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Documentary on 9/11 first responder comes to Ottawa Arts Center · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Documentary on nine elephants first responder comes to ottawa art
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  Speaker 1: center written by shaw local news network this article is
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  Speaker 1: everlit the abbey a venue of the ottawa art center
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  Speaker 1: will screen nasty the battle after the mission a documentary
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  Speaker 1: about lieutenant colonel daniel nash usaf on the 25th anniversary
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  Speaker 1: of nine elephants Nash was among the first responders scrambled
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  Speaker 1: from Otis Air Force Base on the morning of September 11, 2001.
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  Speaker 1: He and his commander were chasing the first hijacked plane
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  Speaker 1: when he witnessed the second plane strike the South Tower
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  Speaker 1: from about 60 miles away. He spent the next six
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  Speaker 1: hours circling over Manhattan, protecting U.S. airspace. The documentary released
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  Speaker 1: this May explores Nash's role that morning and his subsequent
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  Speaker 1: struggle with PTSD, which affected him for the rest of
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  Speaker 1: his life. It is the third public screening since its release.
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  Speaker 1: Director John Scaletta, a high school friend of Nash's, filmed
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  Speaker 1: and researched the project with what Brendan Nash, Daniel's brother
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  Speaker 1: and an Ottawa resident, calls an elegant and powerful touch.
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  Speaker 1: The film has won four awards at film festivals. Brendan
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  Speaker 1: Nash said the screening is an opportunity to raise awareness
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  Speaker 1: about the invisible wounds many military veterans carry. Scaletta will
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  Speaker 1: attend the screening and participate in an on-stage interview hosted
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  Speaker 1: by John Williams of WGN Radio following the film. More
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  Speaker 1: information is available at ottawaycenter.org.