"Where are we?"
"We're in hell! We're LIVE FROM HELL!"

-John Mcloughlin (as portrayed by Nicolas Cage)
& Will Jimeno (as portrayed by Michael Pena)

...hours before they are found in the rubble of the World Trade Center
by marine Dave Karnes (portrayed by Michael Shannon)
and paramedic Chuck Sereika (portrayed by Frank Whaley),
along with many other rescue and recovery workers.
Jay Hernandez as Dominick Pezzulo
and Maggie Gyllenhaal as Allison Jimeno
both lend heartbreaking beauty to their parts...Everyone does.
Each performance is sincere.
Each scene is marked with intense focus...a simple goal...survival.

As cynical as so many of you are~ as I can be, too~
trust me when I tell you this is nothing like what you may be assuming.
This is not political or preachy or complicated.
This is a humbling experience.
You will feel very humble.
Very, very humble.

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You can purchase FDNY World Trade Center Memorial shirts, decals, & pins
from the Official Fire Store for the FDNY (click on link or call 1-800-229-9258).
Since September 11th 2001 the prime beneficiary was The Widows and Children's Fund of the FDNY Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA). Other, smaller distributions were made to the FDNY Officer's Union (UFOA), which established a scholarship fund for the children of the WTC firefighter victims; and some of the individual fire houses.

*To learn more about the Memorial for the 343 Fallen Firefighters
check out the National Firefighters Hall of Heroes.

*Click here to learn more about the 84 Fallen Port Authority workers
37 of whom were Police Officers.
*World Trade Center Relief information about resources
and charities can be found here.
*Click here to learn more about the ongoing health issues of the Rescue
and Recovery Workers as tracked by the CDC.
*Please click here for additional information about the WTC and it's history.