Since 2001, Steve – who is also Managing Director of Testimony Films in Bristol – has captured the stories of 9/11 more than anyone else - making a dozen films on the subject. Intersecting remarkable unseen footage of Jason running towards the scene with the personal testimonies of those he saved, Steve Humphries’ latest documentary provides a new and in-depth insight in to one of 9/11’s most extraordinary rescues and the man that made it possible.Īhead of the transmission of The Lost Hero on Channel 4, More 4 will also host a two-night tribute to commemorate Humphries’ award-winning catalogue of films documenting the powerful and unique human stories of 9/11. Except for one crucial detail…the actor playing him was white – and Jason is black. It was only years later when he was watching TV when he saw a trailer for a Hollywood movie called World Trade Centre, did he realise his story had not gone unnoticed. Not wanting any notoriety – or his wife finding out that he had risked his life – Jason vanished from the scene quickly after his heroic mission. His identity remained a mystery…ĭirected by British filmmaker Steve Humphries, for the first time 9/11: Lost Hero reveals the full and extraordinary true story of modest hero, Jason Thomas: a law student and former member of the US Marine Corps who after witnessing the attack on the first tower, put on his old uniform and drove 30 miles to Ground Zero to save lives. Incredibly he then disappeared without a trace. Until they heard a voice shouting “US Marine Corps – can anybody hear me.” This man then climbed down and saved them. As fires raged around them, the official rescue effort had been suspended, and they thought they were going to die. But two men were trapped, buried alive, 30 feet deep, under the rubble pile. When the twin towers collapsed almost everyone underneath them was killed. Channel 4 today announced the commission of Steve Humphries gripping new documentary, 9/11: The Lost Hero, which will air on Channel 4 this September close to the 12th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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