For some, dreams of living in America began at an early age.
(03:02)By 1978, the Twin Towers reached an iconic state in Manhattan.
(02:58)Follow the stories of those families who lost their loved ones on 9/11.
9/11: The World's Fallen reveals how 9/11 transformed people from all over the world.
The promise of the American Dream - that hard work and determination will ultimately be rewarded - has attracted millions from all over the world to New York.
To many the city and the soaring towers of the World Trade Center were an embodiment of the dream itself.
But on September 11, 2001, the terrorist attack on the twin towers turns their dream into a nightmare.
The death of almost 3,000 men and women sears a lasting scar into a country, a city and individual people from all over the globe.
Their sons and husbands, wives and daughters came to New York seeking a new life, a new hope, a new dream of the future.
Through candid, heart-breaking stories, those who lost loved ones and those who narrowly escaped death tell how 9/11 altered their lives in 9/11: The World's Fallen.
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