This is perhaps the most elevated level of heroism of all. It wasn't their "job," but it became their self-appointed mission. This is particularly true of disk 2 entitled "zero hour." A unique reality of this documentary is that it reveals the heroic actions of civilians who risked and sacrificed their lives to save others. It will keep you at the edge of your seat. In spite of being a documentary, Inside 911's DVD is incredibly gripping. But while United 93 was narrowly banded, Inside 911 was far more comprehensive. National Geographic's "Inside 911" and United 93 are without a doubt, the best DVD's on the Arab Islamic Terrorist attack on the United States. It balances what is known with what is not, and manages to paint the fullest picture I've yet to see all in one place. If you want to watch just one examination of all of the known mechanics behind 9/11, National Geographic's "Inside" is the one you're looking for. It, too, runs about 105 minutes, and in the end it feels as though you've looked at the tragic day from nearly all possible viewpoints. "Zero Hour" revisits elements of 9/11 with which most of us are more familiar: it takes us step by step through what each of the terrorists did in the time leading up to boarding those planes, shows us what incredible luck they had on their side to have slipped the noose so many times in order to pull off bin Laden's "masterpiece," and includes interviews with everyone from Intel to survivors to ticket agents who were at the airport the morning of the attacks. "War On America" is approximately 105 minutes focusing on this very modern history, and it held information that I'd not come across elsewhere. It gives us an excellent groundwork upon which we can begin to understand what factors were at work when 9/11 took place. ![]() ![]() The conflict of differing values between America and countries including the likes of Afghanistan and Pakistan is shown to us step by step, from its modern-day inception as we know it through the battles on the soil of both sides (the impact the Gulf War had on how America was perceived in the Middle East the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Centre the attack on the USS Cole etc.). The documentary spends ample time explaining in detail how the American government came to have involvement with Osama bin Laden long before many of us had ever heard his now infamous name. ![]() "War On America" gives exhaustive background into the long history between the US and much of the Middle East, focusing particularly on the last couple of decades and what went into the pressure cooker from both sides to make it explode in the way that it has. We've all seen endless news footage, documentaries, even Hollywood dramatizations of different elements of the tragedy and the subsequent "War On Terror." I was deeply affected by what I saw on 9/11 and have read and viewed a great deal about it since then as a result, so for me to say that this 2-part DVD is probably the best, and most comprehensive, of its kind is significant. It's now 2011, ten years after the world as we knew it was changed by the attacks on 9/11.
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