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French filmmakers, who filmed the first plane crashing into the Twin Towers, while producing a documentary on FDNY's Engine 7, Ladder 1. The scene was later sold to a video service and then widely broadcasted, shown on National TV.
President Bush however claimed, he saw this attack already live on TV, which was impossible BookerElementary. A routine call in the morning, forced Firefighter Chief Pfeifer to examine a gully, a couple of blocks away. Gedeon Naudet went with them and suddenly saw the plane. Jules Naudet was in the north tower when the south tower collapsed.
The english version was first shown on March 10th, 2002, on CBS, hosted by Robert De Niro. The brothers brokered the deal with CBS through friends at Vanity Fair magazine and its editor, Graydon Carter, who contacted CBS President Leslie Moonves. The documentary included footage from inside the complex after the planes slammed into it, showing firefighters using the elevator and walkie-talkies. It was the second high-profile TV documentary about September 11. HBO had a deal with former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to air a documentary about the attacks and their aftermath seen from his perspective. It was shown on May 26th 2002 and included a short scene of the unexplained collapse of Building7.