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What was the Saudi connection to 9/11?
Season 1 Episode 7
Fifteen of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia, which was also the home of al-Qaeda’s leader, Osama Bin Laden. In the days after Septembe…
4 years, 11 months ago
Who was the 20th hijacker?
Season 1 Episode 6
Immediately after 9/11, investigators began piecing together the plot. In the flight manifests, they discovered a pattern: A team of five terrorists …
4 years, 11 months ago
Could 9/11 have been stopped before it happened?
Season 1 Episode 5
Before 9/11, FBI Special Agent John O’Neill kept setting off alarms about the emerging terrorist organization al-Qaeda and their mysterious leader Os…
4 years, 11 months ago
Was there a “fifth plane” on 9/11?
Season 1 Episode 4
After the first two hijackings, the nation’s air traffic controllers quickly and efficiently grounded thousands of planes flying to and over the cont…
4 years, 11 months ago
Who issued the order to shoot down Flight 93?
Season 1 Episode 3
With the Capitol under attack, the President on Air Force One, and the Defense Secretary missing, Vice President Dick Cheney was the most powerful ma…
5 years ago
What was the target of United Airlines Flight 93?
Season 1 Episode 2
Every defense mechanism the U.S. government had on 9/11 failed except for one: the passengers and crew aboard United Airlines Flight 93. They were on…
5 years ago
Why weren’t more people rescued from the Twin Towers?
Season 1 Episode 1
After both towers of the World Trade Center were hit on September 11, 2001, first responders coordinated the largest emergency response in New York C…
5 years ago
Trailer: Long Shadow: 9/11's Lingering Questions
Season 1
Many of us watched the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 unfold right before our eyes. In the years since, law enforcement, congressional inq…
5 years, 1 month ago