Spielberg’s WTC documentary airs

The first installment of Steven Spielberg’s “Rebuilding Ground Zero,” a documentary charting the emotions, people, and challenges behind constructing Larry Silverstein’s 104-story tower at One World Trade Center, aired last night on the Discovery Channel (see video above).

The program, made with Dreamworks Television, Discovery Channel and the Science Channel, is a commercial-free, six-hour special and will conclude Thursday, Sept. 1 at 8 p.m. on the Discovery Channel.

In the lead up to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the documentary crew spent two years documenting the multi-billion dollar project, looking at the process of building the 1,776-foot-tall tower and memorial with a construction deadline to meet, while at the same time honoring those who lost their lives and their families. [Hollywood Reporter]