'' 102 Minutes That Changed America '' is a 102-minute American television special documentary film that was produced by the History channel and premiered commercial-free on Thursday , September 11 , 2008 , marking the seventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks . The film depicts , in virtually real time , the New York-based events of the attacks primarily using raw footage from mostly amateur citizen journalists , focusing mainly on the reactions of New York inhabitants during the incident . The documentary is accompanied by an 18-minute documentary short called '' I-Witness to 9/11 '' , which features interviews with nine firsthand eyewitnesses who captured the footage on camera
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102 Minutes That Changed America