Sept. 11 to Jan. 6
The FRONTLINE Dispatch
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4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2019
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
As the nation marks the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, the legacy of the terror attacks and their aftermath continues to unfold, from insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team have been chronicling 9/11 and its impact for two decades in multiple FRONTLINE films, including America After 9/11, an epic re-examination of the decisions that changed the world and transformed the U.S. across four presidencies. The two-hour documentary is now streaming on FRONTLINE’s website, the PBS Video app and YouTube.
Kirk joins The FRONTLINE Dispatch to talk about the through line from Sept. 11 to Jan. 6, as well as ongoing challenges for the U.S. president, the country and the world. "By pulling back, we discovered a lot of dots that could be connected, that actually had a strong relevance to today," Kirk says in the episode.
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| 0:00.0 | If you're just joining us, you probably already know the World Trade Center |
| 0:06.2 | towers, the twin towers, the New York landmarks have collapsed and are gone. |
| 0:10.8 | We now have fire confirmed at the Pentagon. |
| 0:14.0 | The State Department has now been evacuated. |
| 0:16.0 | The White House has been evacuated. |
| 0:18.0 | The Capitol has been evacuated. |
| 0:19.0 | It is realistic, but at the same time... |
| 0:21.0 | On September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda operatives carried out the deadliest terror attack on America and the country's history, killing nearly 3,000 people and injuring thousands more. |
| 0:33.4 | The events that followed changed the world and ushered in an era of fear, mistrust, and division |
| 0:39.5 | in America. |
| 0:40.8 | Our war on terror is well begun, but it has only begun. |
| 0:44.0 | Complaints over the treatment of the detainees is growing overseas |
| 0:48.0 | and here at home. |
| 0:49.0 | Afghanistan is a devastated country. |
| 0:52.0 | Many of the buildings in the capital |
| 0:53.8 | Kabul have been destroyed every day there are reminders that terrorists are |
| 0:58.3 | still planning to attack this country is America becoming Islamophobic? |
| 1:03.0 | Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world. |
| 1:07.0 | The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda. |
| 1:13.2 | The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, driving toward Baghdad. |
| 1:17.2 | Our country has had enough. |
| 1:20.4 | We will not take it anymore. |
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