ESPN's unusual tribute to 9/11. (B&C Eye).(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, August, 2002 by Romano, Allison

ESPN will remember Sept. 11 with a documentary, Blood Brothers, about the New York Fire Department's football team, which Lost 22 of its 58 members Sept. 11, and the struggles of its surviving members to deal with that loss. A subplot is the fierce rivalry between the FDNY squad and the New York Police Department's football team.

ESPN will air the hour program Sept. 10 as part of its Tuesday-night original-programming block.