1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:00:24,649 --> 00:00:26,484 I'm from South Carolina. 4 00:00:26,568 --> 00:00:28,653 From Lexington, to be exact. 5 00:00:29,154 --> 00:00:30,864 I was born and raised there. 6 00:00:32,866 --> 00:00:34,451 My name is Michael Smoak. 7 00:00:34,534 --> 00:00:36,327 Everyone calls me Smoak. 8 00:00:41,124 --> 00:00:43,418 I've always been called that. 9 00:00:43,501 --> 00:00:47,297 Since I was little, everyone calls me Smoak. 10 00:00:47,380 --> 00:00:50,175 They call me Michael only to yell at me. 11 00:00:56,014 --> 00:00:58,975 I was five years old on September 11th. 12 00:01:00,477 --> 00:01:02,270 I didn't understand everything, 13 00:01:02,353 --> 00:01:04,397 but the tension was passable, 14 00:01:04,481 --> 00:01:07,192 so I understood that it was serious. 15 00:01:08,318 --> 00:01:11,613 That day I was sick and I wasn't at school. 16 00:01:11,696 --> 00:01:13,698 I was at my grandmother's house. 17 00:01:13,782 --> 00:01:18,828 We were watching TV with her and my grandfather. 18 00:01:18,912 --> 00:01:22,373 At one point, they both got up 19 00:01:22,457 --> 00:01:26,377 and moved closer to the TV. 20 00:01:27,420 --> 00:01:29,964 A big piece has just come off. 21 00:01:30,048 --> 00:01:33,259 It is hoped that the area has been evacuated. 22 00:01:33,343 --> 00:01:37,138 Growing up, I started to understand better. 23 00:01:37,972 --> 00:01:41,559 I understood what had happened, but not the reasons. 24 00:01:42,602 --> 00:01:46,272 Later, on YouTube, I saw videos of the war. 25 00:01:46,356 --> 00:01:47,524 Target ! 26 00:01:50,610 --> 00:01:52,237 I wanted to serve my country. 27 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,865 I don't know anymore when I heard about the Marines. 28 00:01:55,949 --> 00:01:59,119 but I started looking online videos, 29 00:01:59,202 --> 00:02:01,996 and photos of uniforms, etc. 30 00:02:03,414 --> 00:02:05,166 I wanted to become like them. 31 00:02:06,543 --> 00:02:08,545 I wanted to be a Marine when I grew up. 32 00:02:12,966 --> 00:02:16,803 We were told that we were going evacuate nationals. 33 00:02:16,886 --> 00:02:19,556 The war in Afghanistan is over. 34 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:21,933 The end of our longest war. 35 00:02:22,016 --> 00:02:24,477 Twenty years, 2,400 deaths. 36 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:27,981 But it completely degenerated. 37 00:02:32,026 --> 00:02:35,029 It was almost 20 years after September 11. 38 00:02:39,617 --> 00:02:41,870 What started on September 11 39 00:02:41,953 --> 00:02:44,247 ended right there, at Abbey Gate. 40 00:02:48,042 --> 00:02:52,505 I asked myself what we had done for these 20 years. 41 00:02:53,756 --> 00:02:56,009 If they didn't have the right papers, 42 00:02:56,092 --> 00:02:58,720 it was tantamount to sending them to their death. 43 00:02:58,803 --> 00:03:05,143 It's a huge responsibility for a 23 year old. 44 00:03:17,071 --> 00:03:22,952 TURNING POINT: GENERATION SEPTEMBER 11 45 00:03:31,169 --> 00:03:33,588 We are at a moment in our history 46 00:03:33,671 --> 00:03:36,090 where what happened on September 11 47 00:03:36,174 --> 00:03:41,095 begins to pass from living memory to history. 48 00:03:45,016 --> 00:03:46,976 In a few years, 49 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:51,606 we will reach the point where 50% of Americans 50 00:03:51,689 --> 00:03:53,858 will be born after September 11 51 00:03:53,942 --> 00:03:56,819 or were too young to remember. 52 00:03:58,196 --> 00:03:59,572 They hear about it 53 00:03:59,656 --> 00:04:02,700 and see the images of the attacks at school. 54 00:04:03,618 --> 00:04:07,372 We are taught at school what happened, 55 00:04:07,455 --> 00:04:09,874 just so we know. 56 00:04:09,958 --> 00:04:14,045 The only time I hear about it, It’s at the commemorations. 57 00:04:14,128 --> 00:04:17,507 For me, it's one of the wars of the history program. 58 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:19,884 I wasn't born yet at the time. 59 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:26,975 On September 11, I was in English class. 60 00:04:28,059 --> 00:04:29,852 I was in first grade. 61 00:04:30,687 --> 00:04:33,314 We were the only Muslims in school. 62 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:37,360 I was ten months old on September 11th. 63 00:04:37,902 --> 00:04:40,530 I'm kind of collateral damage. 64 00:04:41,489 --> 00:04:43,825 I had just turned three. 65 00:04:43,908 --> 00:04:45,743 They had to change my diaper. 66 00:04:45,827 --> 00:04:47,537 I was three years old. 67 00:04:48,746 --> 00:04:50,581 I had just turned four. 68 00:04:51,666 --> 00:04:53,835 It was 25 years ago. 69 00:04:53,918 --> 00:04:57,463 There was a whole generation since the attacks. 70 00:04:58,923 --> 00:05:03,011 It is important to understand the trauma it caused. 71 00:05:05,388 --> 00:05:09,434 The repercussions of September 11 lead to others. 72 00:05:10,435 --> 00:05:12,729 Some consequences of today 73 00:05:12,812 --> 00:05:15,398 are still felt today. 74 00:05:19,819 --> 00:05:21,529 25 years later, 75 00:05:21,612 --> 00:05:25,241 the current generation lives in a world 76 00:05:25,325 --> 00:05:28,036 created by 9/11. 77 00:05:28,119 --> 00:05:30,621 RENÉE GOOD SHOT BY ICE IN MINNEAPOLIS 78 00:05:31,414 --> 00:05:33,124 QANON, THE CONSPIRACY THEORY 79 00:05:33,207 --> 00:05:34,876 MUSLIMS PREVENTED FROM ENTERING 80 00:05:34,959 --> 00:05:36,461 “BUILD THE WALL” 81 00:05:37,670 --> 00:05:40,923 DEATH OF BIN LADEN INVASION OF IRAQ 82 00:05:41,674 --> 00:05:45,511 At the time, it seemed to experience a pivotal moment. 83 00:05:46,137 --> 00:05:47,347 And it was. 84 00:05:51,601 --> 00:05:52,769 I was sleeping. 85 00:05:53,644 --> 00:05:55,646 I was a student at NYU. 86 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,275 I lived in Lower Manhattan. 87 00:05:59,359 --> 00:06:02,403 Suddenly, I heard a loud noise. 88 00:06:17,085 --> 00:06:18,544 There was an explosion. 89 00:06:18,628 --> 00:06:20,046 VOICE OF STEPHEN MCARDLE 90 00:06:20,129 --> 00:06:22,548 FBI TAP FROM WTC 3 91 00:06:26,719 --> 00:06:28,554 Holy shit! 92 00:06:29,555 --> 00:06:30,765 I turned on the TV. 93 00:06:30,848 --> 00:06:33,101 Last minute information. 94 00:06:33,184 --> 00:06:37,855 Apparently a plane just crashed on the World Trade Center in New York. 95 00:06:37,939 --> 00:06:40,483 We only had the main channels. 96 00:06:40,566 --> 00:06:44,237 Sorry to spoil the mood, we have some last minute information. 97 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,697 A plane crashed 98 00:06:47,198 --> 00:06:49,033 on the World Trade Center. 99 00:06:49,117 --> 00:06:49,992 But no ? 100 00:06:50,076 --> 00:06:51,786 We don't have any more details. 101 00:06:51,869 --> 00:06:56,290 We don't know exactly what happened. 102 00:06:56,374 --> 00:06:59,877 Anyway, let's continue. Are you holding on? 103 00:06:59,961 --> 00:07:02,088 - In shock, I imagine. - Yes. 104 00:07:02,171 --> 00:07:05,174 I've never... I don't know what to say. 105 00:07:05,258 --> 00:07:08,261 We try to collect more information. 106 00:07:08,344 --> 00:07:12,014 We call our sources to understand what happened. 107 00:07:12,098 --> 00:07:14,809 The fire is far from being brought under control. 108 00:07:14,892 --> 00:07:17,270 I worked for ten years as a historian 109 00:07:17,353 --> 00:07:20,022 and conservative of the September 11 Memorial. 110 00:07:20,106 --> 00:07:22,692 I was recording the testimonies of survivors, 111 00:07:22,775 --> 00:07:25,069 first aiders, family members… 112 00:07:26,362 --> 00:07:29,323 If we want to give hope to a generation, 113 00:07:29,866 --> 00:07:32,660 we need to help him understand what happened 114 00:07:32,743 --> 00:07:36,372 to sow the seeds of a better future. 115 00:07:37,415 --> 00:07:41,252 When we face real people and personal stories, 116 00:07:42,712 --> 00:07:45,673 we better understand the seriousness of the events 117 00:07:45,756 --> 00:07:48,009 and how it was an upheaval. 118 00:07:55,141 --> 00:07:57,185 Police, what is your emergency? 119 00:07:57,268 --> 00:08:00,938 I'm on the 100th floor of the World Trade Center with 30 people. 120 00:08:01,022 --> 00:08:03,608 People were calling 911. 121 00:08:03,691 --> 00:08:07,153 They were stuck, they couldn't come down. 122 00:08:07,236 --> 00:08:09,197 The firefighters, I'm listening. 123 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,574 It's very difficult to speak. 124 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:14,410 There's a lot of smoke. The heat… 125 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:17,121 We're all starting to panic. Come, quickly. 126 00:08:17,205 --> 00:08:19,874 - What floor? - 100th, northeast side. 127 00:08:19,957 --> 00:08:20,958 All right. 128 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:27,048 Your phone number? 129 00:08:27,131 --> 00:08:31,093 - I'm calling from a cell phone. - Alright. We're coming to help you. 130 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:33,095 - Hurry up ! - They're coming. 131 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:36,724 All that could say first aiders, 132 00:08:36,807 --> 00:08:39,810 it was: “Hold on, We’ll arrive as soon as possible.” 133 00:08:40,353 --> 00:08:44,524 BRADLEY FETCHET 24 YEARS OLD ON SEPTEMBER 11 134 00:08:44,607 --> 00:08:45,733 Our son, Brad, 135 00:08:45,816 --> 00:08:48,861 had just graduated from Bucknell. 136 00:08:50,029 --> 00:08:51,822 On September 11, 137 00:08:51,906 --> 00:08:56,035 he worked on the 89th floor of the south tower. 138 00:08:56,953 --> 00:08:58,663 Mom, it's Brad. 139 00:08:58,746 --> 00:09:01,415 I imagine you already know. 140 00:09:01,499 --> 00:09:04,460 A plane crashed on the World Trade Center 1. 141 00:09:04,544 --> 00:09:06,921 We're fine. We're in the other tower. 142 00:09:07,004 --> 00:09:10,132 I'm fine, we're not affected here. 143 00:09:10,216 --> 00:09:13,469 But it's truly terrifying to see. 144 00:09:15,429 --> 00:09:20,393 Most people believed to a terrible unexpected accident. 145 00:09:23,437 --> 00:09:25,439 Apparently it was a plane. 146 00:09:25,523 --> 00:09:27,567 I'm going to watch the news. 147 00:09:28,276 --> 00:09:32,029 We thought we were invincible, but also invulnerable. 148 00:09:32,113 --> 00:09:34,365 That is to say, unassailable. 149 00:09:36,075 --> 00:09:39,495 September 11 shattered this arrogance. 150 00:09:41,789 --> 00:09:44,083 For now, I'm pretty far away. 151 00:09:44,166 --> 00:09:46,627 It's dangerous to get too close. 152 00:09:46,711 --> 00:09:48,129 I saw debris... 153 00:09:48,212 --> 00:09:53,801 During this short time, between 8:46 a.m. and 9:03 a.m., 154 00:09:53,884 --> 00:09:56,846 the United States was of great innocence. 155 00:10:04,562 --> 00:10:06,564 During these 17 minutes, 156 00:10:06,647 --> 00:10:09,567 no one yet understood the horror. 157 00:10:10,651 --> 00:10:14,530 The firefighters arrive on the scene. 158 00:10:15,489 --> 00:10:19,744 But no rescue operation is not in progress at the moment. 159 00:10:19,827 --> 00:10:21,662 But… Damn! 160 00:10:21,746 --> 00:10:23,456 Damn… 161 00:10:23,539 --> 00:10:25,416 A second plane crashed. 162 00:10:36,344 --> 00:10:38,846 A jet plane at full speed. 163 00:10:38,929 --> 00:10:42,308 He came close to the Ritz-Carlton under construction in Battery Park. 164 00:10:42,391 --> 00:10:45,686 He passed right by before hitting the tower. 165 00:10:46,771 --> 00:10:50,399 It could therefore be of a concerted attack 166 00:10:50,483 --> 00:10:52,485 against the World Trade Center 167 00:10:52,568 --> 00:10:55,196 which we are witnessing at the moment. 168 00:10:57,948 --> 00:10:59,617 My name is Andrew Ansbro. 169 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:02,244 New York firefighter since February 2001. 170 00:11:02,995 --> 00:11:05,498 I was assigned to Brigade 58 in Harlem. 171 00:11:06,707 --> 00:11:09,251 On September 11, I was 29 years old. 172 00:11:09,877 --> 00:11:11,420 I was the new kid. 173 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:14,090 I finished a 24 hour shift 174 00:11:14,173 --> 00:11:16,342 when the first plane crashed. 175 00:11:16,425 --> 00:11:20,012 We were sent after the second alert, at the south tower. 176 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:23,182 As soon as the alarm sounds, adrenaline rushes. 177 00:11:23,724 --> 00:11:26,310 I went straight for it. 178 00:11:27,478 --> 00:11:31,816 In the street, everyone moved aside to let us pass, 179 00:11:31,899 --> 00:11:33,359 they encouraged us. 180 00:11:33,442 --> 00:11:36,737 We were like gladiators descending into the arena. 181 00:11:36,821 --> 00:11:40,032 Everyone was cheering for us and applauded us. 182 00:11:40,116 --> 00:11:42,535 Turning a corner, 183 00:11:42,618 --> 00:11:47,623 I noticed someone who looked at us and cried. 184 00:11:47,707 --> 00:11:48,916 And then I understood. 185 00:11:52,753 --> 00:11:53,754 Shit. 186 00:11:56,090 --> 00:11:58,050 The lieutenant told us: 187 00:11:58,134 --> 00:12:02,096 "On the floors above the fire, there will be no survivors.” 