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WORLD TRADE CENTER
Release Date: August 11, 2006
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Director: Oliver Stone
Screenwriter: Andrea Berloff
Cast: Nicholas Cage, Mario Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena
Synopsis:
Academy Award®-winning director Oliver Stone tells the true
story of the heroic survival and rescue of two Port Authority policemen
– John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno – who were trapped in the
rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, after they went
in to help people escape. The film also follows their families as they
try to find out what happened to them, as well as the rescuers who found
them in the debris field and pulled them out. Their story shows how the
best in people rose above the tragic events of that day.
Only 20 people were rescued alive from the World Trade Center after the
collapse of the buildings. Officer Jimeno and Sgt. McLoughlin were the
18th and 19th.
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