Filmmakers Jules and Gédéon Naudet and James Hanlon were in Lower Manhattan filming a documentary about firefighters when the first plane hit the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. The riveting film they shot that day, including historic footage from Ground Zero, became the acclaimed documentary 9/11. This update to their award-winning film incorporates new interviews with many of the firefighters they originally spotlighted, as well as exclusive footage of the rebuilding of the Ground Zero site. Robert De Niro returns as host. Sunday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m., CBS
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