188 00:12:04,140 --> 00:12:08,352 Tens of thousands of people work in these towers 189 00:12:08,436 --> 00:12:10,855 in the heart of the financial district from New York. 190 00:12:15,401 --> 00:12:18,237 We saw the fire, flames and smoke. 191 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:20,448 My wife was up there. 192 00:12:21,282 --> 00:12:24,034 She worked on the 96th floor. 193 00:12:24,118 --> 00:12:26,245 But I remained hopeful. 194 00:12:29,707 --> 00:12:32,543 My daughter was two years old. 195 00:12:33,878 --> 00:12:37,673 A few days later, she called her mother crying. 196 00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:39,759 That's when I realized. 197 00:12:44,305 --> 00:12:46,140 People were coming down the stairs. 198 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:52,438 There was more or less smoke, depending on where we were. 199 00:12:53,147 --> 00:12:55,441 There were a lot of people. 200 00:12:56,317 --> 00:12:59,779 We saw women in stiletto heels that went down 201 00:13:01,030 --> 00:13:02,907 lots of steps. 202 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:07,328 People tell that they helped each other get down. 203 00:13:11,665 --> 00:13:16,629 There were first aid stations where they were provided with oxygen. 204 00:13:16,712 --> 00:13:18,714 We gave them water. 205 00:13:20,299 --> 00:13:22,676 At one point, first aid 206 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,679 gathered at the command post 207 00:13:25,763 --> 00:13:29,308 to prepare to climb and develop their strategy. 208 00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:33,521 Someone watched the small group that was going to go up 209 00:13:33,604 --> 00:13:36,774 and said to them: “We might not survive it.” 210 00:13:39,401 --> 00:13:42,613 They took a while to shake hands. 211 00:13:46,575 --> 00:13:51,789 MIKE KEHOE FIRE BRIGADE 28 212 00:13:54,416 --> 00:13:56,877 All we know for now, 213 00:13:56,961 --> 00:14:00,923 it's that two planes collided the World Trade Center towers. 214 00:14:03,759 --> 00:14:06,720 The city was attacked, there was no doubt about it. 215 00:14:07,555 --> 00:14:09,890 Then we understood that it was the country. 216 00:14:17,439 --> 00:14:21,026 Another plane was heading towards Washington. 217 00:14:23,904 --> 00:14:25,531 My name is An Nguyen. 218 00:14:25,614 --> 00:14:27,783 I am the son of Khang Nguyen, 219 00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:30,160 who worked at the Pentagon 220 00:14:30,744 --> 00:14:31,996 on September 11. 221 00:14:33,122 --> 00:14:37,918 My father was born in South Vietnam. 222 00:14:38,502 --> 00:14:43,090 He came to the United States after the fall of Saigon in 1975. 223 00:14:44,216 --> 00:14:47,636 He is the symbol of the American dream. 224 00:14:48,762 --> 00:14:50,931 There were opportunities here 225 00:14:51,015 --> 00:14:54,685 that he had never had in his youth in Vietnam. 226 00:14:55,436 --> 00:14:57,730 My father was an electrical engineer 227 00:14:57,813 --> 00:15:00,733 at the command center from the Navy to the Pentagon. 228 00:15:01,317 --> 00:15:03,611 I had just turned four. 229 00:15:03,694 --> 00:15:05,863 I was in kindergarten. 230 00:15:05,946 --> 00:15:07,489 And that Tuesday morning, 231 00:15:07,573 --> 00:15:10,576 my mother took me take the bus to school 232 00:15:10,659 --> 00:15:12,494 and my father ran towards the bus 233 00:15:12,578 --> 00:15:16,582 to say goodbye one very last time. 234 00:15:23,464 --> 00:15:26,634 THE PENTAGON WASHINGTON 235 00:15:33,974 --> 00:15:35,517 At 9:37 a.m., 236 00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:39,772 flight 77 crashed on the E ring of the Pentagon. 237 00:15:40,856 --> 00:15:42,775 Brigade 101… 238 00:15:44,443 --> 00:15:47,947 Brigade 105 on scene. We have… 239 00:15:49,990 --> 00:15:51,283 …the Pentagon. 240 00:15:54,995 --> 00:15:58,958 It seems that there was another major explosion, 241 00:15:59,041 --> 00:16:00,834 in the capital this time. 242 00:16:00,918 --> 00:16:05,506 In these images, we see the devastation caused by the explosion. 243 00:16:05,589 --> 00:16:08,175 There is smoke above the Pentagon. 244 00:16:10,678 --> 00:16:12,721 I came home after school. 245 00:16:14,473 --> 00:16:16,517 I was waiting to see my father 246 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,353 drive up the driveway in his car. 247 00:16:19,436 --> 00:16:21,105 I waited a long time, 248 00:16:24,066 --> 00:16:25,901 hoping he comes home. 249 00:16:29,697 --> 00:16:32,825 The following days, at the funeral, 250 00:16:32,908 --> 00:16:36,161 I understood that he would never come home. 251 00:16:38,247 --> 00:16:41,917 I then burst into tears. 252 00:16:43,877 --> 00:16:47,172 Terrorism is a term that we cannot understand 253 00:16:47,256 --> 00:16:50,718 only if we experienced it in our flesh. 254 00:16:52,261 --> 00:16:55,222 I couldn't bring myself to resolve 255 00:16:55,305 --> 00:16:57,474 to a loss of this magnitude. 256 00:16:58,726 --> 00:17:01,562 But I knew that my life would no longer be the same. 257 00:17:05,357 --> 00:17:08,027 I had to build an identity for myself 258 00:17:08,110 --> 00:17:11,530 in a world where my father is no longer by my side. 259 00:17:19,371 --> 00:17:21,874 The Pentagon is a private area. 260 00:17:21,957 --> 00:17:23,417 It is a low building. 261 00:17:24,501 --> 00:17:28,464 The power of the plane, the quantity of kerosene, 262 00:17:29,214 --> 00:17:32,384 the size and structure of the building… 263 00:17:32,468 --> 00:17:34,970 All this contributed to a terrible blaze. 264 00:17:41,852 --> 00:17:43,353 At the same time, 265 00:17:43,437 --> 00:17:46,815 the south tower had been burning for 56 minutes. 266 00:17:49,818 --> 00:17:52,362 The impact zone was a little lower. 267 00:17:57,159 --> 00:18:02,956 So after an hour passed to burn at extreme temperatures, 268 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:07,377 the building has started to collapse on itself. 269 00:18:13,467 --> 00:18:17,387 At one point we heard a dull rumble in the ground. 270 00:18:17,471 --> 00:18:18,764 Like an earthquake. 271 00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:28,816 We saw police officers lined up, as before the call. 272 00:18:28,899 --> 00:18:30,609 And they started running. 273 00:18:30,692 --> 00:18:32,945 As if something fell from the sky, 274 00:18:33,028 --> 00:18:34,696 or that there was a riot. 275 00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:36,698 They all ran north. 276 00:18:37,241 --> 00:18:41,829 In fact, the police officers in the helicopter had contacted them by radio 277 00:18:41,912 --> 00:18:45,791 to tell them that the top of the tower started to lean. 278 00:18:49,044 --> 00:18:50,671 They told them to evacuate. 279 00:18:52,172 --> 00:18:54,174 Nobody told us anything. 280 00:18:54,758 --> 00:18:56,677 WORKED AT THE SOUTH TOWER 105TH FLOOR 281 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:58,929 A man, Sean Rooney, 282 00:18:59,012 --> 00:19:01,890 called his wife, Beverly Eckert. 283 00:19:03,725 --> 00:19:05,769 They spoke on the phone. 284 00:19:05,853 --> 00:19:07,521 He found himself trapped. 285 00:19:08,063 --> 00:19:10,065 He called me around 9:30. 286 00:19:11,024 --> 00:19:13,777 He told me he was on the 105th floor. 287 00:19:13,861 --> 00:19:16,905 VOICE OF BEVERLY ECKERT WIFE OF SEAN ROONEY 288 00:19:16,989 --> 00:19:19,199 He had tried to find a way out, 289 00:19:20,367 --> 00:19:23,078 but he had not succeeded. 290 00:19:23,162 --> 00:19:25,372 The stairwell was full of smoke. 291 00:19:27,958 --> 00:19:30,460 We stopped talking of a possible outcome. 292 00:19:32,796 --> 00:19:34,464 We started talking 293 00:19:34,548 --> 00:19:37,843 of all these years of happiness shared together. 294 00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:43,849 He kept saying “I love you” to me in a low voice. 295 00:19:45,309 --> 00:19:47,394 Then I heard a crack, 296 00:19:47,477 --> 00:19:50,314 followed by the sound of an avalanche. 297 00:19:50,981 --> 00:19:51,982 Take two. 298 00:19:52,065 --> 00:19:53,775 Take two, two, one. 299 00:19:53,859 --> 00:19:56,570 We are as close as possible to the towers. 300 00:19:56,653 --> 00:20:00,407 You can see the firefighters, the police, the FBI agents. 301 00:20:00,490 --> 00:20:02,993 And you can see both towers… 302 00:20:03,076 --> 00:20:06,205 There, a huge explosion and a shower of debris. 303 00:20:06,288 --> 00:20:07,915 We don't have to stay there! 304 00:20:10,125 --> 00:20:12,961 Come on, Glenn! You can do it! 305 00:20:14,254 --> 00:20:16,715 We heard a huge crash, and... 306 00:20:18,967 --> 00:20:21,303 The floors were collapsing on top of each other. 307 00:20:23,972 --> 00:20:28,018 The sky suddenly turned black, we would have thought we were in the middle of the night. 308 00:20:28,101 --> 00:20:31,396 Instinctively, me and those who came from the south, 309 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,106 we ran south. 310 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:38,237 We just heard a huge crash, 311 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,198 and the building collapsed. 312 00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:44,910 The building crashed to the ground and swept us away. 313 00:20:44,993 --> 00:20:48,330 Compressed air pressure blew out the windows. 314 00:20:48,413 --> 00:20:51,708 - Shit ! - We were thrown into the air. 315 00:20:51,792 --> 00:20:54,586 I landed further away, on a pile of people. 316 00:20:54,670 --> 00:20:57,339 I wanted to take my breath, 317 00:20:57,422 --> 00:21:00,550 but it was like swallowing sand. 318 00:21:02,344 --> 00:21:04,972 We caught small pieces of debris. 319 00:21:05,055 --> 00:21:07,599 I thought it was the end. 320 00:21:07,683 --> 00:21:09,685 I hope I will survive this. 321 00:21:09,768 --> 00:21:11,270 It hits me straight. 322 00:21:11,812 --> 00:21:16,233 I ran to escape the smoke and I slipped under a car. 323 00:21:16,316 --> 00:21:18,860 There was a subway grate underneath. 324 00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:23,573 I breathed through the grate the next three or four hours. 325 00:21:23,657 --> 00:21:26,576 The air was too thick to see anything. 326 00:21:29,204 --> 00:21:33,417 At 10:28 a.m., the north tower collapsed, 327 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:35,752 killing around 1,500 people 328 00:21:35,836 --> 00:21:38,505 who were unable to leave the building. 329 00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:54,688 Come home! Stay away from windows! 330 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:58,191 My stuff is outside! 331 00:21:58,275 --> 00:22:00,986 You prefer to live where to collect your belongings? 332 00:22:01,611 --> 00:22:03,947 The cloud of debris is moving towards us. 333 00:22:04,031 --> 00:22:07,701 - Do not open the door. - Move away from the window. 334 00:22:07,784 --> 00:22:10,746 - Don't open the door! - Quick, come here! 335 00:22:10,829 --> 00:22:12,789 Damn it! 336 00:22:12,873 --> 00:22:15,959 - It is the shadow of death. - I'm hallucinating! 337 00:22:17,753 --> 00:22:20,422 You are right! You saved my life! 338 00:22:20,505 --> 00:22:22,466 - I told you so. - THANKS ! 339 00:22:27,054 --> 00:22:30,432 I don't know what to say. The towers have collapsed. 340 00:22:30,515 --> 00:22:34,978 In Church Street, people are completely helpless. 341 00:22:35,062 --> 00:22:39,066 They don't know what to do. Some are on their knees and praying. 342 00:22:39,149 --> 00:22:41,860 Images of the collapse of one of the towers. 343 00:22:41,943 --> 00:22:45,447 An alert from the Associated Press, from Pittsburgh. 344 00:22:45,530 --> 00:22:48,450 Somerset Airport Authorities confirm 345 00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:51,370 plane crash north of the airport. 346 00:22:56,917 --> 00:22:59,419 LAUREL HOMER DAUGHTER OF LEROY W. HOME JUNIOR 347 00:22:59,503 --> 00:23:00,879 10 MONTHS ON SEPTEMBER 11 348 00:23:01,755 --> 00:23:03,298 My name is Laurel Homer. 349 00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:06,426 I was ten months old on September 11th. 350 00:23:07,302 --> 00:23:09,304 Was it her wedding day? 351 00:23:11,473 --> 00:23:14,434 I am Leroy Homer's daughter. 352 00:23:14,976 --> 00:23:18,939 LEROY W. HOMER JUNIOR FIRST OFFICER – FLIGHT 93 353 00:23:21,358 --> 00:23:24,778 My father was the co-pilot of Flight 93. 354 00:23:28,949 --> 00:23:32,244 There were 44 people aboard Flight 93. 355 00:23:34,621 --> 00:23:38,625 And as the plane had already taken off, 356 00:23:38,708 --> 00:23:41,211 many passengers on board 357 00:23:41,294 --> 00:23:44,464 received information from outside 358 00:23:44,548 --> 00:23:47,259 about the attacks in New York, 359 00:23:47,342 --> 00:23:48,760 then on the Pentagon. 360 00:23:50,470 --> 00:23:57,185 There were 37 calls made and messages left during the flight. 361 00:23:58,437 --> 00:24:01,398 Elsa, it's Lin. I don't have much time. 362 00:24:01,481 --> 00:24:03,483 I'm on United Flight 93. 