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• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002JUXE2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #282,264 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brief but a great memorial, February 16, 2006

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Derrik Mantel (Maplewood, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twin Towers (DVD)

This 35 minute documentary really illustrates the quality and heroism of the people that died on September 11, 2001 in New York.

This film is a brief tribute to a few of them. Particularly the Vigiano family that lost two sons (a firefighter and a police officer)in the World Trade Centers. These men and those like them were heroes and civic role models.

No greater love has a person than to lay down ones life for a friend.

After watching this film, I am moved to say thank you to every police officer, firefighter and first response person. I was saddened by the tragedy but also extremely encouraged to get a glimpse at the quality of goodness in the people that helped save so many lives that day.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stirring Documentary of NYPD and America's Saddest Day, October 8, 2004

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Sharon Langworthy "decadent minimalist" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twin Towers (DVD)

"The Twin Towers" started out as a documentary about the New York City Police Department's Emergency Services Team (EST), the elite group of police officers that deal with everything from suicidal people determined to jump off bridges to hostage situations. The story of these heroic young men so intrigued television producer Dick Wolf (best known for the "Law & Order" series) that he began this documentary as a means of selling a network on committing to a series based on the day-to-day lives of these men and their fascinating job. It's entirely conceivable that such a show would have come to fruition, had not the events at the World Trade Center taken place.

As noted by the editorial review, this documentary feels abruptly cut short: after all, the main subject of the piece, DET Joseph V. Vigiano, died in the September 11th attacks. What began as a look at the lives and work of the EST becomes a memorial to what we lost that day in the form of a father who lost his two sons (Det. Joseph Viggiano and his brother John, a NYC fireman) in the attacks.

It is the incompleteness of this documentary, and the profound sense of unfulfilled curiosity about the men it profiles, that leads me to grant the story four stars instead of five. In no way is it an idictment of its ability to stir and inspire.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Emotional, December 18, 2009

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AMA (New York, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Twin Towers (DVD)

A brief but very emotional look at the ESU of the NYPD. The short film focuses on Det. Joe Vigiano, who was killed in the North Tower on 9/11. I remember this film won an Academy Award a few years ago. It is very poignant film and a wonderful dedication to Joe. I believe the producers were doing a series on ESU when 6 months later tragedy struck. I highly recommend.