When the September 11 attacks occur , the team is forced to de-prioritize the story . They regain momentum when Rezendes learns from Garabedian that there are publicly available documents that confirm Cardinal Law was made aware of the problem and ignored it . Although Rezendes argues vociferously to run the story immediately before more victims suffer and rival newspapers publish , Robinson remains steadfast to research further so that the systemic problem can be more fully exposed . After the '' Boston Globe '' wins a case to have even more legal documents unsealed that provide the evidence of that larger picture , the Spotlight team finally begins to write the story , and plan to publish their findings in early 2002
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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