers, who were in NY to shoot a documentary about the fire department. I saw an interview a few years ago with them where they talked about it being almost an afterthought to head out that morning and film on that particular call.

great info. I was literally thinking " why tf are they filming this random day in the life of a fire fighter working a gas leak"

what a crazy coincidence and to have a perfect angle of the WTC too, amidst all of those buildings.

To each their own, I'm sure it's well done. The first doc Nat Geo did was amazing and laid out the entire story wonderfully. But I can't imagine subjecting myself to that horror for that many more hours again.

oragator said:

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To each their own, I'm sure it's well done. The first doc Nat Geo did was amazing and laid out the entire story wonderfully. But I can't imagine subjecting myself to that horror for that many more hours again.

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I think I've reached that point as well. I've seen enough of the footage to last a lifetime and can still picture that day very clearly in my head.

My wife's bday is 9/11 so I like to make that day about her rather than watching all the docs like I used to. We pray and remember, but I prefer that day to be a happy one for her rather than a somber one.

dbryanc87 said:

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gigemJTH12 said:

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On episode 1unbelievable the footage that firefighter camera crew got of the plane while working that gas leak.

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I saw that for the first time on a doc for the 10 year anniversary and my jaw dropped. As far as I know, that is the only live footage of the first plane. Pretty amazing.

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There was another guy on the highway that filming his drive through the (Lincoln?) tunnel that captured the first plane hitting as well but it was not nearly as clear as the Naudet brothers footage.
Incredible thing is that this guy filmed the north tower getting hit just as his car was entering the tunnel. Traffic was so bad and took him so long to get through the tunnel that just as he was exiting the other side, he filmed the plane that hit the south tower. This guy filmed both planes hitting. Incredible.

Is Nat Geo replaying all the episodes in row on their channel either on 9.11 or before ??

I've seen probably all (or vast majority) of 9/11 docs. Sounds like nothing new or groundbreaking, but I will give ep. 1 a shot and see.

oragator said:

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To each their own, I'm sure it's well done. The first doc Nat Geo did was amazing and laid out the entire story wonderfully. But I can't imagine subjecting myself to that horror for that many more hours again.

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I'm with you. The events of that day are still so vivid, can't believe that was 20 years ago. Just can't watch any of it.

Tabasco said:

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I've seen probably all (or vast majority) of 9/11 docs. Sounds like nothing new or groundbreaking, but I will give ep. 1 a shot and see.

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I'm like you in that I've seen them all over the years. Really nothing new here that's not already available. In that vein, I find it fascinating that there are people here who hadn't seen the Naudet footage of the first plane hitting.

There was one guy in the last episode who gave his story and it was the first time I'd ever heard it. It was pretty moving. Very humble guy. Other than that, like you said, really nothing groundbreaking in this one.

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We've watched all 3.

Definitely lots of footage I've never seen before. I was attending A&M when it happened, so certainly pretty vivid memories.

I can't believe some of these stories of people high up that survived. And the pair of men that both 'saved each other'.. that's unbelievable.

Guy A is stuck inside an office behind a wall. Guy B is with a group of people that just got to a new floor, and a person on that floor said we have to go up, down is fire. So the group went up, but Guy B heard a cry for help. He left the group, found Guy A, got him out, and in an instant, they both decided to go down. They both survived. Presumably, the group that Guy B left did not make it.
Guy A tells the story of him looking out a window, on the phone talking about the first tower, and he sees a plane coming right at him. It gets bigger and bigger, then, instead of hitting him head on, the plane tilts its wings a bit, so he's spared.

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Their story could be a movie.

wangus12 said:

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oragator said:

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To each their own, I'm sure it's well done. The first doc Nat Geo did was amazing and laid out the entire story wonderfully. But I can't imagine subjecting myself to that horror for that many more hours again.

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I think I've reached that point as well. I've seen enough of the footage to last a lifetime and can still picture that day very clearly in my head.

My wife's bday is 9/11 so I like to make that day about her rather than watching all the docs like I used to. We pray and remember, but I prefer that day to be a happy one for her rather than a somber one.

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My wife was pregnant with our twins at the time, and after that 2nd plane hit, I remember thinking "Damn, what have I done, what kind of world am I bringing these kids into?"

So far, so good. I think.

I am amazed at how consistently people who were in the midst of the collapse expressed complete surprise when they emerged to find that the towers had collapsed.

Here's a great video with the full story of the two men in the South Tower from episode 2.

Unbelievable.

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great info. I was literally thinking " why tf are they filming this random day in the life of a fire fighter working a gas leak"

what a crazy coincidence and to have a perfect angle of the WTC too, amidst all of those buildings.

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I'm two episodes in and it's amazing. Like others have said above, I devour everything 9/11 that I can. Multiple reasons, I guess - the vivid memory I have of that day, the fascination with being able to see - on film - the exact moment that the world changed forever, the not wanting to forget (as if I could) and also the not wanting to ever stop being angry about it. Not sure if that last one is 'normal' or not, but for some reason that's important to me.

Anyway, regarding the Naudet footage of the first plane, I'm curious as to how old the posters are who had never seen that or didn't see it until years after.
I'm honestly stunned that anyone who was over the age of about 9 on 9/11 didn't see that within the first week after it happened. I'd argue that it's like the Zapruder film of several generation(s).

This is tough to watch. Ugh. I'm 30 minutes in but I pause every 5 minutes or so.

62strat said:

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We've watched all 3.

Definitely lots of footage I've never seen before. I was attending A&M when it happened, so certainly pretty vivid memories.

I can't believe some of these stories of people high up that survived. And the pair of men that both 'saved each other'.. that's unbelievable.

Guy A is stuck inside an office behind a wall. Guy B is with a group of people that just got to a new floor, and a person on that floor said we have to go up, down is fire. So the group went up, but Guy B heard a cry for help. He left the group, found Guy A, got him out, and in an instant, they both decided to go down. They both survived. Presumably, the group that Guy B left did not make it.
Guy A tells the story of him looking out a window, on the phone talking about the first tower, and he sees a plane coming right at him. It gets bigger and bigger, then, instead of hitting him head on, the plane tilts its wings a bit, so he's spared.

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Guy A actually almost left after the North tower was hit, but when he got to the lobby of the South tower (2nd tower hit) the security guard was telling everyone they were safe and to go back to there office's. Guy A hesitated, but went back up anyway. If he goes home, Guy B dies.