''Hotel Ground Zero'' (titled ''The 9/11 Hotel'' in the UK) is an American television documentary

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that premiered on September 11, 2009 on the

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channel, marking the eighth anniversary of the

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. The program features the overshadowed story of the

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(3 WTC) on the day of the attacks, resulting in its destruction caused by the

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of the adjacent South Tower followed by the North Tower, as told by people who had escaped from the hotel.

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* * History (American TV channel) original programming Documentary films about the September 11 attacks American documentary television films Films about high-rise fires {{US-tv-film-stub

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