I admit I only knew a short synopis of what this film was about, so I thought I'd try to get more info.

The way I understand it, Jimeno & McLoughlin were with the husbands of these widows on 911. Jimeno befriended the widows trying to get tidbits, without telling them that they were getting paid as consultants to this film. I certainly can understand why they feel betrayed, and can understand why the don't want to see this movie, or have their children see the last hours of the fathers' lives.

I too would defend their right to protest the film and have not participation in it at all. They are greiving and deserve respect for their feelings. Can't say if I were them I wouldn't react the same way, I just don't know.

What I don't understand is this: Jimeno & McLoughlin were there that day, and I assume would know to a large degree, what transpired right? I understand that more than likely Stone will use some "artistic license", as many do. And I understand they are using the real names of these men against the families wishes (personally, I don't see why they couldn't uses different names). Are Jimeno & McLoughlin lying in their story?

I will have to see the film first to actually judge it, but if Stone (and everyone involved) portrays any of these people as anything less than heroes, I'll be very surprised and disappointed. I simply have to see it first.

Btw, here's another article,(sorry had to copy/paste, as I couldn't get the link to paste ) very similar to what DC posted. According to this and a couple others I have read, there isn't going to be much (if any) of the personal lives of these men, but moreso what happened in a 24 hour period.


"2 widows of 9/11 cops say WTC movie is 'complete exploitation'



BY ADAM LISBERG
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Two 9/11 widows are furious their husbands' deaths at the World Trade Center are going to be dramatized on the big screen by Oliver Stone - and there's nothing they can do to stop it.
The wives of Port Authority Police Officers Dominick Pezzulo and Chris Amoroso say it's too soon to have their pain and loss offered up in movie theaters when director Stone's new movie "World Trade Center" opens in August.

"It's a complete exploitation. It's too soon. It's too much," Jeanette Pezzulo of the Bronx said. "The poster's in movie theaters, and my family's being bombarded by this."

They're also furious with ex-PA cops Sgt. John McLoughlin and Officer Will Jimeno, who were each paid more than $200,000 for their stories.

"If Will Jimeno wants to make this movie for himself and his family, fine," Pezzulo said. "Then leave me and my family alone."

The four cops, together with Officer Antonio Rodrigues, were caught in the south tower collapse, killing Amoroso and Rodrigues.

Pezzulo survived and was trying to save McLoughlin and Jimeno when the second collapse fatally injured him. In his final words he told Jimeno, "Don't forget I died trying to save you guys."

Paramount Pictures says it won't depict either officer's family, but defends the movie as an honest portrayal of the cops' courage. Neither McLoughlin's nor Rodrigues' widow could be reached for comment.

Jimeno said he knows the movie could raise painful memories for his fallen comrades' families, but said it shows events as they happened.

"Unfortunately, we are not going to see eye to eye on this," Jimeno said. "I did this to honor my teammates."

Chris Amoroso was immortalized by Daily News photographer Todd Maisel, who captured the moment when the brave cop - already burned over his eye - shepherded a woman to safety before heading back into the inferno.

His daughter, now 6, recently saw the picture for the first time.

"She said, 'Wow, he really is a hero,'" widow Jamie Amoroso said."

Originally published on April 10, 2006





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