1 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:10,170 Speaker 1: This series is based on real events. However, certain characters, names, incidents, locations, 2 00:00:10,350 --> 00:00:13,630 Speaker 1: and dialogue have been fictionalized for dramatic purposes. 3 00:00:14,290 --> 00:00:16,910 Speaker 2: I'm on the plane, honey. Something's wrong. 4 00:00:16,930 --> 00:00:18,610 Speaker 1: I can see people running to the back of the plane. 5 00:00:18,810 --> 00:00:21,570 Speaker 1: I think someone might be stabbed. I'm Michael Imperioli. I 6 00:00:21,610 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: want to tell you about my new podcast, Underground Zero. 7 00:00:25,140 --> 00:00:26,299 Speaker 2: We're coming in over the river. 8 00:00:26,460 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 3: We're way too low. Oh, my God. 9 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:29,340 Speaker 2: We're heading towards the building. Okay. 10 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,300 Speaker 1: It's about what happened in the aftermath of the 9-11 11 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. 12 00:00:36,260 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 2: We're looking at the opportunity of a lifetime for us 13 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:39,620 Speaker 2: and the other families. 14 00:00:39,900 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: What do you want from me? 15 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 2: What I want is for it. 16 00:00:43,180 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: To be over. While the world was mourning, five powerful 17 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: New York families saw an opportunity. 18 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,420 Speaker 3: The debris is supposed to go to the city-owned salvage 19 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,580 Speaker 3: yard on Staten Island, and some of it will. 20 00:00:56,460 --> 00:00:59,100 Speaker 2: But most of it will go to the yards we control. 21 00:01:02,660 --> 00:01:06,020 Speaker 1: They were despicable, the men who praised Allah's name while 22 00:01:06,060 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: spilling American blood. But there were other villains in 9-11. 23 00:01:09,300 --> 00:01:11,839 Speaker 2: How far are you prepared to go? 24 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:18,530 Speaker 1: Depends how far you are. This is their story. 25 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:22,290 Speaker 2: We got the city by the balls! 26 00:01:22,790 --> 00:01:26,250 Speaker 1: Less than two hours after the Twin Towers collapsed on 9-11, 27 00:01:26,450 --> 00:01:29,410 Speaker 1: while rescue teams battled to save the living and remove 28 00:01:29,450 --> 00:01:33,069 Speaker 1: the dead, a group of well-dressed men held an emergency meeting. 29 00:01:33,290 --> 00:01:36,310 Speaker 3: We're going to inundate city officials with fake time and 30 00:01:36,330 --> 00:01:39,709 Speaker 3: material tickets, and these guys will have no choice but 31 00:01:39,750 --> 00:01:40,870 Speaker 3: to do business with us. 32 00:01:41,510 --> 00:01:43,830 Speaker 1: They would go on to make millions of dollars. 33 00:01:44,290 --> 00:01:47,470 Speaker 2: What's in the tunnels? Gold bars, silver ingots. My guy 34 00:01:47,490 --> 00:01:49,330 Speaker 2: says it could be worth half a billion. 35 00:01:49,890 --> 00:01:52,230 Speaker 1: And they would have made more if it hadn't been 36 00:01:52,270 --> 00:01:53,510 Speaker 1: for one courageous cop. 37 00:01:53,830 --> 00:01:55,970 Speaker 2: We need this Frank guy to look the other way. 38 00:01:56,110 --> 00:01:59,570 Speaker 2: You don't buy him for any amount. Everybody has a price. 39 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 2: I did what I thought you would have. Frank, it's okay. 40 00:02:04,650 --> 00:02:05,730 Speaker 2: You did the job right. 41 00:02:06,490 --> 00:02:08,950 Speaker 1: It's a shocking story and one of the few about 42 00:02:08,970 --> 00:02:12,290 Speaker 1: 9-11 that hasn't been told. Dad! No, Dad, don't! You're 43 00:02:12,310 --> 00:02:14,510 Speaker 1: gonna need all of us. I'll call you when I can. Frank, 44 00:02:14,570 --> 00:02:15,169 Speaker 1: be careful. 45 00:02:15,550 --> 00:02:17,810 Speaker 2: If I don't do this, I'm dead! 46 00:02:19,020 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: Underground Zero, 9-11 and the Mob. Starring Steve Sciarippa, Ray Abruzzo, 47 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: Arthur J. Nascarella, and me, Michael Imperioli. 48 00:02:28,180 --> 00:02:30,260 Speaker 2: Would you be willing to see your family go to pieces? 49 00:02:31,110 --> 00:02:34,810 Speaker 1: Some ways it already has. Lieutenant Siriano, you were responsible 50 00:02:34,870 --> 00:02:38,030 Speaker 1: for vetting companies that have applied for city contracts but 51 00:02:38,070 --> 00:02:42,060 Speaker 1: may have connections to organized crime. Maybe you do enjoy it. 52 00:02:42,980 --> 00:02:45,620 Speaker 2: Maybe that's why after all this time you still won't 53 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 2: get help. Show him the machine. Joey. Joey, come on, 54 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,460 Speaker 2: I'm a father. Get him out of here. 55 00:02:53,580 --> 00:02:56,780 Speaker 1: Listen to Underground Zero, 9-11 and the Mob on the 56 00:02:56,940 --> 00:03:01,810 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.