September 11, 2001 Resources

Books & Videos concerning the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack

Report from Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center
by Dennis Smith; March 2002

One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 2001
by Life Magazine Staff; December 2001 (25 Sample Pages Viewable)

September 11: A Testimony Reuters; December 2001 (18 Sample Pages Viewable)

September 11, 2001 Andrews McMeel Publishing, The Poynter Institute; November 2001

In the Line of Duty: A Tribute to New York's Finest and Bravest, November 2001

9-11 by Noam Chomsky; October 2001

Documentaries/Videos from A&E/The History Channel:

9/11: A 5th Anniversary Commemorative DVD Set - September 11th a date permanently etched into the collective memory of millions. It is a date that forever changed the world; a date where innocence was lost. In this special fifth anniversary commemorative, the tragedy, the joy, the miracles and the madness are all memorialized on a single two-DVD set. The story of September 11, 2001 is told using moving images, scholarly research and expert commentary.
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9/11: The Total Story DVD Collection - From the building to destruction of the World Trade Center, pictures and cherished momentos from the terrorist attacks, to the 9/11 Commission Report. 9/11:The Total Story DVD Collection paints a comprehensive picture of the devestation and loss of September 11th 2001.
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The 9/11 Hijackers: Inside The Hamburg Cell DVD - This DVD tracks the progress of the unassuming college students who became religious martyrs. These men, now known as the Hamburg Cell, were responsible for the cultivation of the al-Qaeda plot code-named "the planes operation." The group's leaders were four well-educated Muslim men who shared a common belief in radical Islam. Though Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ziad Jarrah, and Ramzi Binalshibh hailed from different countries--Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Yemen--a spirit of brotherhood prevailed among them.
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The Day The Towers Fell DVD - This DVD looks at the World Trade Center disaster through the eyes of the people who risked their lives to capture it on film. We'll hear their stories, many shared on camera for the first time, and find out how and why they responded the way they did. A host of unforgettable images, many not seen by the public before, combine with the interviews to paint an intensely intimate portrait of the tragedy that changed the world.
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Fireboats of 9/11 DVD - This DVD tells the complete story of the unique force to which the John Harvey belongs, which has helped protect New York City for over 100 years. Veterans of the service talk about long-ago disasters, such as the ammunition ship fire in 1943. See footage of current training maneuvers and get a below-decks tour of the state-of-the-art vessels that are used today. And hear from naval architects and historians about the origins and evolution of the Division.
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Ground Zero America DVD Set - Four-volume set includes The History Channel's acclaimed tribute to the World Trade Center. Completed months before the tragedy, World Trade Center: In Memoriam chronicles the history and construction of the engineering and architectural marvel. The set also contains First Response, Chemical and Biological Weapons and The Pentagon.
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Grounded on 9-11 DVD - The DVD is the harrowing story of four of the most critical hours in aviation history that begins with nearly 6,500 planes in the air carrying close to 1,000,000 people and ends with quiet empty skies over a stunned continent.
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Relics From the Rubble DVD - Now available on DVD, this special edition of THIS WEEK IN HISTORY looks at the September 11th disaster through the lens of the personal stories surrounding the Relics From the Rubble. In these intimate tales, a vastly different picture of the tragedy emerges, a tapestry of personal memories and struggles and the power that the smallest token of a lost loved one has to bring solace to those left behind.
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