Turning Point: Generation 9/11

A quarter-century after September 11th, the attacks' ripple effects persist across generations. Orphaned children, War on Terror journalists, young Afghans, and U.S. Marines shaped by the 2021 withdrawal share their stories.

Michael Smoak

(Self)

Garrett M. Graff

(Self)

Anand Gopal

(Self)

Jenny Pachucki

(Self)

Bruce Hoffman

(Self)

Osama bin Laden

(Self (archive footage))

George W. Bush

(Self (archive footage))

Barack Obama

(Self (archive footage))

Rudolph Giuliani

(Self (archive footage))

Donald Trump

(Self (archive footage))

Pete Hegseth

(Self (archive footage))

Colin Powell

(Self (archive footage))

Mary Fetchet

(Self - Bradley's Mother)

Andrew Ansbro

(Self - President, Uniformed Firefighters Assoc. of Greater NY)

An Nguyen

(Self - Son of Khang Nguyen)

Laurel Homer

(Self - Daughter of Leroy W. Homer Jr.)

Spencer Ackerman

(Self - Author, Reign of Terror)

Christian Sanchez

(Self - Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.))

Oona Hathaway

(Self - Special Counsel to the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense, 2014-2015)

Jack Goldsmith

(Self - Head of the Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 2003-2004)

Obaidullah Durani

(Self - Former Pilot, Afghan Air Force)

Azmat Khan

(Self - Investigative Journalist, The New York Times Magazine)

Wyatt Wilson

(Self - Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.))

Joe Biden

(Self - (archive footage))

Tucker Carlson

(Self - (archive footage))

Abdul Rashid Dostum

(Self - Afghan Warlord (archive footage))

Beverly Eckert

(Self (archive footage))

Briggite Gabriel

(Self (archive footage))

Leroy Homer Jr.

(Self (archive footage))

Alex E. Jones

(Self (archive footage))

Donald Rumsfeld

(Self (archive footage))

Edison Siver

(Self (archive footage))

Regis Philbin

(Self (archive footage))

Kelly Ripa

(Self (archive footage))

Howard Stern

(Self (archive footage))