CBS will air an updated version of a documentary about the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and the firefighters who responded that day five years ago, writes the
Hollywood
Reporter. The award-winning documentary, produced by a pair of French brothers and a retired firefighter, will be broadcast Sept. 10. And "airing the documentary represents something of an act of
courage by CBS, given the gritty language that [it] contained in its two previous airings and the chill that is going through the airwaves over federal efforts to curb broadcast indecency," it
reports. CBS has made no cuts to the language, and knows that is bound to generate controversy. "It's important to take note of the event as it happened," CBS Executive Producer Susan Zirinsky says.
"And (the filmmakers) have done an amazing job in staying with these guys over five years and evolving with them. You will feel at the end that we've taken a journey again."
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