363 00:24:03,567 --> 00:24:07,404 It was hijacked by terrorists who say they have a bomb. 364 00:24:07,487 --> 00:24:11,199 They crashed planes over the World Trade Center 365 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:13,952 and they're going to do the same with this one. 366 00:24:14,035 --> 00:24:16,621 I just wanted to tell you that I love you 367 00:24:16,705 --> 00:24:19,082 and I'm going to miss you. 368 00:24:20,041 --> 00:24:21,710 And… 369 00:24:21,793 --> 00:24:25,130 Tell the parents that I love them, and... 370 00:24:28,550 --> 00:24:31,344 I especially wanted let you know that I love you. 371 00:24:31,428 --> 00:24:34,973 I don't know if I'll have the chance to tell you again one day. 372 00:24:36,725 --> 00:24:40,937 Now we know that they were targeting the Capitol. 373 00:24:44,733 --> 00:24:48,653 The passengers understood that it was a suicide mission 374 00:24:48,737 --> 00:24:53,950 and they quickly realized that they could stop them. 375 00:24:54,784 --> 00:25:01,625 Here are the remains of a plane crash on Lambertsville Road. 376 00:25:04,085 --> 00:25:08,632 The passengers and crew decided to storm the cockpit. 377 00:25:09,674 --> 00:25:14,763 The terrorists finally decided to crash the plane. 378 00:25:19,643 --> 00:25:24,648 They hijacked the plane of the terrorists' initial target. 379 00:25:24,731 --> 00:25:28,485 It saved a lot of people. 380 00:25:33,073 --> 00:25:37,744 Of course, it's a good thing that they managed to avoid the worst, 381 00:25:37,827 --> 00:25:39,454 but at the same time, 382 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:41,790 I still lost it. 383 00:25:42,541 --> 00:25:45,377 So I find myself a little torn. 384 00:25:45,460 --> 00:25:48,588 I would have preferred that he doesn't have to be a hero. 385 00:25:50,340 --> 00:25:52,759 My mother told me that at one point, 386 00:25:52,842 --> 00:25:55,554 she thought that she was going to die of grief. 387 00:25:57,264 --> 00:25:59,849 She was devastated. 388 00:26:01,476 --> 00:26:05,772 And she had to take care of a very little girl. 389 00:26:06,273 --> 00:26:10,443 All my life was built around that. 390 00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:13,905 It's still very hard for me, 391 00:26:13,989 --> 00:26:17,033 because it took over… 392 00:26:17,951 --> 00:26:18,868 all my life. 393 00:26:25,792 --> 00:26:27,002 Good evening. 394 00:26:27,627 --> 00:26:30,088 Today, our fellow citizens, 395 00:26:30,171 --> 00:26:31,506 our way of life, 396 00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:34,426 our very freedom has been attacked 397 00:26:34,509 --> 00:26:38,388 in a series of terrorist acts deliberate and murderous. 398 00:26:44,227 --> 00:26:48,940 There were four attacks and nearly 3,000 deaths. 399 00:26:53,194 --> 00:26:58,825 But behind these figures, we forget the horror that people experienced. 400 00:27:03,997 --> 00:27:08,835 We forget the fear, the chaos, confusion and shock 401 00:27:08,918 --> 00:27:10,211 felt that day. 402 00:27:11,504 --> 00:27:13,298 Someone needs help. 403 00:27:14,341 --> 00:27:16,843 We didn't know when the attacks started 404 00:27:18,178 --> 00:27:20,847 and when they ended. 405 00:27:20,930 --> 00:27:25,435 During the day, we ignored how many attacks there had been. 406 00:27:28,188 --> 00:27:32,692 It was not known whether other attacks were going to take place 407 00:27:32,776 --> 00:27:36,363 in the afternoon or the next day, 408 00:27:36,446 --> 00:27:40,867 or even in October, or even in 2002. 409 00:27:45,830 --> 00:27:50,585 If we forget the fear, the chaos, the confusion and shock of September 11, 410 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:57,425 we can't understand the reaction of the United States subsequently. 411 00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:00,095 BUSH ASSHOLE CLEAR 412 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:01,805 FASCIST STATE 413 00:28:01,888 --> 00:28:06,142 WAVE OF TERRORISM ON THE UNITED STATES 414 00:28:06,226 --> 00:28:11,064 For the United States, it marked a change of times. 415 00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:16,695 The country felt attacked 416 00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:21,491 and began to imagine the worst. 417 00:28:22,534 --> 00:28:24,828 The horror no longer had limits. 418 00:28:25,453 --> 00:28:29,457 After what happened, we could expect anything. 419 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:34,337 It was legitimate to go there. 420 00:28:34,421 --> 00:28:37,716 They attacked us and killed lots of people. 421 00:28:37,799 --> 00:28:40,885 So it was normal to punish those responsible. 422 00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:46,433 It's war now. 423 00:28:46,516 --> 00:28:49,728 - It's going to start a war. - Yes. 424 00:28:49,811 --> 00:28:51,479 It's clear and clear. 425 00:28:53,022 --> 00:28:55,316 I heard the adults talking about it. 426 00:28:55,400 --> 00:29:00,238 As I grew up, I started to better understand what had happened, 427 00:29:00,321 --> 00:29:01,614 but not the reasons, 428 00:29:01,698 --> 00:29:04,242 except that these people didn't like us. 429 00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:10,707 To tell me what had happened, 430 00:29:10,790 --> 00:29:14,002 my mother told me that there were bad guys on his plane. 431 00:29:14,085 --> 00:29:17,255 9/11 TERRORISTS IN AFGHANISTAN AL-QAIDA VIDEO 432 00:29:17,338 --> 00:29:20,008 I knew they were terrorists, 433 00:29:20,091 --> 00:29:22,302 that they came from the Middle East, 434 00:29:22,385 --> 00:29:26,431 but I didn't understand why they did that. 435 00:29:27,932 --> 00:29:29,601 What was their objective? 436 00:29:34,564 --> 00:29:38,485 Tonight I ask you to pray for all those who are grieving. 437 00:29:40,361 --> 00:29:42,989 The children whose world collapsed. 438 00:29:43,740 --> 00:29:47,410 Those who no longer feel safe. 439 00:29:49,537 --> 00:29:53,291 I pray that a higher force brings them comfort. 440 00:29:53,374 --> 00:29:56,002 As it says in Psalm 23: 441 00:29:56,753 --> 00:30:00,173 "When I walk in the valley of the shadow of death, 442 00:30:00,256 --> 00:30:01,674 "I fear no evil, 443 00:30:02,175 --> 00:30:03,593 “for You are with me.” 444 00:30:13,770 --> 00:30:17,398 It broke my heart to see the posters and signs 445 00:30:17,482 --> 00:30:20,068 people who were looking for their loved ones. 446 00:30:21,277 --> 00:30:24,989 The rubble of the towers were still smoking. 447 00:30:25,073 --> 00:30:26,491 ALWAYS UNITED 448 00:30:26,574 --> 00:30:29,702 It happened right away awakened a vocation in me. 449 00:30:29,786 --> 00:30:34,582 I felt that my destiny, it was to take part in the action 450 00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:38,002 to find those responsible of these attacks. 451 00:30:45,051 --> 00:30:48,638 About three days after September 11, 452 00:30:48,721 --> 00:30:53,268 panic, uncertainty, fear and lack of information reigned. 453 00:30:54,644 --> 00:30:58,189 People at the White House and the Ministry of Justice 454 00:30:58,273 --> 00:31:02,193 immediately understood that it was necessary to react firmly. 455 00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:04,612 The sticking point this evening: 456 00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:08,199 what powers to give to the president to fight this war 457 00:31:08,283 --> 00:31:11,452 and respond to future acts of terrorism? 458 00:31:11,536 --> 00:31:15,373 They asked to be able make extensive use of military force, 459 00:31:15,456 --> 00:31:18,042 what we called an “AUMF”, in Congress, 460 00:31:18,126 --> 00:31:22,463 to have unlimited powers in the hunt for terrorists 461 00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:26,467 and to counter or deter any terrorist threat. 462 00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:30,805 The White House text authorizes the use of armed force 463 00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:33,349 against anyone having planned, authorized, 464 00:31:33,433 --> 00:31:35,810 committed, or contributed to an attack, 465 00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:39,689 and intends to deter and prevent any future acts of terrorism. 466 00:31:39,772 --> 00:31:42,483 420 votes for, one vote against. 467 00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:45,445 The joint resolution is adopted. 468 00:31:49,365 --> 00:31:52,285 The Constitution was written so as to limit 469 00:31:52,368 --> 00:31:55,788 the ability of the president to use military force. 470 00:31:55,872 --> 00:31:57,749 We wanted to avoid having a king, 471 00:31:57,832 --> 00:32:01,878 and only one person could throw the country into war. 472 00:32:01,961 --> 00:32:05,798 The Constitution therefore separates powers very carefully. 473 00:32:05,882 --> 00:32:08,927 It's Congress who can declare war. 474 00:32:09,010 --> 00:32:11,804 This law on the use of military force 475 00:32:11,888 --> 00:32:15,224 was adopted with very little time for deliberation 476 00:32:15,308 --> 00:32:17,226 and deep reflection. 477 00:32:18,353 --> 00:32:21,189 Would you be ready to give up certain freedoms 478 00:32:21,272 --> 00:32:24,734 to let the government fight against terrorism? 479 00:32:24,817 --> 00:32:27,236 66% answered yes. 480 00:32:32,033 --> 00:32:36,371 The AUMF, this law of 2001 adopted just after September 11, 481 00:32:36,454 --> 00:32:41,417 proved to be the cornerstone of the following 25 years of war. 482 00:32:43,044 --> 00:32:46,297 The basis of the use of force all over the world, 483 00:32:47,090 --> 00:32:49,342 the base of detentions at Guantánamo, 484 00:32:49,425 --> 00:32:52,804 and the basis, in part, black sites abroad. 485 00:32:52,887 --> 00:32:57,475 This is the legal basis of everything that was to follow. 486 00:33:00,853 --> 00:33:03,648 YOU CAN FLEE, BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE! 487 00:33:03,731 --> 00:33:05,775 The American government committed 488 00:33:05,858 --> 00:33:09,612 illegal acts towards Muslims as a whole. 489 00:33:09,696 --> 00:33:13,157 He also supports regimes in our countries 490 00:33:13,241 --> 00:33:16,619 which go against the interests and the well-being of the people. 491 00:33:18,579 --> 00:33:22,458 The attacks of September 11 had been orchestrated by Al-Qaeda 492 00:33:22,542 --> 00:33:24,544 and led by Osama bin Laden, 493 00:33:24,627 --> 00:33:26,462 who was in Afghanistan. 494 00:33:32,468 --> 00:33:37,265 He was there as a guest of the Taliban government. 495 00:33:42,395 --> 00:33:46,065 The United States requested to the Taliban government 496 00:33:46,149 --> 00:33:49,652 to deliver him to them or expel him. 497 00:33:50,153 --> 00:33:53,865 Under pressure, the Taliban regime of Afghanistan 498 00:33:53,948 --> 00:33:57,410 responded to the accusations according to which the attacks 499 00:33:57,493 --> 00:34:00,204 had been coordinated from its territory. 500 00:34:00,288 --> 00:34:01,914 The Taliban refused. 501 00:34:01,998 --> 00:34:06,794 The United States then decided to go get it themselves. 502 00:34:09,589 --> 00:34:13,217 WE DON’T FORGET THE WORLD TRADE CENTER 503 00:34:18,473 --> 00:34:22,101 My unit received the order to deploy to Afghanistan. 504 00:34:22,185 --> 00:34:25,354 We were a front line unit. 505 00:34:25,438 --> 00:34:29,567 Our job was to go for it and fulfill this mission. 506 00:34:38,951 --> 00:34:42,580 We were enormously supported during the duration of the mission. 507 00:34:46,709 --> 00:34:49,170 We felt a certain excitement, 508 00:34:50,004 --> 00:34:53,966 the feeling of accomplishment what we did this job for, 509 00:34:54,842 --> 00:34:57,553 and what we had been trained for. 510 00:34:57,637 --> 00:34:59,680 We felt a certain pride 511 00:34:59,764 --> 00:35:02,725 to be in a unit who had been trained for this. 512 00:35:05,436 --> 00:35:07,730 One by one, the cities were taken back 513 00:35:07,814 --> 00:35:11,067 by opposition forces led by the United States. 514 00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:20,535 KUNAR PROVINCE AFGHANISTAN 515 00:35:25,581 --> 00:35:28,251 I lived in Afghanistan, in Kunar province. 516 00:35:31,879 --> 00:35:34,632 Afghanistan was a total dictatorship. 517 00:35:35,299 --> 00:35:39,303 The Taliban imposed arbitrary rules to the people. 518 00:35:39,929 --> 00:35:41,180 I had 519 00:35:42,265 --> 00:35:43,641 10 or 11 years old. 520 00:35:44,225 --> 00:35:46,644 My father listened to the news on the radio. 521 00:35:46,727 --> 00:35:49,939 This is how we learned for the attacks. 522 00:35:51,065 --> 00:35:54,360 Another plane has just hit the World Trade Center. 523 00:35:54,443 --> 00:35:57,071 It was a medium-sized plane. 524 00:35:57,155 --> 00:36:00,199 It's incredible. It seemed like... 525 00:36:01,450 --> 00:36:05,663 Under the Taliban, we didn't know what was happening outside. 526 00:36:05,746 --> 00:36:08,249 We didn't really realize it. 527 00:36:10,084 --> 00:36:13,462 But when the Americans arrived in Afghanistan, 528 00:36:13,546 --> 00:36:15,965 we understood that it was serious. 529 00:36:21,262 --> 00:36:24,473 When the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001, 530 00:36:24,557 --> 00:36:27,393 most Afghans considered the Taliban 531 00:36:27,476 --> 00:36:29,729 as an extremely repressive regime. 