America Rebuilds II: Return to Ground Zero
America Rebuilds II: Return to Ground Zero
Airing on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack on New Yorks World Trade Center, this program is the definitive record of the efforts to rebuild Ground Zero following the September 11, 2001, attack that destroyed the WTC towers. The second program in a planned trilogy documenting the rescue and recovery, rebuilding and reopening of the World Trade Center site, it follows AMERICA REBUILDS the official video record of the post-attack recovery and cleanup seen on PBS September 10, 2002. Mariska Hargitay, who plays Detective Olivia Benson on NBCs Law & Order: SVU, narrates.
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Program Description: After recapping rebuilding since 9/11, including cleanup and recovery, which were the focus of the first AMERICA REBUILDS: A YEAR AT GROUND ZERO, FOUNDATIONS OF FREEDOM explores how people -- builders, developers and victims' families -- are working against terrific odds to move forward.
Fueled by necessity and federal funding, Port Authority engineers rapidly rebuilt the PATH commuter rail-line so that tens of thousands could return to work in Lower Manhattan. But greater challenges lie ahead. Builder and World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein, backed by insurance settlements and driven by commitment, rebuilt a skyscraper at 7 World Trade Center. Though state-of-the-art, it remains largely vacant. And victims' families, seeking to create meaning from their loss, dedicate themselves to helping others make sense of the site.
As documented in A YEAR AT GROUND ZERO, the first year's work at the site brought out the best in Americans and New Yorkers. Can what began as an unprecedented cooperative effort by public and private sectors to create one of the largest public works projects in American history continue and succeed? FOUNDATIONS OF FREEDOM will document the effort in a way that is measured and accurate, and sensitive to the essence of what's at stake for New York and the nation.
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Past Episodes
These episodes of America Rebuilds II: Return to Ground Zero aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
