9/11 Ground Zero

Englishmen in New York - Aftermath

By: Dr Sam Allen

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

This is the fascinating story of two members of the same family who each unknowingly played a vital role at one of the world’s greatest disasters, the 9/11 terrorist attack on New York’s Twin Towers in 2001. Sam Allen, a young British doctor, watched the incredible events unfold as he waited with medical explorers at JFK, as their 30-minute stop over suddenly became a 9-day journey into Hell. And despite witnessing further horror at Ground Zero and treating nearly 300 victims, he and his team faced arrest for using a special satellite phone, and then suspicion as saboteurs. Meanwhile Sam’s uncle, Harry Koundakjian, the chief photo editor at AP, captured some iconic images of this extraordinary event, as the city went crazy and America struggled to cope.