ITV Documentaries
9/11: Truth, Lies, and Conspiracies (2016x38)
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“We’ve been begging our Government for 15 years… and we’re told it’s classified, top secret, you can’t know more details about the death of your Dad.” - Brett Eagleson, whose father Bruce died in the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks
Fifteen years after 9/11, this new documentary for ITV investigates serious concerns that the real story surrounding that fateful day is yet to be told.
Ever since the attacks, conspiracy theories - some credible and some wacky - have persisted about what actually took place. Among those who contribute is Jimmy Walter, a millionaire businessman, who still believes that the attacks were staged by the US government to benefit the defence industry.
Dylan Avery, who made ‘Loose Change,’ a documentary that questioned many of the official explanations about 9/11, tells the programme that many of the issues he raised have still not been adequately explained.
But aside from these theories, the documentary asks how much is still to be revealed about the events of that day. It contains allegations from victims' families that the US administration has put its relationship with Saudi Arabia above the lives of their loved ones, and from former insiders who say how they believe the attacks could have been prevented and that mistakes made by the various intelligence agencies have been buried to protect them from further criticism.
Jimmy Walter’s explanation for the collapse of the Twin Towers is that they were brought down by explosives and the images of the planes crashing into the buildings were computer graphics. He believes the US government had plenty of reasons for orchestrating such an attack. He says: “The military was getting their funding cut, the CIA was getting their funding cut."
While his claims may sound like fantasy, others believe that the truth of what happened that sunny Tuesday morning still hasn’t been adequately revealed. Dylan Avery’s Loose Change documentary attracted millions of