How young are your children? There are many sanitized documentaries. I watched one on the National Geographic Channel. It is told with footage and eyewitness testimony (as well as widow testimony) as to what was said between spouses etc. I believe this is it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BBS9QK/103-6669596-0468647?v=glance&n=130
This documentary about to be aired was actually filmed as the guys were coincidentally filming firefighters doing their everyday stuff.
This is the single, most powerful piece of history ever filmed, imo. There is very little film footage that has been shot live throughout history where it is captured so accurately, up close and from the perspective of the victims. It is much more powerful than any images shot from a helicopter. This film catches the horror from the ground where people were hitting the pavement, burn victims were being staged, general chaos was underway, the largest and most successful rescue operation in the world was taking place, and our country was receiving an act of war by people who would like us all dead. People think the D-Day scene was dramatic in "Saving Private Ryan". Now imagine if a film crew just happened to be filming a beach scene there and captured it all. I have a feeling that the scene in the movie would pale in comparison.
This needs to be seen as is. Al Qaeda would give us a 9-11 everyday if they could and too many in our country have already forgotten that.
Hi Mama - I agree with much of what you say. As I said in another post in this thread - we have most every dvd that has been made re 9/11 because I want my children to remember that day long after I am gone......just as my parents taught me in their own words about Dec 7th. And speaking of D-Day? My mother cannot bear those scenes on the History Channel even to this day.
My only problem with this film would be the F-word. I fully understand it being said at the time. I would probably be screaming it myself had I been on the scene - :o) I would just prefer it blipped from my home screen.