Remembering 9/11: A Day That United the World.(Brief article)(Video recording review)

Remembering 9/11: A Day That United the World. DVD. 72 min. Inception Media Group. 2011. $12.98.

Gr 7 Up--A decade has passed since the act of terror that defined the United States in terms of a new awareness of vulnerability and by the efforts and sacrifice of first responders and others. This lengthy program describes events from the morning when 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners and flew suicide missions into two towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and possibly heading to the Capitol or White House, the last plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The documentary is assembled from archival news footage and interviews with survivors …