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susan.soto@asu.edu | 480-965-3506 “MUMBAI MASSACRE” NOVEMBER 25 AT 8 PM EIGHT/KAET-TV - Commemorating the first anniversary of the Mumbai terrorists attacks, Secrets of the Dead retraces the harrowing hours of the tragic event - - Survivors share tales of horror, courage and bravery, provide new insights into the actions of the terrorists, and reveal how the media and consumer communication technologies transformed the crisis. - Mumbai, November 26, 2008. What began as a typical day in a bustling cosmopolitan city turned into a horror-filled 60 hours of orchestrated chaos when terrorists infiltrated the city and rampaged through the train station, cafes, a Jewish center, and two of India's most famous five star hotels. As police struggled to coordinate a response and journalists clamored to cover the story from the streets, victims trapped inside the hotels began making contact with the outside world using cell phones, text messages and Twitter. Their urgent and heartwrenching messages begged for information and painted a gruesome picture of indiscriminate killing, unfettered brutality and mass confusion. But the victims weren't the only ones communicating with the outside world. The terrorist leaders in Pakistan were watching the coverage of the attacks on the news, and relaying crucial information about the whereabouts of the victims back to their operatives on the ground. “This film offers an unprecedented inside view into the attacks,” says Jared Lipworth, executive producer of Secrets of the Dead. “It not only reveals how the victims and terrorists acted during the massacre, it highlights how consumer technologies and social media gave the victims a chance to survive, while also putting them directly into the line-of-fire of the terrorists who were hunting them down.” Timed for broadcast on the first anniversary of the attacks, Secrets of the Dead: Mumbai Massacre brings viewers first-hand survivor accounts, closed-circuit footage of the chaos from within the hotels, and actual recordings of both victim and terrorists communications. The film premiers, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 at 8 p.m. on Eight/KAET. Actor Liev Schreiber ( Taking Woodstock and X-Men Origins: Wolverine ) narrates. Told completely from the perspective of the victims, Mumbai Massacre places viewers inside the maelstrom, where they become witnesses to the critical events and decisions that meant the difference between life and death. Incredible stories include: a Muslim architect and his wife who were forced to watch as two different groups of hostages were executed at their feet; a tourist whose husband died in her arms as they were shot trying to escape; an American cameraman whose mother in Texas texted him a map of the hotel; and a married couple who split up during the chaos to increase the likelihood that at least one of them would survive to take care of their children. The film also reveals the remarkable heroism and dedication of the hotels' staff, documenting a restaurant manager who returned to the hotel to take care of his guests, and cooks who gave up their own lives to keep the terrorists away from their hidden visitors. Uncover more secrets and stream current episodes at Secrets of the Dead online. During its nine years on PBS, the award-winning strand has examined dozens of the world's iconic historical mysteries, including the Salem witch trials, the black plague, D-Day, the tomb of Christ, the ill-fated South Pole expedition of Robert F. Scott, and the East German Olympic doping scandal. Most recently, the series received an Emmy nomination for Doping for Gold. About Eight/KAET-TV |
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