CBS has announced the special “Daughters of 9/11” to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
The special will air on CBS from 9pm-11pm ET on Sept. 11 and stream on Paramount+. It follows Elizabeth Miller and Jessica Trant, two daughters of victims of the attacks, in their decades-long search for justice. They joined forces with FBI special agent Frank Pellegrino, who interrogated Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at Guantánamo.
Miller was six years old when her father Douglas Miller, a New York City firefighter, died in the World Trade Center. Trant was 19 when her father, Daniel Trant, a Cantor Fitzgerald bond salesman, died on the 104 floor of the North Tower.
Pellegrino finally sat face-to-face with KSM at Guantánamo, obtaining the first so-called “clean” confession. In this CBS special, viewers will, for the first time, hear the details of Pellegrino’s four-day interrogation, where KSM admits he is the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
The special will combine the two women’s story with details of Pellegrino’s interrogation. They will also hear KSM’s confession in his own words: “I was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z … I did it.”
“Daughters of 9/11” is produced by Wolf Entertainment with executive producers Dick Wolf and Tom Thayer along with executive producer Daniel Voll of Blowback Productions. Susan Zirinsky and Terence Wrong executive produce for See It Now Studios. It is directed and produced by Marc Levin with Daphne Pinkerson also producing. Brendan Ryan, who also lost his wife in the attack, created the score. Terry McDermott, co-author of “The Hunt for KSM,” serves as consulting producer. Aysu Saliba and Cara Tortora served as supervising producers.
