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Foreboding Images at End of Episode 7


In what prior to the Twin Towers' destruction had been the final episode of this series (it would later finish with an 8th about WTC), New York is viewed from the air. There is a long, soaring shot traveling through Manhattan. It's beautiful and haunting all at once, considering the events that would transpire only 2 years later.

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Episode 7 was actually completed in the editing suite on September 10, 2001 for a scheduled broadcast on PBS' The American Experience (part of a two-part Season Premier broadcast of the series with Episode 6) that month. Ric Burns later said he knew by noon on September 11 that an Episode 8 would have to be made.

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