532 00:36:33,316 --> 00:36:36,485 So they saw the Americans like liberators. 533 00:36:36,569 --> 00:36:39,280 For the people, they represented hope 534 00:36:39,363 --> 00:36:42,408 to bring development and peace. 535 00:36:44,952 --> 00:36:46,287 THE LAST DAYS OF THE TALIBAN 536 00:36:46,370 --> 00:36:48,748 In December 2001, the regime fell. 537 00:36:49,999 --> 00:36:51,876 One day, the Taliban ruled. 538 00:36:51,959 --> 00:36:54,462 The next day, they were no longer there. 539 00:36:54,545 --> 00:36:56,088 The sun was finally rising. 540 00:36:56,714 --> 00:36:59,717 We were finally free. 541 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,595 We would be able to live as we wanted. 542 00:37:03,596 --> 00:37:05,431 According to some sources, 543 00:37:05,514 --> 00:37:08,476 Osama bin Laden could still be alive, 544 00:37:08,559 --> 00:37:11,979 still on the run, and always in charge. 545 00:37:12,063 --> 00:37:15,316 That's why we're there, that we track them 546 00:37:15,399 --> 00:37:17,068 let them be bombed, 547 00:37:18,152 --> 00:37:21,072 and we work with Afghan forces. 548 00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:28,037 Since I was little, I dreamed of becoming a pilot. 549 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,164 So I followed my dream 550 00:37:30,248 --> 00:37:31,874 and I became a pilot. 551 00:37:33,876 --> 00:37:37,255 I came to the United States to become a fighter pilot. 552 00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:41,342 I then returned to my country 553 00:37:41,926 --> 00:37:44,720 to serve in the army against the Taliban. 554 00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:52,019 PUBLIC EXECUTION BY THE TALIBAN 555 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:56,065 The goal was to protect the people of the Taliban and their laws. 556 00:37:56,148 --> 00:37:59,819 DESTRUCTION OF OBJECTS BANNED BY THE TALIBAN 557 00:38:02,613 --> 00:38:05,324 I had already seen them at work 558 00:38:06,575 --> 00:38:09,912 and I didn't want that they return to power. 559 00:38:09,996 --> 00:38:13,207 AFGHAN AIR FORCE STRIKE AGAINST THE TALIBAN 560 00:38:16,210 --> 00:38:19,171 The Americans were our counterparts. 561 00:38:19,255 --> 00:38:21,549 We were allies. 562 00:38:31,058 --> 00:38:33,561 In 1978, 563 00:38:33,644 --> 00:38:36,063 I was about seven years old. 564 00:38:36,605 --> 00:38:39,984 Arriving here, I tasted pizza. 565 00:38:40,067 --> 00:38:41,861 I couldn't believe it. 566 00:38:42,737 --> 00:38:46,240 I grew up in a neighborhood nicknamed Little Pakistan. 567 00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:48,242 It's in Brooklyn, New York. 568 00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:51,537 My father opened his first store. 569 00:38:51,620 --> 00:38:55,207 Then a mosque was opened, and the neighborhood has become more dynamic 570 00:38:56,792 --> 00:38:58,419 What do immigrants do? 571 00:38:58,502 --> 00:39:00,546 They work hard. 572 00:39:00,629 --> 00:39:03,632 HALAL MEAT 573 00:39:03,716 --> 00:39:06,677 I had a grocery store, an all-dollar store, 574 00:39:06,761 --> 00:39:08,137 and a restaurant. 575 00:39:09,847 --> 00:39:12,516 I was living the American dream. 576 00:39:16,896 --> 00:39:20,691 We were all immigrants, but we were all Americans. 577 00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:26,322 I never had the impression that my identity 578 00:39:26,405 --> 00:39:28,908 was something negative. 579 00:39:33,954 --> 00:39:36,582 The second tower collapsed. 580 00:39:36,665 --> 00:39:39,502 The entire building is destroyed. 581 00:39:40,628 --> 00:39:42,713 Then there were the attacks. 582 00:39:43,714 --> 00:39:47,176 I burst into tears. I couldn't believe it. 583 00:39:52,264 --> 00:39:56,394 What these people did, it was inconceivable. 584 00:39:56,477 --> 00:39:59,271 All these poor people... 585 00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:02,483 After the towers collapsed, the ashes floated 586 00:40:02,566 --> 00:40:04,819 right in front of my door. 587 00:40:06,112 --> 00:40:09,240 For me, it was the most moving moment. 588 00:40:11,575 --> 00:40:14,120 I understood the extent of the horror. 589 00:40:16,747 --> 00:40:19,375 I worked in a fabric store. 590 00:40:19,458 --> 00:40:23,379 My Italian colleagues told me: “How could you do that?” 591 00:40:23,462 --> 00:40:25,423 I said, “That’s not us.” 592 00:40:26,465 --> 00:40:28,968 We have three girls and two boys. 593 00:40:29,051 --> 00:40:31,345 The last one was not yet born. 594 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:35,099 When I got home, I told them that we had nothing to do with it. 595 00:40:36,434 --> 00:40:40,479 I knew that when the country would go to war against this group, 596 00:40:40,563 --> 00:40:43,190 people here would make war on us. 597 00:40:43,274 --> 00:40:45,276 I hope they send you back, 598 00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:48,070 that they will kill your loved ones, other innocent people. 599 00:40:48,154 --> 00:40:50,406 Go back there. We don't want you. 600 00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:54,702 - Another one. - To delete it, press 1. 601 00:40:54,785 --> 00:40:56,328 Hello, Muslims. 602 00:40:56,412 --> 00:41:00,040 Why did you kill 5,000 people? at the World Trade Center? 603 00:41:00,624 --> 00:41:04,336 You don't know who you're dealing with. We'll get you out of there. 604 00:41:04,420 --> 00:41:07,006 ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTER OF NEW YORK 605 00:41:07,089 --> 00:41:09,008 We are also Americans 606 00:41:09,091 --> 00:41:12,511 and we are also upset than everyone. 607 00:41:12,595 --> 00:41:15,598 Yes, but he's still your boss 608 00:41:15,681 --> 00:41:17,558 which threatens our country. 609 00:41:18,434 --> 00:41:22,021 We can't point fingers a whole religion. 610 00:41:22,104 --> 00:41:25,357 There are 1.6 billion Muslims on earth. 611 00:41:25,441 --> 00:41:29,695 We are accused of an act over which we have no control. 612 00:41:29,778 --> 00:41:32,531 Muslims are not terrorists. 613 00:41:32,615 --> 00:41:35,117 Muslims are not terrorists. 614 00:41:35,201 --> 00:41:37,995 Suddenly, I became a stranger. 615 00:41:38,954 --> 00:41:40,748 I had never felt like that. 616 00:41:41,916 --> 00:41:44,210 He feels constantly watched 617 00:41:44,293 --> 00:41:46,670 and is convinced of being followed closely. 618 00:41:46,754 --> 00:41:49,089 A week after September 11, 619 00:41:49,173 --> 00:41:51,425 the FBI knocked on my door. 620 00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:53,844 “Get organized gatherings in the cellar?” 621 00:41:53,928 --> 00:41:56,639 “Yes, we’re going down there. to pray with my family." 622 00:41:56,722 --> 00:41:59,642 The FBI guy asked me where I worked. 623 00:41:59,725 --> 00:42:03,103 I said I wanted a grocery store and a boutique. 624 00:42:03,187 --> 00:42:06,232 He told me they would come back see me there. 625 00:42:07,107 --> 00:42:09,360 If it happened to me, 626 00:42:09,443 --> 00:42:13,364 imagine if that happens to someone who barely speaks English 627 00:42:13,447 --> 00:42:16,534 or who doesn't understand how the system works. 628 00:42:16,617 --> 00:42:18,369 He will be terrified. 629 00:42:20,329 --> 00:42:23,999 My daughter was pushed down the stairs, torn off her veil, 630 00:42:24,083 --> 00:42:26,126 she was insulted. 631 00:42:26,961 --> 00:42:30,631 I was beside myself. That's why she didn't tell me anything. 632 00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:33,676 She knew I was going to make a scene. 633 00:42:33,759 --> 00:42:36,554 It broke my heart that she didn't tell me anything. 634 00:42:36,637 --> 00:42:38,222 But I understand it. 635 00:42:38,305 --> 00:42:41,308 She would have become the center of attention. 636 00:42:50,317 --> 00:42:54,280 The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is a crucial step forward 637 00:42:54,363 --> 00:42:56,240 for the defense of our country. 638 00:42:57,992 --> 00:43:02,413 The Department of Homeland Security did not exist until then. 639 00:43:04,707 --> 00:43:06,625 It seemed unnecessary to us. 640 00:43:06,709 --> 00:43:09,336 It reminded us of the remains 641 00:43:09,420 --> 00:43:11,755 European nationalisms. 642 00:43:11,839 --> 00:43:16,677 It didn't fit the design of the American way of life. 643 00:43:17,928 --> 00:43:20,097 Here you can come from anywhere, 644 00:43:20,180 --> 00:43:23,309 as long as we believe in certain values 645 00:43:23,392 --> 00:43:27,146 and we are ready to work to live together in harmony, 646 00:43:27,229 --> 00:43:29,773 we are an American like the others. 647 00:43:30,858 --> 00:43:33,861 The creation of the department of Homeland Security 648 00:43:33,944 --> 00:43:36,155 would radically change the situation. 649 00:43:37,990 --> 00:43:39,074 Very quickly, 650 00:43:39,158 --> 00:43:42,369 the definition of the war on terrorism 651 00:43:42,453 --> 00:43:45,039 has become much larger 652 00:43:45,122 --> 00:43:48,083 and its contours much more blurred. 653 00:43:49,251 --> 00:43:50,753 From there, 654 00:43:50,836 --> 00:43:55,883 all policies relating to immigration 655 00:43:55,966 --> 00:43:59,053 were backed to an anti-terrorism mandate. 656 00:43:59,637 --> 00:44:03,974 Agencies were created, which would become ICE. 657 00:44:05,100 --> 00:44:07,478 The Department of Homeland Security 658 00:44:07,561 --> 00:44:10,731 established very clearly in morals 659 00:44:10,814 --> 00:44:15,277 that the war on terrorism was also happening from within. 660 00:44:23,452 --> 00:44:25,746 - You smile! - I love this one. 661 00:44:25,829 --> 00:44:28,207 I have a copy in my wallet. 662 00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:36,674 My father became a pilot at the age of 16. 663 00:44:38,342 --> 00:44:40,594 He got his license 664 00:44:40,678 --> 00:44:44,223 and he entered the Air Force Academy. 665 00:44:45,474 --> 00:44:49,144 I stopped trying to know everything about my father. 666 00:44:50,396 --> 00:44:54,149 Every new thing I learn makes me a little sadder. 667 00:44:54,233 --> 00:44:55,984 Because the more I know, 668 00:44:56,068 --> 00:44:59,905 the more I realize everything I didn't have 669 00:44:59,988 --> 00:45:02,241 and the life that was stolen from me. 670 00:45:04,201 --> 00:45:05,786 You look like him. 671 00:45:06,370 --> 00:45:08,080 It's clear. 672 00:45:10,416 --> 00:45:12,418 I don't like looking at photos. 673 00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:14,920 I understand, it's hard. 674 00:45:15,921 --> 00:45:16,964 It doesn't matter. 675 00:45:19,717 --> 00:45:22,803 My generation hears from September 11 676 00:45:22,886 --> 00:45:24,304 on social networks. 677 00:45:24,388 --> 00:45:28,058 Instagram, Twitter, Facebook. 678 00:45:29,101 --> 00:45:32,855 I became a sort of public figure, 679 00:45:32,938 --> 00:45:35,399 because I can be found on the Internet. 680 00:45:36,483 --> 00:45:40,320 I have already received messages where I am asked questions about him. 681 00:45:41,238 --> 00:45:44,241 I don't know if it's to provoke me. 682 00:45:44,324 --> 00:45:47,077 People make jokes 683 00:45:47,161 --> 00:45:49,913 on the fact that Bush planned the attacks, 684 00:45:49,997 --> 00:45:52,624 or jokes about Osama bin Laden. 685 00:45:52,708 --> 00:45:56,378 There are plenty of memes on the subject. 686 00:45:57,296 --> 00:46:00,174 There are also lots conspiracy theories. 687 00:46:00,257 --> 00:46:03,093 I saw so many YouTube channels 688 00:46:03,177 --> 00:46:06,138 with full videos on these theories. 689 00:46:06,221 --> 00:46:09,099 Do you think that the State planned the attacks? 690 00:46:09,183 --> 00:46:13,812 I don't think so, I know for sure we were lied to. 691 00:46:13,896 --> 00:46:16,398 Some say it never happened, 692 00:46:16,482 --> 00:46:18,484 or that it's a set-up. 693 00:46:18,567 --> 00:46:20,819 The comments are super hurtful. 694 00:46:21,487 --> 00:46:24,364 HOW TO GO DOWN 100 FLOORS IN A FEW SECONDS 695 00:46:24,448 --> 00:46:28,952 I saw comments frankly disgusting. 696 00:46:30,454 --> 00:46:34,291 It made me understand how vulnerable I am. 697 00:46:34,374 --> 00:46:36,877 There is so much information on this event, 698 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:40,130 anyone can attack me on it. 699 00:46:43,509 --> 00:46:45,969 It became a historic moment. 700 00:46:47,471 --> 00:46:51,725 The new generation was not yet born, 701 00:46:51,809 --> 00:46:53,894 or was very young at the time. 702 00:46:54,561 --> 00:46:56,522 But it still affects us. 703 00:47:03,111 --> 00:47:04,530 In recent years, 704 00:47:04,613 --> 00:47:06,949 I thought a lot about my childhood 705 00:47:07,032 --> 00:47:10,619 and what it should have been. 706 00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:15,499 I'm trying to find a word for it. 707 00:47:15,582 --> 00:47:19,962 This feeling that I should have had a certain life, 708 00:47:20,629 --> 00:47:25,217 but it was taken away from me and destroyed my future. 