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Speaker 1: This series is based on real events. However, certain characters, names, incidents, locations, and dialogue have been fictionalized for dramatic purposes.
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Speaker 2: I'm on the plane's wrong.
00:00:16
Speaker 3: I can see people running to the back of the plane.
00:00:18
Speaker 2: I think someone might be stabbed.
00:00:20
Speaker 1: Michael Imperioli. I want to tell you about my new podcast, Underground Zero.
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Speaker 2: We're coming in over the river.
00:00:26
Speaker 4: We're way too long.
00:00:27
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, we're running towards the buildings.
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Speaker 1: It's about what happened in the aftermath of the nine to eleven attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.
00:00:36
Speaker 4: We're looking at the opportunity of a lifetime for us and the other families.
00:00:39
Speaker 3: What do you want from me?
00:00:41
Speaker 2: What I want is for it to be over.
00:00:44
Speaker 1: While the world was mourning, five powerful New York families saw an opportunity.
00:00:49
Speaker 4: The debris supposed to go to the city on Salvagjadd on Staten Island, and some of it will, but most of it go to the odds we control.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they were despicable, the men who praised Dollar's name while spilling American blood.
00:01:07
Speaker 3: But there were other villains in.
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Speaker 2: Nine to eleven. How far are you prepared to go?
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Speaker 3: It depends how far you are. This is their story.
00:01:20
Speaker 2: We got the city by the ball.
00:01:22
Speaker 1: Less than two hours after the twin towers collapsed on nine to eleven, while rescue teams battled to save the living and remove the dead, a group of well dressed men held an emergency meeting.
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Speaker 2: We're gonna innundate.
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Speaker 4: City officials would fake time and material tickets, and these guys will have no choice but.
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Speaker 2: To do business with us.
00:01:41
Speaker 3: They would go on to make millions of dollars.
00:01:44
Speaker 2: What's in the tunnels? Go boss over Ingas my guy says, we could be worth half.
00:01:48
Speaker 1: A billion, and they would have made more if it hadn't been for one courageous cop.
00:01:53
Speaker 2: We need this Frank guy to look the other way. You don't buy him for any amount. Everybody has the price.
00:02:01
Speaker 3: I did what I thought you would have, Franked.
00:02:03
Speaker 2: Okay, you did the job right.
00:02:06
Speaker 1: It's a shocking story and one of the few about nine to eleven that hasn't been told.
00:02:11
Speaker 3: No dead, don't you gonna need all of us. I'll call you when I can be careful.
00:02:15
Speaker 2: If I don't do this, I'm dead.
00:02:18
Speaker 1: Underground zero starring Steve Sharipa, Reya Bruzzo, and me.
00:02:23
Speaker 3: Michael IMPERIONI would you.
00:02:24
Speaker 2: Be willing to see your family go to pieces.
00:02:27
Speaker 3: Some ways that already has You.
00:02:30
Speaker 1: Were responsible for vetting companies that have applied for city contracts but may have connections to organized crime.
00:02:38
Speaker 2: Maybe you do enjoy it. Maybe that's why, after all this time, you still want good help showing the machine show we hell, Lord of your deft Shoe. We come out of a blade about it here.
00:02:51
Speaker 1: Listen to Underground Zero on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts
Speaker 1: This series is based on real events. However, certain characters, names, incidents, locations, and dialogue have been fictionalized for dramatic purposes.
00:00:14
Speaker 2: I'm on the plane's wrong.
00:00:16
Speaker 3: I can see people running to the back of the plane.
00:00:18
Speaker 2: I think someone might be stabbed.
00:00:20
Speaker 1: Michael Imperioli. I want to tell you about my new podcast, Underground Zero.
00:00:25
Speaker 2: We're coming in over the river.
00:00:26
Speaker 4: We're way too long.
00:00:27
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, we're running towards the buildings.
00:00:30
Speaker 1: It's about what happened in the aftermath of the nine to eleven attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.
00:00:36
Speaker 4: We're looking at the opportunity of a lifetime for us and the other families.
00:00:39
Speaker 3: What do you want from me?
00:00:41
Speaker 2: What I want is for it to be over.
00:00:44
Speaker 1: While the world was mourning, five powerful New York families saw an opportunity.
00:00:49
Speaker 4: The debris supposed to go to the city on Salvagjadd on Staten Island, and some of it will, but most of it go to the odds we control.
00:01:00
Speaker 1: Yeah, they were despicable, the men who praised Dollar's name while spilling American blood.
00:01:07
Speaker 3: But there were other villains in.
00:01:09
Speaker 2: Nine to eleven. How far are you prepared to go?
00:01:12
Speaker 3: It depends how far you are. This is their story.
00:01:20
Speaker 2: We got the city by the ball.
00:01:22
Speaker 1: Less than two hours after the twin towers collapsed on nine to eleven, while rescue teams battled to save the living and remove the dead, a group of well dressed men held an emergency meeting.
00:01:33
Speaker 2: We're gonna innundate.
00:01:34
Speaker 4: City officials would fake time and material tickets, and these guys will have no choice but.
00:01:39
Speaker 2: To do business with us.
00:01:41
Speaker 3: They would go on to make millions of dollars.
00:01:44
Speaker 2: What's in the tunnels? Go boss over Ingas my guy says, we could be worth half.
00:01:48
Speaker 1: A billion, and they would have made more if it hadn't been for one courageous cop.
00:01:53
Speaker 2: We need this Frank guy to look the other way. You don't buy him for any amount. Everybody has the price.
00:02:01
Speaker 3: I did what I thought you would have, Franked.
00:02:03
Speaker 2: Okay, you did the job right.
00:02:06
Speaker 1: It's a shocking story and one of the few about nine to eleven that hasn't been told.
00:02:11
Speaker 3: No dead, don't you gonna need all of us. I'll call you when I can be careful.
00:02:15
Speaker 2: If I don't do this, I'm dead.
00:02:18
Speaker 1: Underground zero starring Steve Sharipa, Reya Bruzzo, and me.
00:02:23
Speaker 3: Michael IMPERIONI would you.
00:02:24
Speaker 2: Be willing to see your family go to pieces.
00:02:27
Speaker 3: Some ways that already has You.
00:02:30
Speaker 1: Were responsible for vetting companies that have applied for city contracts but may have connections to organized crime.
00:02:38
Speaker 2: Maybe you do enjoy it. Maybe that's why, after all this time, you still want good help showing the machine show we hell, Lord of your deft Shoe. We come out of a blade about it here.
00:02:51
Speaker 1: Listen to Underground Zero on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts