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Director Oliver Stone once again offers a powerful and provocative story
based on real-life events in this drama. Sergeant John McLoughlin
(Nicolas Cage) and William J. Jimeno (Michael Peña) were two officers
assigned to New York City's Port Authority who were working their beats
on a quiet day in early fall when they received an emergency call. The
day was September 11, 2001, and McLoughlin and Jimeno were among the
policemen who attempted to evacuate the World Trade Center towers after
they were struck by airliners piloted by terrorists. Both McLoughlin and
Jimeno were inside the fifth building of the World Trade Center when
the towers fell, and were two of the last people found alive amidst the
wreckage. As McLoughlin and Jimeno struggled to hold on to their lives
as rescuers sifted through the rubble, their spouses -- Donna McLoughlin
(Maria Bello) and Allison Jimeno (Maggie Gyllenhaal) -- clung to the
desperate hope that their husbands would survive and be found. As the
McLoughlin and Jimeno families waited for word on the fate of the two
men, they watched as a city and a nation came together with strength and
compassion in the face of a tragedy. World Trade Center was based on
the true story of John McLoughlin and William J. Jimeno, both of whom
cooperated with producers in the making of this film. Producer Debra
Hill died during production -- hence the posthumous credit. Mark Deming,
Rovi