Introducing: UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob | Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa

0:03Speaker 1:This series is based on real events. However, certain characters, names, incidents, locations, and dialogue have been fictionalized for dramatic purposes.

0:14Speaker 2:I'm on the plane, honey. Something's wrong.

0:16Speaker 1:I can see people running to the back of the plane.

0:18Speaker 2:I think someone might be stabbed.

0:20Speaker 1:I'm Michael Imperioli. I want to tell you about my new podcast, Underground Zero.

0:25Speaker 2:We're coming in over the river.

0:26Speaker 1:We're way too low.

0:27Speaker 3:Oh, my gosh.

0:28Speaker 2:We're heading towards the building. Oh, yeah!

0:30Speaker 1:It's about what happened in the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.

0:36Speaker 2:We're looking at the opportunity of a lifetime for us and the other families. What do you want from me? What I want is for it.

0:43Speaker 1:To be over. While the world was mourning, five powerful New York families saw an opportunity.

0:49Speaker 3:The debris is supposed to go to the city-owned salvage yard on Staten Island, and some of it will.

0:56Speaker 2:But most of it will go to the yards we control.

1:02Speaker 1:They were despicable, the men who praised Allah's name while spilling American blood. But there were other villains in 9-11.

1:09Speaker 2:How far are you prepared to go?

1:13Speaker 1:Depends how far you are. This is their story.

1:20Speaker 2:We got the city by the balls!

1:22Speaker 1:Less than two hours after the Twin Towers collapsed on 9-11, while rescue teams battled to save the living and remove the dead, a group of well-dressed men held an emergency meeting.

1:33Speaker 3:We're going to inundate city officials with fake time and material tickets, and these guys will have no choice but to do business with us.

1:41Speaker 1:They would go on to make millions of dollars.

1:44Speaker 2:What's in the tunnels? Gold bars, silver ingots. My guy says it could be worth half a billion.

1:49Speaker 1:And they would have made more if it hadn't been for one courageous cop.

1:53Speaker 2:We need this Frank guy to look the other way. You don't buy him for any amount. Everybody has a price. I did what I thought you would have. Frank, it's okay. You did the job right.

2:06Speaker 1:It's a shocking story and one of the few about 9-11 that hasn't been told.

2:10Speaker 2:Dad! No, Dad, don't!

2:12Speaker 1:You're going to need all of us. I'll call you when I can. Frank, be careful.

2:15Speaker 2:If I don't do this, I'm dead.

2:19Speaker 1:Underground Zero, 9-11 and the Mob. Starring Steve Sciarrappa, Ray Abruzzo, Arthur J. Nascarella, and me, Michael Imperioli.

2:28Speaker 2:Would you be willing to see your family go to pieces?

2:31Speaker 1:Some ways it already has. Lieutenant Siriano, you were responsible for vetting companies that have applied for city contracts, but may have connections to organized crime. Maybe you do enjoy it.

2:43Speaker 2:Maybe that's why after all this time, you still won't get help. Show him the machine. Joey. Hello to your nephew. Joey, come on, I'm a father. Get him out of here.

2:53Speaker 1:Listen to Underground Zero, 9-11 and the Mob, starting on September 1st, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.