709 00:47:31,849 --> 00:47:35,394 The evolving technological landscape 710 00:47:35,477 --> 00:47:38,063 Internet and social networks 711 00:47:38,146 --> 00:47:44,862 has considerably favored conspiratorial temptations 712 00:47:44,945 --> 00:47:48,907 which existed for a long time in certain areas. 713 00:47:48,991 --> 00:47:50,492 PLANET CONSPIRACY 714 00:47:50,576 --> 00:47:56,081 The events of September 11 gave material 715 00:47:56,164 --> 00:48:00,961 to conspiracy theories booming in the United States, 716 00:48:01,044 --> 00:48:05,966 giving birth to an extremely obscure movement, 717 00:48:06,049 --> 00:48:09,094 called the "9/11 Truth Movement". 718 00:48:09,177 --> 00:48:10,679 Hello, this is Alex Jones. 719 00:48:10,762 --> 00:48:14,850 And this poison ends up spreading 720 00:48:14,933 --> 00:48:19,855 through all conspiracy circles 721 00:48:19,938 --> 00:48:23,358 far right and far left. 722 00:48:23,442 --> 00:48:26,945 It's a poison which infects political life 723 00:48:27,029 --> 00:48:30,949 and affects our culture and the national debate. 724 00:48:31,033 --> 00:48:33,076 SEPTEMBER 11 WAS A SETUP 725 00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:35,829 Companies quickly understood 726 00:48:36,413 --> 00:48:39,374 that what arouses commitment, 727 00:48:39,458 --> 00:48:43,003 these are the contents which provoke anger. 728 00:48:43,086 --> 00:48:46,465 An open fire does not give off enough heat 729 00:48:46,548 --> 00:48:48,091 to melt steel. 730 00:48:48,175 --> 00:48:51,011 However, the metal at the base of the towers had melted. 731 00:48:51,094 --> 00:48:54,431 These conspiracy theories are spreading, 732 00:48:54,514 --> 00:48:57,267 and political polarization is increasing. 733 00:48:57,351 --> 00:49:02,022 We are witnessing the rise of Islamo-Nazism in the world. 734 00:49:02,105 --> 00:49:03,732 HILLARY IN PRISON 735 00:49:03,815 --> 00:49:05,984 Other countries, such as Russia, 736 00:49:06,068 --> 00:49:08,904 understood it and use these tools against us 737 00:49:08,987 --> 00:49:13,617 to spread disinformation and polarizing content online. 738 00:49:14,993 --> 00:49:20,248 There is a very clear link 739 00:49:20,749 --> 00:49:24,836 between the darkest corners from September 11 740 00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:28,215 and the darkest corners of current politics. 741 00:49:28,799 --> 00:49:33,095 It was triggered automatically. The entire hotel was evacuated. 742 00:49:33,178 --> 00:49:34,680 The staff too. 743 00:49:34,763 --> 00:49:36,556 - They evacuated the hotel? - Yes. 744 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:38,016 - Immediately ? - Yes. 745 00:49:38,100 --> 00:49:41,937 - Do you know what type of plane it was? - No. 746 00:49:42,020 --> 00:49:44,106 - Or how many passengers? - No. 747 00:49:44,189 --> 00:49:47,567 Well, thank you very much, Mr. Klein. If I understand correctly... 748 00:49:47,651 --> 00:49:49,486 From the start of the attack, 749 00:49:49,569 --> 00:49:52,239 rumors began to circulate. 750 00:49:52,322 --> 00:49:55,367 There was total confusion. 751 00:49:56,576 --> 00:50:00,539 Me and other NYU students who lived near the towers, 752 00:50:00,622 --> 00:50:02,833 we were put up in a hotel. 753 00:50:02,916 --> 00:50:05,002 I lived in the hotel for a few months. 754 00:50:05,794 --> 00:50:08,422 At the time, I was studying physics, 755 00:50:09,089 --> 00:50:13,510 but I started to get interested to the rest of the world for the first time. 756 00:50:13,593 --> 00:50:15,887 I was young. I was 20 years old. 757 00:50:15,971 --> 00:50:19,766 And I started to follow the war on terrorism. 758 00:50:21,852 --> 00:50:23,562 I went to Afghanistan 759 00:50:23,645 --> 00:50:25,731 because I had followed the news 760 00:50:25,814 --> 00:50:28,775 and I didn't like the way which it was presented. 761 00:50:28,859 --> 00:50:31,737 I didn't really understand what was happening. 762 00:50:31,820 --> 00:50:34,906 I went there and I started to find out. 763 00:50:34,990 --> 00:50:37,617 I then saw another facet of the conflict... 764 00:50:40,328 --> 00:50:41,329 in Afghanistan. 765 00:50:41,413 --> 00:50:43,040 It was a bit surreal. 766 00:50:43,123 --> 00:50:46,084 There were thousands American soldiers, 767 00:50:46,168 --> 00:50:47,878 but without an enemy to fight. 768 00:50:47,961 --> 00:50:50,213 To resolve this contradiction, 769 00:50:50,297 --> 00:50:54,384 the United States allied to local warlords. 770 00:50:54,468 --> 00:50:55,886 WARLORD 771 00:50:55,969 --> 00:50:59,556 They told them they were coming fight against terrorism, 772 00:50:59,639 --> 00:51:03,852 and they needed information to find the bad guys. 773 00:51:03,935 --> 00:51:05,270 Taliban! 774 00:51:07,064 --> 00:51:08,774 The information was paid, 775 00:51:08,857 --> 00:51:11,902 what incited the warlords to give it to them. 776 00:51:11,985 --> 00:51:16,406 For example, if you had land that I coveted, 777 00:51:16,490 --> 00:51:19,326 I only had to accuse you to be from Al-Qaeda. 778 00:51:21,244 --> 00:51:25,373 The soldiers then raided and took everyone on board. 779 00:51:25,457 --> 00:51:28,627 I am not a member of Al-Qaeda. I am a student. 780 00:51:28,710 --> 00:51:30,670 It had become commonplace. 781 00:51:31,797 --> 00:51:33,590 And therefore, 782 00:51:33,673 --> 00:51:38,053 while at the beginning, the population massively supported the United States, 783 00:51:38,136 --> 00:51:42,015 little by little, the villagers turned against them. 784 00:51:42,516 --> 00:51:46,686 They were no longer seen as liberators, but occupiers. 785 00:51:48,438 --> 00:51:51,691 This is what allowed the Taliban to reconstitute itself. 786 00:51:54,820 --> 00:51:59,199 Following September 11 and the war on terrorism, 787 00:51:59,282 --> 00:52:02,119 trust and faith in leaders 788 00:52:02,202 --> 00:52:04,955 began to be systematically undermined. 789 00:52:05,038 --> 00:52:08,333 For example, we were told that it was necessary to invade Iraq 790 00:52:08,416 --> 00:52:12,379 because Saddam Hussein owned weapons of mass destruction. 791 00:52:12,462 --> 00:52:15,465 We owe our children and to our grandchildren 792 00:52:15,549 --> 00:52:19,511 to rid the world weapons of mass destruction. 793 00:52:19,594 --> 00:52:20,887 Weapons of mass destruction. 794 00:52:20,971 --> 00:52:22,514 Weapons of mass destruction? 795 00:52:23,098 --> 00:52:24,766 But it was wrong. 796 00:52:24,850 --> 00:52:26,351 NO EVIDENCE 797 00:52:26,434 --> 00:52:29,437 It led to a crisis of confidence 798 00:52:29,521 --> 00:52:33,525 and dissensions which have never really been appeased, 799 00:52:33,608 --> 00:52:35,652 and even less resolved. 800 00:52:36,695 --> 00:52:40,490 We defend liberation and democracy, gentlemen! 801 00:52:41,116 --> 00:52:43,910 The assassination of Osama bin Laden marked, 802 00:52:43,994 --> 00:52:47,998 for many people, the end of the war on terrorism. 803 00:52:48,081 --> 00:52:50,250 It was over, everything was settled. 804 00:52:52,878 --> 00:52:54,129 USA! 805 00:52:54,212 --> 00:52:57,883 Meanwhile, in Iraq, another terrorist group was emerging. 806 00:52:59,676 --> 00:53:02,512 In the chaos of the occupation of Iraq, 807 00:53:02,596 --> 00:53:06,766 all kinds of groups formed to resist the occupier. 808 00:53:09,561 --> 00:53:12,314 One of these groups is Al-Qaeda. 809 00:53:12,397 --> 00:53:14,649 Over the years of war, 810 00:53:14,733 --> 00:53:18,111 Al-Qaeda has radicalized and a section separated 811 00:53:18,195 --> 00:53:20,113 to become the Islamic State. 812 00:53:21,948 --> 00:53:24,951 ISIS has become one of the terrorist organizations 813 00:53:25,035 --> 00:53:26,828 the most formidable in history. 814 00:53:26,912 --> 00:53:28,997 ISIS PROPAGANDA 815 00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:32,459 INVESTIGATION JOURNALSITE 816 00:53:32,959 --> 00:53:35,170 JOURNALIST THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE 817 00:53:35,253 --> 00:53:36,630 16 YEARS OLD ON SEPTEMBER 11 818 00:53:39,883 --> 00:53:43,345 On September 11, I was in English class. 819 00:53:43,428 --> 00:53:49,184 Someone entered the class and told us to turn on the TV. 820 00:53:49,267 --> 00:53:50,435 What we did. 821 00:53:51,478 --> 00:53:52,604 Shortly after, 822 00:53:52,687 --> 00:53:56,149 the principal summoned us, my sister and I, 823 00:53:56,233 --> 00:53:57,859 and told us to go back. 824 00:53:57,943 --> 00:54:00,612 We were the only Muslims in the school. 825 00:54:00,695 --> 00:54:04,616 The school management wanted anticipate risks 826 00:54:04,699 --> 00:54:06,826 and guarantee our safety. 827 00:54:07,410 --> 00:54:09,287 Our parents came to pick us up. 828 00:54:10,163 --> 00:54:12,123 I grew up, 829 00:54:12,207 --> 00:54:16,962 and the United States entered the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. 830 00:54:17,462 --> 00:54:21,132 We then saw the cycle of violence expands. 831 00:54:25,762 --> 00:54:27,597 Good to see you. THANKS. 832 00:54:28,265 --> 00:54:31,142 Obama decided to bet more 833 00:54:31,226 --> 00:54:34,688 on targeted killings using unmanned aircraft, 834 00:54:34,771 --> 00:54:39,651 Predator and Reaper drones which fire Hellfire missiles. 835 00:54:41,236 --> 00:54:45,198 The idea was to aim identified terrorist leaders, 836 00:54:45,282 --> 00:54:49,369 but also to achieve what we call “signature strikes”. 837 00:54:51,246 --> 00:54:54,207 Even if no concrete information 838 00:54:54,291 --> 00:54:56,459 does not allow an individual to be identified, 839 00:54:56,543 --> 00:54:58,336 we launch the attack anyway. 840 00:54:58,420 --> 00:55:01,256 Inevitably, it led to tragedies. 841 00:55:01,339 --> 00:55:05,427 During certain attacks, innocent civilians were killed. 842 00:55:08,054 --> 00:55:09,973 When we look at it from afar, 843 00:55:10,056 --> 00:55:12,475 we just see drone strikes. 844 00:55:12,559 --> 00:55:16,146 It feels like a video game, with explosions. 845 00:55:16,229 --> 00:55:18,481 On the ground, it's very different. 846 00:55:20,900 --> 00:55:23,069 It's something terrible. 847 00:55:23,153 --> 00:55:24,946 We blow people up. 848 00:55:25,030 --> 00:55:27,073 Others are seriously burned. 849 00:55:29,826 --> 00:55:32,662 The Obama administration felt he had the right 850 00:55:32,746 --> 00:55:35,665 to use military force against ISIS. 851 00:55:36,374 --> 00:55:38,043 ISIS did not exist in 2001, 852 00:55:38,126 --> 00:55:43,048 but the government took advantage of the prerogatives of the AUMF. 853 00:55:45,258 --> 00:55:46,801 This is what led 854 00:55:46,885 --> 00:55:49,637 with continued use military force 855 00:55:49,721 --> 00:55:52,766 under cover of this law, for ten more years. 856 00:55:52,849 --> 00:55:57,312 OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE AGAINST IS STARTED IN 2014 857 00:55:57,395 --> 00:55:59,189 I made my first flight at 14 years old. 858 00:56:00,357 --> 00:56:04,027 I got my private pilot's license at the age of 16. 859 00:56:04,652 --> 00:56:06,905 I always wanted to be a fighter pilot. 860 00:56:07,947 --> 00:56:12,702 When I was little, I watched Top Gun on repeat. 861 00:56:12,786 --> 00:56:14,954 I wanted to get involved after the attacks. 862 00:56:15,038 --> 00:56:18,333 The recruiter asked me how many pull-ups I was doing. 863 00:56:21,044 --> 00:56:24,297 We participated to the Inherent Resolve operation. 864 00:56:25,006 --> 00:56:27,717 It covered Iraq and Syria. 865 00:56:31,137 --> 00:56:34,474 Our mission was to provide air support, 866 00:56:34,557 --> 00:56:37,936 either through recognition, either by direct action, 867 00:56:38,019 --> 00:56:39,938 bombings, strikes, 868 00:56:40,688 --> 00:56:42,273 against ISIS. 869 00:56:44,234 --> 00:56:47,529 I prefer to remain anonymous 870 00:56:47,612 --> 00:56:52,784 because I'm sure that people would want revenge. 871 00:56:53,660 --> 00:56:55,328 We had no choice. 872 00:56:56,413 --> 00:56:59,457 I loved my job and kill terrorists. 873 00:57:01,334 --> 00:57:05,296 But I don't underestimate the seriousness of what we were doing. 874 00:57:06,339 --> 00:57:09,259 I wish I was in San Diego 875 00:57:09,342 --> 00:57:11,261 eating tacos on the beach. 876 00:57:11,344 --> 00:57:14,055 But it was my job, I was paid for that. 877 00:57:14,139 --> 00:57:16,057 I was entrusted with this mission. 878 00:57:16,141 --> 00:57:18,184 So I did it. 879 00:57:28,653 --> 00:57:33,741 There were statistics which were not simply not credible. 880 00:57:33,825 --> 00:57:38,621 The United States claimed to have killed 25,000 IS fighters. 881 00:57:38,705 --> 00:57:44,419 And in all this, they did not admit only 21 or 24 civilian deaths. 882 00:57:44,502 --> 00:57:45,879 It's impossible. 883 00:57:49,132 --> 00:57:52,051 I started to investigate myself on the ground 884 00:57:52,135 --> 00:57:54,846 to count civilian casualties. 885 00:57:56,973 --> 00:57:58,683 According to the government, 886 00:57:58,766 --> 00:58:02,937 civilian deaths following airstrikes 887 00:58:03,021 --> 00:58:06,983 were only observed in less than 1% of keystrokes. 888 00:58:08,902 --> 00:58:12,864 But I spent a lot of time on the ground, 889 00:58:12,947 --> 00:58:15,366 I went to the scene of the strikes, 890 00:58:15,450 --> 00:58:17,243 and I discovered 891 00:58:17,327 --> 00:58:21,206 only one in five strikes caused civilian casualties. 