Highlights
- Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock says her new 9/11 movie 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' has a special significance for her because she witnessed the attacks on the World Trade Centre.
- The 47-year-old actress stars in the movie-adaptation of the novel of the same name - which tells the story of a young boy whose father died in the atrocity in 2001, Contactmusic reported.
- "I was here on that day with my sister and brother-in-law. We were at a place and I got it because it had the view of the twin towers for my brother-in-law's birthday, which is September 11, so, we saw the second plane hit, we saw the people, we saw it all.
- "It was just one of those days that you saw New Yorkers being the amazing human beings that they are and everyone helping and bonding together," she said.
- Although Bullock did not lose anyone directly in the tragedy, she was still affected by the terror attacks.
- "It's so hard to talk about. I didn't lose someone directly, but I was there to experience other people's loss. It's not just an accident [or] something that happens, it was an intended action and that's hard to understand," she added.
Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock says her new 9/11 movie 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' has a special significance for her because she witnessed the attacks on the World Trade Centre.
The 47-year-old actress stars in the movie-adaptation of the novel of the same name - which tells the story of a young boy whose father died in the atrocity in 2001, Contactmusic reported.
"I was here on that day with my sister and brother-in-law. We were at a place and I got it because it had the view of the twin towers for my brother-in-law's birthday, which is September 11, so, we saw the second plane hit, we saw the people, we saw it all.
"It was just one of those days that you saw New Yorkers being the amazing human beings that they are and everyone helping and bonding together," she said.
Although Bullock did not lose anyone directly in the tragedy, she was still affected by the terror attacks.
"It's so hard to talk about. I didn't lose someone directly, but I was there to experience other people's loss. It's not just an accident [or] something that happens, it was an intended action and that's hard to understand," she added.