It's strange. I'm always drawn to the bigger picture. When I first heard about the 9/11 attacks, my very first thoughts were of the worldwide consequences; the wars that might follow and the way our lives, our politics and our beliefs would change afterwards. For the most part, in the years that have followed those fateful events, my concerns have been on a larger scale; illegal invasions, widescale abuse of civil liberties, right wing, mainstream media propaganda etc.
Of course, on getting home from work in 2001 and seeing the live footage my thoughts immediately turned to those individuals involved. The residents, families and workers of New York City, especially those of the emergency service crews tackling the disaster head-on.
102 Minutes That Changed America is a documentary made up of footage shot by first hand witnesses of the events in New York that day. While the footage isn't always as spectacular as some recorded by the TV networks, it does have the bonus of having the original sound of those civilians recording it; specifically their confused, scared, angry and horrified reactions.
It's powerful stuff. It's not the most informative or the most definitive visual record of 9/11. BUT, it does convey better than any documentary so far about what it was like in a major metropolitan city on the day of a catastrophic terrorist attack. 8 years later and brown cords are still required when viewing this footage.
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