"Out of the Clear Blue Sky" tells the riveting behind-the-scenes story of Cantor Fitzgerald. It's a disaster story without precedent. A true stranger-than-fiction account, unfolding over
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"Out of the Clear Blue Sky" tells the riveting behind-the-scenes story of Cantor Fitzgerald. It's a disaster story without precedent. A true stranger-than-fiction account, unfolding over months and years, the film captures what it's like to be caught in the crosshairs of history. What do you do when everything-and almost everyone-is gone?
With offices soaring 100 stories above downtown Manhattan, the Wall Street powerhouse was unknown to the public until the shocking tragedy. One of the few to survive was their ruthless CEO Howard Lutnick, who was at his son's first day of kindergarten when the terrorists' planes hit. Lutnick's emotionally raw, tear-filled television interviews transfixed the nation, striking a deep personal chord with traumatized Americans.
But, within a week, a controversial business move turned the country-and the victims' families - against him and the beleaguered company. CEO Lutnick went from sympathetic face-of-the-tragedy to to heartless betrayed of a nation. Then he completely withdrew from public eye. Though Cantor suffered almost twice the casualties of the FDNY, the Cantor Story disappeared. Until now. This is the first intimate telling of their survival story from the inside. Find out what really happened.
Directed by a September 11th family member, "Out of the Clear Blue Sky" tells twin stories-the inspiring saga of a decimated business and the profound coming together of the families in the aftermath.