892 00:58:21,289 --> 00:58:25,502 It's not two or three times more than what the government said. 893 00:58:25,585 --> 00:58:28,129 That’s 31 times more. 894 00:58:31,591 --> 00:58:34,552 The people were very warm. 895 00:58:34,636 --> 00:58:35,887 Very welcoming. 896 00:58:35,970 --> 00:58:39,307 No one refused to talk to me. 897 00:58:40,391 --> 00:58:43,228 Many of these civilians were convinced 898 00:58:43,311 --> 00:58:46,940 that the American strikes were precise, surgical. 899 00:58:47,023 --> 00:58:49,442 A man showed me a cup of tea 900 00:58:49,526 --> 00:58:51,236 and he told me, sure of himself: 901 00:58:51,319 --> 00:58:55,323 "If they wanted to, the Americans could aim for this mug. 902 00:58:56,199 --> 00:58:57,951 “And yet they killed my family.” 903 00:59:01,120 --> 00:59:05,458 I met so many parents who described me 904 00:59:05,542 --> 00:59:07,126 the laughter of their daughter, 905 00:59:07,919 --> 00:59:12,298 or who showed me a photo of her holding fireworks 906 00:59:12,382 --> 00:59:13,883 the day before his death. 907 00:59:13,967 --> 00:59:16,427 Her vitality, her youth. 908 00:59:16,511 --> 00:59:19,681 How to grieve of his own child? 909 00:59:20,515 --> 00:59:22,308 It had a big impact on me. 910 00:59:23,476 --> 00:59:25,103 I don't know 911 00:59:27,355 --> 00:59:29,148 how we can recover from it. 912 00:59:31,401 --> 00:59:34,195 SYRIA 913 00:59:34,279 --> 00:59:36,364 When Obama left office, 914 00:59:36,447 --> 00:59:40,618 the United States was involved in the fight against terrorism 915 00:59:40,702 --> 00:59:42,870 in around 13 countries. 916 00:59:44,205 --> 00:59:48,209 The expressions "endless war" and "eternal war" 917 00:59:48,293 --> 00:59:50,920 were increasingly used. 918 00:59:54,632 --> 00:59:57,635 Obama may have been the “president of drones” 919 00:59:57,719 --> 01:00:00,388 who launched regular strikes 920 01:00:00,471 --> 01:00:02,807 in more and more countries, 921 01:00:02,890 --> 01:00:05,310 he ended up wondering 922 01:00:05,393 --> 01:00:09,314 if we didn't create more terrorists that we were killing them. 923 01:00:09,397 --> 01:00:10,982 DRONE STRIKES POLICY 924 01:00:12,734 --> 01:00:15,903 We have a problem in this country: Muslims. 925 01:00:16,487 --> 01:00:18,906 Our current president is one. 926 01:00:18,990 --> 01:00:21,117 - Yes. - He's not even American. 927 01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:23,494 The question looks good! 928 01:00:23,578 --> 01:00:29,709 They have training camps where they are trained to kill us. 929 01:00:30,335 --> 01:00:32,462 When are we going to get rid of them? 930 01:00:32,545 --> 01:00:34,422 We already have a lot of leads. 931 01:00:34,505 --> 01:00:39,344 Lots of people tell us Horrible things happening... 932 01:00:39,427 --> 01:00:41,471 Donald Trump is not subtle, 933 01:00:41,554 --> 01:00:44,015 but he understands the implications. 934 01:00:44,098 --> 01:00:46,017 Trump! Trump! 935 01:00:46,100 --> 01:00:50,480 He understood very quickly that the war on terrorism 936 01:00:50,563 --> 01:00:52,982 was the royal road to power. 937 01:00:53,066 --> 01:00:56,152 It appeals to fervent nationalists 938 01:00:56,235 --> 01:00:59,989 who have the impression that their country escapes them. 939 01:01:00,573 --> 01:01:04,661 Donald J. Trump calls to a total and complete blockage 940 01:01:04,744 --> 01:01:08,164 of the entry of Muslims in the United States. 941 01:01:08,247 --> 01:01:11,709 The Trump movement has received 942 01:01:11,793 --> 01:01:15,963 that there was still enormous political potential 943 01:01:16,047 --> 01:01:18,841 to gain from the war on terrorism. 944 01:01:18,925 --> 01:01:21,969 I think Islam hates us. 945 01:01:22,053 --> 01:01:24,806 Build that wall! 946 01:01:24,889 --> 01:01:27,392 I will put mosques under surveillance. 947 01:01:29,060 --> 01:01:33,690 The border has become the main topic of conversation, 948 01:01:33,773 --> 01:01:37,276 by disproportionately amplifying the real existing problems, 949 01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:39,404 during the 2016 campaign. 950 01:01:39,487 --> 01:01:40,405 My friends, 951 01:01:40,488 --> 01:01:44,742 this wall will eventually be built, brick by brick. 952 01:01:44,826 --> 01:01:49,831 The border will no longer be preyed upon violence and chaos. 953 01:01:50,748 --> 01:01:52,750 - Shut up! -Who is on your list? 954 01:01:52,834 --> 01:01:54,127 Four years later, 955 01:01:54,210 --> 01:01:57,130 during the presidential campaign from 2020, 956 01:01:57,213 --> 01:01:59,716 there was only one subject 957 01:01:59,799 --> 01:02:04,137 on which President Trump and candidate Biden agreed: 958 01:02:04,679 --> 01:02:07,140 end the endless wars. 959 01:02:07,974 --> 01:02:10,059 What about Afghanistan then? 960 01:02:10,643 --> 01:02:13,813 I set up the process withdrawal of troops. 961 01:02:13,896 --> 01:02:15,732 They couldn't stop him. 962 01:02:17,066 --> 01:02:22,029 The militants captured the pilot when his F-16 crashed in Syria. 963 01:02:22,113 --> 01:02:23,114 This video… 964 01:02:23,197 --> 01:02:26,743 I had just turned three when September 11th happened. 965 01:02:26,826 --> 01:02:30,872 My birthday was nine days old before the attacks. 966 01:02:31,956 --> 01:02:35,835 For me, joining the Marines, it was fighting ISIS. 967 01:02:35,918 --> 01:02:38,254 That's what I saw. 968 01:02:38,337 --> 01:02:41,174 …by the extremist group Islamic State. 969 01:02:41,257 --> 01:02:45,511 A video posted online shows the kidnappers burning the man alive… 970 01:02:45,595 --> 01:02:49,182 I was angry and I wanted to do something. 971 01:02:49,265 --> 01:02:51,142 It wasn't because of 9/11. 972 01:02:51,225 --> 01:02:55,271 There is a difference between those who experienced the start of the war 973 01:02:55,354 --> 01:02:58,775 and most people of my generation. 974 01:02:59,776 --> 01:03:04,155 I wanted to get involved to put an end to all this. 975 01:03:04,238 --> 01:03:06,949 RECRUITMENT DEPOSIT OF THE MARINE CORPS 976 01:03:13,623 --> 01:03:19,378 I left for training camp on August 26, 2017. 977 01:03:20,129 --> 01:03:22,381 I completed the training 978 01:03:22,465 --> 01:03:26,385 in October or early November. 979 01:03:26,469 --> 01:03:29,138 To me, the Marines were killers. 980 01:03:29,889 --> 01:03:33,893 I wanted to go to Afghanistan or Iraq to kill terrorists. 981 01:03:33,976 --> 01:03:35,937 As a kid, it was my dream. 982 01:03:40,608 --> 01:03:44,195 I was in the same unit as Smoak and Wyatt. 983 01:03:47,990 --> 01:03:51,536 Wyatt was a very serious guy. 984 01:03:52,745 --> 01:03:54,956 He still looked annoyed. 985 01:03:57,708 --> 01:04:01,754 I always had the impression that he was annoyed or angry. 986 01:04:01,838 --> 01:04:04,340 But he was a good guy. I liked him. 987 01:04:04,423 --> 01:04:05,967 TRUMP AND AFGHANISTAN 988 01:04:06,050 --> 01:04:07,635 BIDEN’S VICTORY 989 01:04:07,718 --> 01:04:10,471 BIDEN WILL WITHDRAW TROOPS BY SEPTEMBER 11, 2021 990 01:04:10,555 --> 01:04:13,432 In April 2021, President Biden announced 991 01:04:13,516 --> 01:04:17,103 that the United States would withdraw from Afghanistan 992 01:04:17,186 --> 01:04:19,689 by September 11, 2021. 993 01:04:19,772 --> 01:04:23,317 We went to Afghanistan following the terrible attacks 994 01:04:23,401 --> 01:04:24,819 from 20 years ago. 995 01:04:25,486 --> 01:04:28,865 The president defended its usual position, 996 01:04:28,948 --> 01:04:32,577 namely that the army had nothing more to do in Afghanistan. 997 01:04:32,660 --> 01:04:36,330 He said he didn't want to send another generation 998 01:04:36,414 --> 01:04:37,999 young men and women 999 01:04:38,082 --> 01:04:41,502 fight in a war unwinnable according to him. 1000 01:04:43,212 --> 01:04:46,132 As soon as American troops withdrew, 1001 01:04:46,215 --> 01:04:48,593 the Taliban launched the offensive. 1002 01:04:50,177 --> 01:04:54,348 In a few days, the Taliban reconquered Afghanistan, 1003 01:04:54,432 --> 01:04:56,809 taking over town after town. 1004 01:04:59,353 --> 01:05:01,647 We were in the mess, 1005 01:05:01,731 --> 01:05:04,025 for lunch or dinner, 1006 01:05:04,108 --> 01:05:05,985 and I was watching TV. 1007 01:05:06,068 --> 01:05:09,196 I saw the provinces fall one by one. 1008 01:05:10,156 --> 01:05:14,368 In the picture, they were turning red when the Taliban took them. 1009 01:05:14,452 --> 01:05:17,413 All that remained was Kabul, surrounded. 1010 01:05:17,496 --> 01:05:22,376 I asked myself what we had done for these 20 years. 1011 01:05:22,960 --> 01:05:26,589 Why all these wasted lives 1012 01:05:26,672 --> 01:05:28,382 if it's to turn around 1013 01:05:28,466 --> 01:05:30,676 and let them take back power? 1014 01:05:32,219 --> 01:05:36,182 KABUL, CAPITAL OF AFGHANISTAN AUGUST 15, 2021 1015 01:05:37,767 --> 01:05:40,353 We saw the Taliban in the streets. 1016 01:05:40,436 --> 01:05:41,896 It was terrifying. 1017 01:05:42,688 --> 01:05:45,983 Imagine. They had regained control. 1018 01:05:46,067 --> 01:05:47,902 Files on my career 1019 01:05:47,985 --> 01:05:51,614 and the list of all the places we had bombed 1020 01:05:51,697 --> 01:05:54,033 were now at their disposal. 1021 01:05:54,116 --> 01:05:56,202 Just like my biometrics 1022 01:05:56,285 --> 01:05:58,287 and those of everyone else. 1023 01:05:59,246 --> 01:06:01,290 There was no more government. 1024 01:06:01,374 --> 01:06:04,126 It's like living in a bright place, 1025 01:06:04,210 --> 01:06:06,379 and suddenly the light goes out, 1026 01:06:07,213 --> 01:06:09,632 and we find ourselves in the middle of chaos. 1027 01:06:10,841 --> 01:06:14,053 Hamid Karzai International Airport was crowded 1028 01:06:14,136 --> 01:06:16,806 of Afghans tempting desperate to escape. 1029 01:06:19,517 --> 01:06:22,770 People who had worked with the American army 1030 01:06:22,853 --> 01:06:24,772 or the US government. 1031 01:06:25,898 --> 01:06:31,654 Office workers, translators, mechanics, cleaning staff… 1032 01:06:31,737 --> 01:06:35,074 And all those who had worked for organizations 1033 01:06:35,157 --> 01:06:36,826 or even American NGOs. 1034 01:06:41,080 --> 01:06:45,042 They feared to be the target of reprisals. 1035 01:06:50,256 --> 01:06:52,299 Evacuations continue slowly, 1036 01:06:52,383 --> 01:06:56,429 with thousands of Americans still hoping to be able to leave. 1037 01:06:56,512 --> 01:07:01,851 This could be the biggest evacuation since the fall of Saigon 46 years ago. 1038 01:07:02,643 --> 01:07:04,353 See the fall of Kabul 1039 01:07:05,187 --> 01:07:07,982 was gripping and painful for my family. 1040 01:07:08,607 --> 01:07:09,900 MOTHER OF AN 1041 01:07:09,984 --> 01:07:13,696 My mother told me the fall of the South Vietnamese government 1042 01:07:13,779 --> 01:07:15,656 in the hands of the communist north. 1043 01:07:16,365 --> 01:07:18,492 We can't help ourselves to compare 1044 01:07:18,576 --> 01:07:20,786 with the fall of Kabul. 1045 01:07:22,872 --> 01:07:25,708 All these people trying to escape, 1046 01:07:25,791 --> 01:07:30,212 because they knew that the situation would soon become catastrophic. 1047 01:07:30,296 --> 01:07:34,383 The feeling, but also the images were very similar. 1048 01:07:38,846 --> 01:07:41,682 In a way, history repeats itself. 1049 01:07:44,310 --> 01:07:45,853 I don't have the words. 1050 01:07:48,731 --> 01:07:53,319 Many of them have documents giving them the right to be evacuated. 1051 01:07:53,402 --> 01:07:58,115 But the Taliban are blocking their way in an extremely brutal manner. 1052 01:08:00,034 --> 01:08:04,747 They shoot above the crowd with automatic weapons. 1053 01:08:07,541 --> 01:08:11,712 They hit them with sticks and point their guns at them. 1054 01:08:14,757 --> 01:08:17,009 We started to hear rumors. 1055 01:08:18,427 --> 01:08:21,305 We didn't really know what was happening. 1056 01:08:21,388 --> 01:08:24,850 And suddenly, we received orders to go there. 1057 01:08:25,518 --> 01:08:29,063 That's it, the long-awaited moment had arrived. 1058 01:08:29,688 --> 01:08:33,150 We were finally sent on a real mission. 1059 01:08:33,818 --> 01:08:37,863 President Joe Biden authorized the deployment of 5,000 soldiers 1060 01:08:37,947 --> 01:08:40,324 to support evacuations. 1061 01:08:41,867 --> 01:08:44,120 We checked our gear. 1062 01:08:44,203 --> 01:08:47,164 We asked others if they went there too. 1063 01:08:48,040 --> 01:08:51,168 We prepared, we loaded the ammunition. 1064 01:08:51,252 --> 01:08:52,795 On target! Fire ! 1065 01:08:52,878 --> 01:08:54,713 We couldn't wait. 1066 01:08:54,797 --> 01:08:56,674 It was our dream. 1067 01:08:57,550 --> 01:09:02,096 For a Marine infantryman, the dream is Afghanistan and Iraq. 1068 01:09:03,347 --> 01:09:06,475 Before leaving, I told my guys: 1069 01:09:06,559 --> 01:09:09,770 “Get right with your god, just in case." 1070 01:09:11,522 --> 01:09:15,067 We were told that we were going evacuate nationals. 1071 01:09:16,235 --> 01:09:18,362 Getting US citizens out 1072 01:09:18,445 --> 01:09:21,365 and Afghans who had the right papers. 1073 01:09:24,326 --> 01:09:26,203 Operation Allies Refuge. 