WTC - The First 24 Hours

Beginning with the North Tower afire and billowing dense smoke, and ending with the vast expanse of ash-brown debris the following morning, WTC: The First 24 Hours documents "ground zero" in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, September 11, 2001.

The documentary was shot independently over a 24-hour period. It is first a witness to the fall of the twin towers, as a line of fire and a buckle in the armature signal imminent collapse. It is then an intimate view of the smoldering monochromatic site and surrounding streets; the ashen outskirts of New York's financial center, desolate and strewn with debris and the epicenter, a steel moonscape of Dredenesque remains. People on the site work monotonously- first in fervor, then dazed, trance-like. The images speak for themselves, intentionally devoid of commentary and music.

This presentation contains two versions of WTC: The First 24 Hours- the expanded documentary and the original eleven minute version, which began as a raw reflection of "ground zero" in the wake of the World Trade Center collapse.