REFLECTIONS: Reenactment Film Research - 9/11

20:38 Reflections , Year 1 0 Comments

1. A video summary of the events at https://archive.org/details/911#videosummary
2. "Inside 9/11: Zero Hour", a documentary by National Geographic
   
   
3. Witness Footage
   

But possibly the best source of inspiration would be this:
Specifically the phone call at 22:24. After searching a bit more, i found this http://www.ahuffgroup.com/articles/article/7793501/160201.htm

I want to transfer this portion on screen:

I got off the subway at the Bowling Green station. I was running a little late. It was a beautiful day, and as I got off the subway I looked up at the twin towers as if I was a tourist. Suddenly, I saw an enormous fire ball at the top of one of them. I looked around, but people just kept walking. It was as if nothing unusual had happened.
My father worked next door to the World Trade Center. I called him but I couldn't reach him. I wanted to tell him to get out of his office, that it was dangerous and something was very wrong. But I couldn't reach him after several tries. I called my stepmother and told her to tell my dad something was wrong at the WTC.
It was about 8:48 a.m. I used to work for NBC News in New York as an associate producer. I decided to call the network and tell them what I had seen. I was still standing near the subway exit up on the street. I could see debris falling but there was no longer a fire visible. I told the NBC Today Show control room who I was and they put me on hold. The came back on and said that they couldn't confirm that anything had happened at the World Trade Center, but they knew me so they’d like to put me on the phone live with the show’s anchors. They broke into the Today Show. There are tapes of this, but I've never watched them or listened to that phone call.
I saw a police officer nearby, so I asked him what had happened. I was still live on the air. He said, "A small plane crashed into the World Trade Center." So I reported that on the phone. 

Hopefully i'll be able to do this...