1074 01:09:28,831 --> 01:09:30,416 We took off from Jordan, 1075 01:09:30,499 --> 01:09:34,253 we made a stopover 36 hours in Kuwait. 1076 01:09:34,336 --> 01:09:37,173 And from there we took the plane again for Afghanistan. 1077 01:09:37,256 --> 01:09:40,259 We landed at night at Kabul airport. 1078 01:09:40,342 --> 01:09:44,763 We could hear gunshots in the distance and we saw tracer bullets. 1079 01:09:44,847 --> 01:09:47,766 I checked that my guys had all the gear. 1080 01:09:48,934 --> 01:09:51,187 We were told we were going to Abbey Gate. 1081 01:09:53,981 --> 01:09:56,358 There or elsewhere, for me it was the same. 1082 01:09:56,442 --> 01:09:58,444 Nobody knew where it was. 1083 01:09:58,527 --> 01:10:00,571 I said to myself, “Come on, forward.” 1084 01:10:01,238 --> 01:10:04,825 ABBEY GATE HAMID KARZAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 1085 01:10:17,755 --> 01:10:19,340 We got there. 1086 01:10:19,423 --> 01:10:22,301 It was an impossible mess. 1087 01:10:37,650 --> 01:10:40,986 There were so many people at the entrance to the airport. 1088 01:10:42,196 --> 01:10:44,490 It was a human wall. 1089 01:10:55,000 --> 01:10:57,253 We deployed young Marines. 1090 01:10:57,336 --> 01:11:00,297 They were trained in combat, of course. 1091 01:11:00,381 --> 01:11:03,467 But they weren't trained to this type of situation. 1092 01:11:03,550 --> 01:11:05,636 Crowd control, for example. 1093 01:11:15,604 --> 01:11:17,856 Interpret official documents 1094 01:11:17,940 --> 01:11:20,651 sometimes written in one of the Afghan dialects, 1095 01:11:20,734 --> 01:11:22,236 not necessarily in English. 1096 01:11:25,364 --> 01:11:27,741 The situation was extremely unstable, 1097 01:11:27,825 --> 01:11:29,827 extremely volatile. 1098 01:11:35,457 --> 01:11:38,168 It was almost 20 years after September 11. 1099 01:11:39,920 --> 01:11:42,047 What started on September 11 1100 01:11:42,131 --> 01:11:45,009 ended right there, at Abbey Gate. 1101 01:11:46,135 --> 01:11:49,888 We were told to deal with the Taliban as allies. 1102 01:11:50,389 --> 01:11:55,436 We had to collaborate with them to get these people out of Afghanistan. 1103 01:11:56,854 --> 01:11:57,688 It was… 1104 01:11:59,064 --> 01:12:01,483 crazy to hear that. 1105 01:12:02,776 --> 01:12:05,863 Especially for the sergeants in our section 1106 01:12:05,946 --> 01:12:08,907 who had been there for almost 20 years 1107 01:12:08,991 --> 01:12:11,410 and had been there during the worst of the war. 1108 01:12:11,493 --> 01:12:13,787 They had bottle. 1109 01:12:13,871 --> 01:12:18,125 "Those who killed my friends ten years ago Are my allies now?" 1110 01:12:18,792 --> 01:12:22,004 It was completely surreal to hear that. 1111 01:12:24,340 --> 01:12:27,968 Abbey Gate was a kind of microcosm 1112 01:12:28,844 --> 01:12:31,096 20 years of war in the Middle East. 1113 01:12:32,097 --> 01:12:34,350 After the collapse of Afghanistan, 1114 01:12:34,433 --> 01:12:38,270 it became clear that our operations in Afghanistan and Iraq 1115 01:12:38,354 --> 01:12:40,189 had been a complete failure. 1116 01:12:41,190 --> 01:12:42,733 Many of these people 1117 01:12:42,816 --> 01:12:47,071 did not have an American passport, neither green card nor visa. 1118 01:12:47,154 --> 01:12:50,574 They just wanted to leave because they were afraid. 1119 01:12:55,537 --> 01:12:59,083 It was chaos inside and outside the city. 1120 01:13:00,584 --> 01:13:02,878 We arrived at the airport. 1121 01:13:02,961 --> 01:13:07,216 The doors were closed. They didn't let anyone in. 1122 01:13:07,299 --> 01:13:10,511 There were thousands of people. 1123 01:13:11,303 --> 01:13:13,639 I held my children in my arms. 1124 01:13:13,722 --> 01:13:18,268 My daughter was three months old, and my son was two and a half years old. 1125 01:13:20,145 --> 01:13:24,191 We had nowhere to send them back if we had to refuse them. 1126 01:13:24,274 --> 01:13:28,237 We made a hole in a fence, which was called Freedom Gate. 1127 01:13:28,320 --> 01:13:32,866 Those we couldn't get through, they were sent back that way. 1128 01:13:38,205 --> 01:13:40,958 The Taliban were on the other side. 1129 01:13:41,041 --> 01:13:44,253 Those who couldn't pass were getting hit 1130 01:13:45,003 --> 01:13:46,171 or shoot it. 1131 01:13:46,255 --> 01:13:49,258 It made me very uncomfortable. 1132 01:13:49,341 --> 01:13:53,262 Because I was there and I knew what was going to happen to them, 1133 01:13:53,345 --> 01:13:56,265 but I couldn't do anything 1134 01:13:56,348 --> 01:13:58,767 if they didn't have the right papers. 1135 01:13:59,309 --> 01:14:05,691 It's a huge responsibility for a 23 year old. 1136 01:14:06,942 --> 01:14:10,821 I want to believe that I have not lost my empathy, 1137 01:14:11,947 --> 01:14:13,699 but we become insensitive. 1138 01:14:18,745 --> 01:14:21,999 We heard that we were going to close all the doors. 1139 01:14:22,082 --> 01:14:24,460 People were desperate. 1140 01:14:24,543 --> 01:14:26,753 Some handed us their kids. 1141 01:14:33,760 --> 01:14:35,637 Some had babies. 1142 01:14:35,721 --> 01:14:39,808 They were so desperate to pass them over. 1143 01:14:46,231 --> 01:14:47,983 It was surreal to see. 1144 01:14:48,066 --> 01:14:50,027 I have children myself. 1145 01:14:51,278 --> 01:14:55,240 And it was hard for me to imagine do this to one of my children. 1146 01:15:03,874 --> 01:15:06,126 I had a photo of my daughter. 1147 01:15:07,252 --> 01:15:11,215 My eldest was born four days ago after my first deployment. 1148 01:15:13,425 --> 01:15:15,385 My sergeant also has children. 1149 01:15:15,469 --> 01:15:16,970 I don't know how anymore, 1150 01:15:17,054 --> 01:15:19,640 but at some point, we crashed into each other. 1151 01:15:21,350 --> 01:15:23,185 And then I burst into tears. 1152 01:15:23,268 --> 01:15:25,103 I completely broke down. 1153 01:15:29,233 --> 01:15:30,609 The new generation. 1154 01:15:34,988 --> 01:15:37,574 My wife was ill at the time. 1155 01:15:37,658 --> 01:15:40,744 She was too weak to walk correctly. 1156 01:15:41,453 --> 01:15:43,455 My daughter was very little. 1157 01:15:43,539 --> 01:15:45,123 A Marine told me: 1158 01:15:45,207 --> 01:15:48,835 “Give me your daughter. The rest of you, go through the door.” 1159 01:15:50,087 --> 01:15:52,172 My wife couldn't get in. 1160 01:15:54,716 --> 01:15:56,885 They closed the door. 1161 01:15:57,427 --> 01:15:59,596 She is still in Afghanistan. 1162 01:16:02,474 --> 01:16:03,892 It's terrible. 1163 01:16:06,395 --> 01:16:09,147 I was told she would be evacuated. 1164 01:16:10,023 --> 01:16:12,067 I'm still waiting. 1165 01:16:15,612 --> 01:16:17,281 Before, I was happy. 1166 01:16:18,448 --> 01:16:20,701 And suddenly, I lost everything. 1167 01:16:23,912 --> 01:16:25,956 I had a happy life. 1168 01:16:27,249 --> 01:16:29,960 And I lost everything overnight. 1169 01:16:32,254 --> 01:16:34,214 CIA HEADQUARTERS LANGLEY, VIRGINIA 1170 01:16:34,298 --> 01:16:36,300 In the midst of chaos, 1171 01:16:36,383 --> 01:16:39,720 we received information regarding EI-K. 1172 01:16:40,596 --> 01:16:44,474 The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria 1173 01:16:44,558 --> 01:16:48,395 had a branch in Afghanistan, EI-Khorassan. 1174 01:16:50,606 --> 01:16:54,067 Khorasan is the old name of this region. 1175 01:16:54,151 --> 01:16:56,069 EI-K was planning an attack. 1176 01:16:57,362 --> 01:17:01,283 AUGUST 26, 2021 1177 01:17:01,366 --> 01:17:05,454 We were warned that it would be a suicide bombing, 1178 01:17:05,537 --> 01:17:09,833 by a clean-shaven individual, with a black bag and an arrow on it. 1179 01:17:09,916 --> 01:17:14,296 We were on the lookout. We didn't know when he would arrive. 1180 01:17:14,379 --> 01:17:16,173 We all wondered 1181 01:17:16,715 --> 01:17:20,302 how were we supposed to find him in the middle of the crowd. 1182 01:17:20,385 --> 01:17:23,347 There were thousands of people in front of us. 1183 01:17:23,430 --> 01:17:26,141 We were at a standstill, we held everyone back 1184 01:17:26,224 --> 01:17:30,437 waiting to know whether we withdrew or not. 1185 01:17:32,397 --> 01:17:35,692 And suddenly, someone shouted “EEI”. 1186 01:17:44,201 --> 01:17:45,369 The bomb exploded. 1187 01:17:48,080 --> 01:17:49,998 I saw a huge cloud of smoke 1188 01:17:50,082 --> 01:17:52,834 and an arm flying through the air. 1189 01:17:54,628 --> 01:17:57,297 My ears were ringing. 1190 01:17:57,381 --> 01:18:00,133 And I saw a face in front of me. 1191 01:18:01,134 --> 01:18:02,844 He didn't look alive. 1192 01:18:02,928 --> 01:18:06,598 But I was incapable to determine who it was. 1193 01:18:07,391 --> 01:18:09,017 I quickly got up 1194 01:18:09,101 --> 01:18:12,437 and I ran towards the hole in the fence 1195 01:18:12,521 --> 01:18:14,898 that we had done at Abbey Gate. 1196 01:18:14,981 --> 01:18:18,610 An officer caught me and tried to stop me. 1197 01:18:18,694 --> 01:18:20,612 I told him to let go of me, 1198 01:18:20,696 --> 01:18:22,531 that my friends were there. 1199 01:18:23,115 --> 01:18:25,492 I turned and ran. 1200 01:18:25,575 --> 01:18:28,745 In front of me, I only saw a pile of bodies. 1201 01:18:29,538 --> 01:18:32,165 And the first person I saw, 1202 01:18:32,833 --> 01:18:36,628 he was one of my best friends, Corporal Daegan Page. 1203 01:18:37,462 --> 01:18:40,424 I immediately understood that he was dead. 1204 01:18:42,175 --> 01:18:45,637 Someone took it from one side, and me by the other. 1205 01:18:46,430 --> 01:18:50,475 We dragged him to the hole that we had made in the fence. 1206 01:18:50,559 --> 01:18:53,395 My captain told me that he took care of him 1207 01:18:53,478 --> 01:18:55,689 and told me to go get some more. 1208 01:18:56,481 --> 01:18:58,525 So I left it... 1209 01:19:02,612 --> 01:19:03,864 and… 1210 01:19:06,032 --> 01:19:07,075 Sorry. 1211 01:19:28,305 --> 01:19:31,600 I heard screams and some sort of clicking noises. 1212 01:19:31,683 --> 01:19:34,352 I felt like I was seeing stars. 1213 01:19:34,436 --> 01:19:35,771 Kind of flashes. 1214 01:19:35,854 --> 01:19:38,273 I realized I was being shot at. 1215 01:19:39,441 --> 01:19:42,277 I was hit in the left shoulder. 1216 01:19:44,738 --> 01:19:46,281 I was 10 m from the explosion. 1217 01:19:47,449 --> 01:19:49,826 The wall in front of the ditch was right there, 1218 01:19:49,910 --> 01:19:52,704 and the terrorist was on the other side. 1219 01:19:55,081 --> 01:19:57,459 I had a pneumothorax in my right lung. 1220 01:19:57,542 --> 01:20:01,505 A shard hit my jaw, the latissimus dorsi and the right side. 1221 01:20:01,588 --> 01:20:05,300 And I got hit by a bullet on the right calf. 1222 01:20:06,551 --> 01:20:09,471 I staggered back. 1223 01:20:09,554 --> 01:20:11,681 I could barely breathe. 1224 01:20:13,767 --> 01:20:16,269 Daegan Page and Max Soviak. 1225 01:20:17,312 --> 01:20:19,773 These two were inseparable. 1226 01:20:20,357 --> 01:20:21,566 They were good guys. 1227 01:20:21,650 --> 01:20:24,820 They didn't let go of each other. 1228 01:20:32,244 --> 01:20:35,288 Max and Page were a few steps behind me 1229 01:20:35,372 --> 01:20:36,790 when we were hit. 1230 01:20:36,873 --> 01:20:40,293 When I turned around, I crawled on someone. 1231 01:20:40,377 --> 01:20:42,754 And I'm still convinced 1232 01:20:42,838 --> 01:20:45,882 that it was on Page that I crawled. 1233 01:20:47,425 --> 01:20:49,177 They didn't survive. 1234 01:20:56,226 --> 01:20:58,270 I tried to catch Kelsee. 1235 01:21:00,188 --> 01:21:04,025 Kelsee Lainhart was part of female unity. 1236 01:21:04,943 --> 01:21:08,321 I dragged her as far as I could. 1237 01:21:09,239 --> 01:21:11,783 I was convinced that I was going to die. 1238 01:21:12,284 --> 01:21:13,451 So too bad. 1239 01:21:14,911 --> 01:21:16,454 I turned around. 1240 01:21:16,538 --> 01:21:18,331 I was waiting for death. 1241 01:21:18,832 --> 01:21:21,001 I might as well make myself comfortable. 1242 01:21:23,044 --> 01:21:25,171 I looked to my right. 1243 01:21:25,255 --> 01:21:27,173 I heard everyone screaming. 1244 01:21:27,257 --> 01:21:28,800 And there I saw… 1245 01:21:28,884 --> 01:21:31,428 I saw Wyatt arrive on a stretcher. 1246 01:21:32,429 --> 01:21:38,143 They took me to a dark hallway. The doctor couldn't find my pulse. 1247 01:21:40,812 --> 01:21:45,358 He tried everything and gave me an emergency thoracotomy. 1248 01:21:47,277 --> 01:21:48,778 A desperate attempt. 1249 01:21:50,864 --> 01:21:54,701 We open your chest to do an internal cardiac massage. 1250 01:21:56,620 --> 01:21:57,704 He revived me. 1251 01:21:57,787 --> 01:22:01,750 I don't know how many liters of blood we have in the body, 1252 01:22:01,833 --> 01:22:05,921 but they gave me the equivalent of a whole body. 1253 01:22:19,142 --> 01:22:23,730 Wilson has a tattoo on the shoulder or the arm, I think, 1254 01:22:23,813 --> 01:22:25,732 which sums up his whole life. 1255 01:22:25,815 --> 01:22:28,109 It says: "Too stubborn to die." 1256 01:22:28,193 --> 01:22:31,571 And it's true. This guy is an anvil head. 1257 01:22:34,074 --> 01:22:36,284 I didn't know he was from ISIS, 1258 01:22:36,368 --> 01:22:38,536 but an investigation was carried out, 1259 01:22:38,620 --> 01:22:42,582 and when I returned to California, I learned it was ISIS. 1260 01:22:42,666 --> 01:22:45,001 The guy in question was in prison, 1261 01:22:45,627 --> 01:22:49,464 but he had been released when the Taliban arrived. 