The Smithsonian Channel Presents: 9-11: THE HEARTLAND TAPES - Premieres Sunday, September 8 AT 8PM ET/PT - A piece of aircraft wreckage lies on the heliport on the west side of the Pentagon after a terrorist attack Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001 in Arlington, Va. Wreckage from the aircraft was strewn accross the highway and military medical crews were mobilizing to help the wounded. - Photo: Mark Faram/Navy Times/AP Photo/Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel_9-11_HeartlandTapes_04
The Smithsonian Channel Presents: 9-11: THE HEARTLAND TAPES - Premieres Sunday, September 8 AT 8PM ET/PT - Thick smoke billows into the sky from the area behind the Statue of Liberty, lower left, where the World Trade Center towers stood, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. The towers collapsed after terroists crashed two planes into them. - Photo: Daniel Hulshizer/AP Photo/Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel_9-11_HeartlandTapes_06
The Smithsonian Channel Presents: 9-11: THE HEARTLAND TAPES - Premieres Sunday, September 8 AT 8PM ET/PT - President Bush turns to watch live coverage of the attacks on the World Trade Center while at Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Fla., Sept. 11, 2001. - Photo: Eric Draper/AP Photo/The White House/Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel_9-11_HeartlandTapes_05
The Smithsonian Channel Presents: 9-11: THE HEARTLAND TAPES - Premieres Sunday, September 8 AT 8PM ET/PT - In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, a jet airliner nears one of the World Trade Center towers in New York. - Photo: Carmen Taylor/AP Photo/Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel_9-11_HeartlandTapes_03
The Smithsonian Channel Presents: 9-11: THE HEARTLAND TAPES - Premieres Sunday, September 8 AT 8PM ET/PT - THIRD OF A SERIES OF FOUR PICTURES---Smoke billows from one of the towers of the World Trade Center and flames and debris explode from the second tower, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. In one of the most horrifying attacks ever against the United States, terrorists crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center in a deadly series of blows that brought down the twin 110-story towers. - Photo: Chao Soi Cheong/AP PhotoP/Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel_9-11_HeartlandTapes_02
The Smithsonian Channel Presents: 9-11: THE HEARTLAND TAPES - Premieres Sunday, September 8 AT 8PM ET/PT - World Trade Center, New York NY second airplane approaching the South Tower. - Photo: William Kratzke/2001 AP/Courtesy of Smithsonian Channel - Photo ID: SmithsonianChannel_9-11_HeartlandTapes_01