WEBVTT - Introducing BUZZ

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<v Speaker 1>This series is based on real events. However, certain characters, names, incidents, locations,

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<v Speaker 1>and dialogue have been fictionalized for dramatic purposes.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm on the plane, honey. Something's wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>I can see people running to the back of the plane.

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<v Speaker 1>I think someone might be stabbed. I'm Michael Imperioli. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to tell you about my new podcast, Underground Zero.

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<v Speaker 2>We're coming in over the river.

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<v Speaker 3>We're way too low. Oh, my God.

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<v Speaker 2>We're heading towards the building. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>It's about what happened in the aftermath of the 9-11

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<v Speaker 1>attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.

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<v Speaker 2>We're looking at the opportunity of a lifetime for us

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<v Speaker 2>and the other families.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you want from me?

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<v Speaker 2>What I want is for it.

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<v Speaker 1>To be over. While the world was mourning, five powerful

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<v Speaker 1>New York families saw an opportunity.

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<v Speaker 3>The debris is supposed to go to the city-owned salvage

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<v Speaker 3>yard on Staten Island, and some of it will.

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<v Speaker 2>But most of it will go to the yards we control.

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<v Speaker 1>They were despicable, the men who praised Allah's name while

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<v Speaker 1>spilling American blood. But there were other villains in 9-11.

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<v Speaker 2>How far are you prepared to go?

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<v Speaker 1>Depends how far you are. This is their story.

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<v Speaker 2>We got the city by the balls!

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<v Speaker 1>Less than two hours after the Twin Towers collapsed on 9-11,

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<v Speaker 1>while rescue teams battled to save the living and remove

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<v Speaker 1>the dead, a group of well-dressed men held an emergency meeting.

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<v Speaker 3>We're going to inundate city officials with fake time and

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<v Speaker 3>material tickets, and these guys will have no choice but

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<v Speaker 3>to do business with us.

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<v Speaker 1>They would go on to make millions of dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>What's in the tunnels? Gold bars, silver ingots. My guy

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<v Speaker 2>says it could be worth half a billion.

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<v Speaker 1>And they would have made more if it hadn't been

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<v Speaker 1>for one courageous cop.

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<v Speaker 2>We need this Frank guy to look the other way.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't buy him for any amount. Everybody has a price.

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<v Speaker 2>I did what I thought you would have. Frank, it's okay.

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<v Speaker 2>You did the job right.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a shocking story and one of the few about

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<v Speaker 1>9-11 that hasn't been told. Dad! No, Dad, don't! You're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna need all of us. I'll call you when I can. Frank,

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<v Speaker 1>be careful.

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<v Speaker 2>If I don't do this, I'm dead!

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<v Speaker 1>Underground Zero, 9-11 and the Mob. Starring Steve Sciarippa, Ray Abruzzo,

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<v Speaker 1>Arthur J. Nascarella, and me, Michael Imperioli.

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<v Speaker 2>Would you be willing to see your family go to pieces?

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<v Speaker 1>Some ways it already has. Lieutenant Siriano, you were responsible

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<v Speaker 1>for vetting companies that have applied for city contracts but

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<v Speaker 1>may have connections to organized crime. Maybe you do enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe that's why after all this time you still won't

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<v Speaker 2>get help. Show him the machine. Joey. Joey, come on,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a father. Get him out of here.

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