1262 01:22:53,969 --> 01:22:56,930 Thirteen of our soldiers were killed. 1263 01:23:00,558 --> 01:23:03,853 Seeing Wyatt now is a miracle. 1264 01:23:05,355 --> 01:23:06,356 Really. 1265 01:23:06,439 --> 01:23:09,526 When I saw him on that stretcher... 1266 01:23:16,741 --> 01:23:18,660 And when I see it now, 1267 01:23:19,411 --> 01:23:21,579 it makes me so happy. 1268 01:23:21,663 --> 01:23:23,999 I don't know how to say. 1269 01:23:24,082 --> 01:23:26,543 I'm so happy he's here. 1270 01:23:30,588 --> 01:23:34,050 Two or three days after I woke up, 1271 01:23:34,134 --> 01:23:35,844 I was able to see Kelsee again. 1272 01:23:37,095 --> 01:23:38,680 I was still stunned, 1273 01:23:38,763 --> 01:23:42,642 so I didn't realize of what had just happened. 1274 01:23:44,269 --> 01:23:47,022 The others had succeeded to get her out of there. 1275 01:23:47,981 --> 01:23:49,899 She came for my retreat. 1276 01:23:51,317 --> 01:23:52,610 She was paralyzed. 1277 01:24:01,077 --> 01:24:04,581 Every evening or every other day, we received a report 1278 01:24:04,664 --> 01:24:08,376 on the number of people that we had saved until then. 1279 01:24:14,382 --> 01:24:17,260 In the end, there were 120,000. It was crazy. 1280 01:24:24,267 --> 01:24:27,062 It's rewarding to say to yourself 1281 01:24:27,812 --> 01:24:29,481 that I did something. 1282 01:24:29,564 --> 01:24:31,024 That I participated in this 1283 01:24:31,107 --> 01:24:33,735 and that I helped save people. 1284 01:24:33,818 --> 01:24:35,028 It's rewarding. 1285 01:24:36,029 --> 01:24:38,740 But at the same time I wonder 1286 01:24:39,783 --> 01:24:41,284 if it was worth it. 1287 01:24:43,328 --> 01:24:46,956 Maybe it's not politically correct to say that, 1288 01:24:48,917 --> 01:24:51,836 but I would not have exchanged no Afghan life 1289 01:24:51,920 --> 01:24:53,546 against those of my friends. 1290 01:25:03,765 --> 01:25:07,769 I quickly understood that I shouldn't have gone home. 1291 01:25:08,269 --> 01:25:10,980 I should have stayed two more months in the hospital. 1292 01:25:13,274 --> 01:25:17,737 Fortunately, I was forced to see a psychiatrist. 1293 01:25:17,821 --> 01:25:20,240 I would never have gone there on my own. 1294 01:25:20,740 --> 01:25:23,368 I continue to see him today. 1295 01:25:24,828 --> 01:25:28,540 I didn't want to talk about it. I hated talking about it. 1296 01:25:32,293 --> 01:25:35,421 Then I understood that I had the right to talk about it. 1297 01:25:35,505 --> 01:25:39,092 I have the right to be vulnerable for five seconds. 1298 01:25:39,175 --> 01:25:41,761 And believe me, I have a fucking ego. 1299 01:25:43,012 --> 01:25:46,057 So when I finally let go 1300 01:25:46,141 --> 01:25:48,726 and I understood that I had the right to do so, 1301 01:25:48,810 --> 01:25:51,437 I very quickly started to feel better. 1302 01:25:58,111 --> 01:25:59,654 - Dad ? - What ? 1303 01:25:59,737 --> 01:26:01,656 How do we get up there? 1304 01:26:02,240 --> 01:26:04,075 I want to get on the rock. 1305 01:26:04,159 --> 01:26:06,119 - Aren't you afraid? - No ! 1306 01:26:07,537 --> 01:26:09,831 - Let me go. - Should I let you go? 1307 01:26:09,914 --> 01:26:11,249 Dad, stop! 1308 01:26:11,332 --> 01:26:13,334 Stop holding my butt! 1309 01:26:13,918 --> 01:26:15,211 POPPY WYATT’S DAUGHTER 1310 01:26:15,295 --> 01:26:17,714 Poppy is born during my first mission. 1311 01:26:20,550 --> 01:26:23,595 And Page was born in 2022. 1312 01:26:23,678 --> 01:26:25,221 She will be four years old. 1313 01:26:26,264 --> 01:26:31,019 His name comes by Daegan Page and Max Soviak. 1314 01:26:32,228 --> 01:26:34,397 But I shortened Soviak to Sovi. 1315 01:26:34,480 --> 01:26:36,482 It suits him better, I think. 1316 01:26:40,737 --> 01:26:42,113 Pops lived it. 1317 01:26:42,197 --> 01:26:43,740 She saw me in the hospital. 1318 01:26:45,450 --> 01:26:47,493 She was two and a half years old. 1319 01:26:47,577 --> 01:26:51,789 This is my trauma baby. We're going through this together. 1320 01:26:52,457 --> 01:26:55,293 She elevates me as much as I elevate her. 1321 01:26:55,376 --> 01:26:58,546 Scenes of despair and chaos in Afghanistan 1322 01:26:58,630 --> 01:27:00,548 are viewed everywhere. 1323 01:27:01,633 --> 01:27:03,593 I don't know how to say. 1324 01:27:04,594 --> 01:27:07,513 I have a hard time explaining it to you, 1325 01:27:07,597 --> 01:27:11,517 then to children of eight or nine years old when they are this age... 1326 01:27:13,186 --> 01:27:16,105 Dad, I have lemons! 1327 01:27:17,315 --> 01:27:18,274 Look at ! 1328 01:27:22,654 --> 01:27:26,157 My kids saw me shirtless with my bullet scar. 1329 01:27:26,241 --> 01:27:28,201 They asked me what it was. 1330 01:27:28,284 --> 01:27:31,871 I am not sugarcoating the truth. I tell them it's a bullet. 1331 01:27:31,955 --> 01:27:35,541 That there are bad guys in the world who wish us harm. 1332 01:27:38,795 --> 01:27:42,215 My wife is scared when they say they want to be Marines. 1333 01:27:42,298 --> 01:27:44,509 It reactivates the trauma. 1334 01:27:44,592 --> 01:27:47,804 She refuses to see our children live what I experienced. 1335 01:27:51,766 --> 01:27:56,229 Since the Taliban took over control of Afghanistan in 2021, 1336 01:27:56,312 --> 01:28:01,150 around 200,000 Afghans, many of whom had supported the United States, 1337 01:28:01,234 --> 01:28:03,778 found refuge in our country. 1338 01:28:06,155 --> 01:28:08,533 I took a charter flight 1339 01:28:09,117 --> 01:28:13,788 from Kabul to Bahrain and from Bahrain to New Jersey. 1340 01:28:14,998 --> 01:28:19,627 In New Jersey I stayed in a camp for a month. 1341 01:28:21,754 --> 01:28:24,632 Then I left the camp to come to Arizona. 1342 01:28:26,134 --> 01:28:28,594 I deliver for Amazon Flex, 1343 01:28:28,678 --> 01:28:32,682 but only one to three hours a day. 1344 01:28:32,765 --> 01:28:37,228 I can't do more, because I have to take care of my children. 1345 01:28:37,312 --> 01:28:40,064 I'm waiting for my wife to join me. 1346 01:28:40,148 --> 01:28:42,400 TRUMP SUSPENDS ENTRY OF AFGHAN 1347 01:28:42,483 --> 01:28:45,737 It's the woman from a former pilot, after all. 1348 01:28:47,196 --> 01:28:51,909 Since 2021, she must wear the hijab at all times. 1349 01:28:53,453 --> 01:28:56,414 This is Taliban law. 1350 01:28:58,291 --> 01:29:01,544 It's very hard for her. 1351 01:29:03,546 --> 01:29:06,966 She lost her husband, his son, his daughter. 1352 01:29:07,759 --> 01:29:09,427 What will happen to him? 1353 01:29:17,685 --> 01:29:19,062 Paradoxically, 1354 01:29:19,145 --> 01:29:24,067 the existential threat to American integrity and freedoms 1355 01:29:24,150 --> 01:29:28,071 did not come from these terrorists in Afghanistan, 1356 01:29:28,654 --> 01:29:31,407 nor the threat of terrorism, 1357 01:29:31,491 --> 01:29:35,036 but from our country's response to terrorism. 1358 01:29:36,704 --> 01:29:39,707 Bin Laden knew full well 1359 01:29:39,791 --> 01:29:44,045 that he could never destroy the United States. 1360 01:29:44,128 --> 01:29:46,964 But by attacking the country, 1361 01:29:47,048 --> 01:29:51,302 by shaking the foundations of the American empire, 1362 01:29:51,386 --> 01:29:55,473 he knew he would push the United States to self-destruct. 1363 01:29:56,724 --> 01:30:00,186 Behind every aspect, or almost, 1364 01:30:00,269 --> 01:30:02,063 of our daily life 1365 01:30:02,146 --> 01:30:04,816 in the United States today, 1366 01:30:04,899 --> 01:30:09,028 September 11 left its mark one way or another. 1367 01:30:14,409 --> 01:30:17,453 It had very negative consequences 1368 01:30:17,537 --> 01:30:19,163 on our perception 1369 01:30:19,247 --> 01:30:22,625 legislative safeguards under the authority of the president. 1370 01:30:22,708 --> 01:30:25,920 Military tactics are now used here. 1371 01:30:26,003 --> 01:30:27,171 What are you doing? 1372 01:30:27,922 --> 01:30:30,967 The treatment reserved to certain citizens 1373 01:30:31,050 --> 01:30:37,098 strangely reminiscent of the practices of the war against terrorism. 1374 01:30:42,979 --> 01:30:45,398 We realize how devastating it is 1375 01:30:45,481 --> 01:30:47,442 to authorize a single individual 1376 01:30:47,525 --> 01:30:51,529 to decide to use military or deadly force 1377 01:30:51,612 --> 01:30:53,739 without us having our say. 1378 01:30:53,823 --> 01:30:55,658 The Trump administration confirms 1379 01:30:55,741 --> 01:30:58,828 to have knocked twice a load of drugs, 1380 01:30:58,911 --> 01:31:02,957 the first attempt failed to kill everyone on board. 1381 01:31:03,499 --> 01:31:05,585 TEHRAN IRAN 2026 1382 01:31:05,668 --> 01:31:07,879 For this military operation… 1383 01:31:07,962 --> 01:31:11,132 I'm not supposed to say the word "war", 1384 01:31:11,215 --> 01:31:13,259 because we need authorization. 1385 01:31:13,342 --> 01:31:15,720 So I will say “military operation”. 1386 01:31:16,679 --> 01:31:18,222 We will put an end to this, 1387 01:31:18,306 --> 01:31:21,100 under favorable conditions for us 1388 01:31:21,184 --> 01:31:23,394 established by Mr. Trump. 1389 01:31:23,895 --> 01:31:26,439 Death and destruction will rain down. 1390 01:31:30,401 --> 01:31:32,695 We think this war is over. 1391 01:31:32,778 --> 01:31:35,656 That's what they say political leaders. 1392 01:31:35,740 --> 01:31:40,203 But the authorities, the institutions and many operations persist 1393 01:31:40,286 --> 01:31:41,621 on new targets. 1394 01:31:45,208 --> 01:31:50,046 And it would be naive to think that this war will no longer evolve. 1395 01:31:50,129 --> 01:31:52,632 More and more people will be affected. 1396 01:32:01,766 --> 01:32:05,436 We are at an inflection point. 1397 01:32:05,520 --> 01:32:08,940 We will soon see the replacement 1398 01:32:09,023 --> 01:32:13,152 older politicians in power for a long time. 1399 01:32:14,987 --> 01:32:16,864 Just read the polls. 1400 01:32:16,948 --> 01:32:19,742 The younger generation has a different point of view. 1401 01:32:22,078 --> 01:32:25,373 My students were not born at the time. 1402 01:32:25,456 --> 01:32:27,542 For them, September 11, 1403 01:32:27,625 --> 01:32:30,419 it's like World War II for me. 1404 01:32:30,503 --> 01:32:33,673 It's even a more vague memory, for them. 1405 01:32:34,173 --> 01:32:38,511 They inherited the current situation. 1406 01:32:38,594 --> 01:32:40,221 We don't know what it is 1407 01:32:40,304 --> 01:32:45,226 not to have police in the metro or on every street corner. 1408 01:32:45,309 --> 01:32:46,894 It's terrifying. 1409 01:32:46,978 --> 01:32:50,273 We just have to be in the wrong place at the wrong time 1410 01:32:50,356 --> 01:32:52,316 for his life to be turned upside down 1411 01:32:52,400 --> 01:32:54,652 or even to get killed. 1412 01:32:55,319 --> 01:32:57,196 These kinds of events happen. 1413 01:32:57,280 --> 01:33:00,533 Disasters that change the world. 1414 01:33:00,616 --> 01:33:02,868 But we can't do anything about it. 1415 01:33:02,952 --> 01:33:06,747 We live in a different world, that's all. 1416 01:33:15,798 --> 01:33:18,467 What did we take away of the war in Afghanistan? 1417 01:33:20,219 --> 01:33:23,222 This is the longest war of American history 1418 01:33:23,306 --> 01:33:25,099 and Afghan history. 1419 01:33:26,517 --> 01:33:28,936 It’s an intergenerational trauma. 1420 01:33:30,229 --> 01:33:33,566 I spoke to many soldiers over the years. 1421 01:33:33,649 --> 01:33:37,445 And those who found themselves on the ground in 2021 1422 01:33:37,528 --> 01:33:42,199 are not necessarily aware that they are there because of 9/11. 1423 01:33:46,162 --> 01:33:48,331 The person responsible was punished. 1424 01:33:48,414 --> 01:33:50,583 That's always the case. 1425 01:33:51,292 --> 01:33:54,545 But it took ten fucking years. 1426 01:33:55,087 --> 01:33:56,797 25 years after September 11, 1427 01:33:56,881 --> 01:33:59,425 what meaning does the war on terrorism? 1428 01:34:01,135 --> 01:34:04,388 That's the whole question. Was it worth it? 1429 01:34:11,228 --> 01:34:12,521 I have the impression 1430 01:34:13,189 --> 01:34:16,359 that me and my family, we suffered so much 1431 01:34:16,442 --> 01:34:18,277 when I was very little. 1432 01:34:20,237 --> 01:34:22,907 The fact that I managed to survive this, 1433 01:34:22,990 --> 01:34:25,951 I still have a hard time believing it. 1434 01:34:29,497 --> 01:34:35,211 I would like to know what my life would have been if it hadn't happened, 1435 01:34:35,294 --> 01:34:37,254 but I will never know. 1436 01:34:38,422 --> 01:34:43,594 It's like I'm trying to make up for the life I lost. 1437 01:34:46,555 --> 01:34:49,141 I will continue to do my best. 1438 01:35:00,319 --> 01:35:03,989 In 25 years, American society has become polarized 1439 01:35:04,073 --> 01:35:06,617 and no one listens to the other anymore. 1440 01:35:09,370 --> 01:35:12,415 It's very important that we can talk 1441 01:35:12,498 --> 01:35:15,543 constructively to resolve disputes. 1442 01:35:17,670 --> 01:35:20,506 History will judge depending on what we do now. 1443 01:35:30,725 --> 01:35:35,479 TURNING POINT: GENERATION SEPTEMBER 11 1444 01:37:36,392 --> 01:37:41,397 Subtitles: Lise Bernard