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You don't know how much I cried that day and for weeks after, or how I still cringe inside when I think of those who knew they were going to die, who were terrified and helpless, not to mention all the loved ones and even the 911 operators who surely must still hear those anguished voices. Nor do you know how angry I get when so many focus on the Towers and somehow forget the people in the Pentagon and those on the planes.

I'm sickened by anyone who wants to use the events of September 11th for their own advantage, and that includes CBS.

Contrary to what you apparently think, I wasn't using "filmmakers" and "program" perjoratively. I don't care for September 11th being abbreviated to 9/11; it seems a little off-hand to me, but it's not important enough on which to base wild accusations.

1) I made no "wild accusations."

2) The words "filmmaker" and "program" as well as the term "9/11" all came from your original post.

3) AFAIK this film is being broadcast commercial free, so CBS (bite my tongue) is presenting a tribute, not a commercial enterprise.

4) The focus is on the WTC for three reasons;
a) The attack and consequences there were spread over a longer time frame. It was also the first to be attacked.
b) NYC is the media capital of the universe and there was more equipment in place, eg helicopters, to document the attack there. Also, the documentarians that provided the material for this presentation JUST HAPPENED TO BE THERE!
c) The greatest loss of life occurred there.

5) I'm glad you feel that way about the events of that day. Would that more Americans felt the same. I watched those buildings go up. I worked in and around those buildings for almost 20yrs. I knew everyday people who were murdered there as well as firefighters who lost there lives trying to save them. By sheer coincidence, I was in lower Manhattan that morning and saw it first hand. Since I have this connection with the WTC and the attack, I have a tendency to focus more on it than the other losses that day. I take it personally!
My insulation from what happened at the Pentagon and in the field in PA was the reason I went to see "United 93." I wanted to remove some of that insulation. It worked, the fire in my belly came back!

I watched this documentary when it was first aired but have not watched any of the numerous other "documentaries" that have been shown on cable and broadcast TV. I will watch when it is aired again because it is REAL. It is witness to the actual events of the attack. (The only other witness is the freeze frame of the plane hitting the Pentagon.) To alter any part of this documentary is to change this testimony and that would be the same as re-writing history. THIS MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN!

Pls excuse my use of capitol letters. If I had put them in italics as I wished, I would not have been able to keep the format of this post.

>I'm sickened by anyone who wants to use the events of September 11th for their own advantage, and that includes CBS.

Does that include the AFA? If anyone who's seen this honestly agrees with their assessment of this program, please explain why. Then maybe anyone so inclined could let us know how profanity would automatically violate indecency standards.

Community standards vary from place to place, of course. In my community, the youngest of children see Ground Zero on a frequent, perhaps daily, basis. The charge that CBS is trying to rewrite community standards may be plausible, but not on the basis of this program.