A 9/11 Story: 3. The Helpful Man

Terry Strada spies the FBI Director in a VIP area. Can she get to him to make her case before time runs out? A new generation is preparing to step into the fight for answers. A BBC News Long Form Audio production. Host: Jane McMullen Series producer: Neal Razzell Additional production: Sally Abrahams, Keiligh Baker, Nik Sindle Editor: Matt Willis Music: Thomas Ross-Fitzsimons Sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Production management: Phoebe Lomas Radio 4 commissioning executive: Tracy Williams Radio 4 commissioning editor: Dan Clarke

Decades of arguments and evidence land before a judge. Terry Strada’s hopes hang on how he pieces it all together: an airplane sketch, a video from Washington, and call records between Saudi officials in the US. FBI Special Agent Danny Gonzalez is confident: “Put all these little pieces together and make one big puzzle and you'll see it.” A BBC News Long Form Audio production. Host: Jane McMullen Series producer: Neal Razzell Additional production: Sally Abrahams, Keiligh Baker, Nik Sindle Editor: Matt Willis Music: Thomas Ross-Fitzsimons Sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Production management: Phoebe Lomas Radio 4 commissioning executive: Tracy Williams Radio 4 commissioning editor: Dan Clarke

When one of Omar Al-Bayoumi’s home videos contains more than was first thought, FBI Special Agent Danny Gonzalez is shocked. Decades after he should have seen it, can it make a difference? A BBC News Long Form Audio production. Host: Jane McMullen Series producer: Neal Razzell Additional production: Sally Abrahams, Keiligh Baker, Nik Sindle Editor: Matt Willis Music: Thomas Ross-Fitzsimons Sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Production management: Phoebe Lomas Radio 4 commissioning executive: Tracy Williams Radio 4 commissioning editor: Dan Clarke

To keep a promise to her kids, Terry Strada must master an unknown world and defy a president...all in uncomfortable shoes. She’s pounding the corridors of power in Washington, but a decisive moment comes at an opulent party on Long Island. A BBC News Long Form Audio production. Host: Jane McMullen Series producer: Neal Razzell Additional production: Sally Abrahams, Keiligh Baker, Nik Sindle Editor: Matt Willis Music: Thomas Ross-Fitzsimons Sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Production management: Phoebe Lomas Radio 4 commissioning executive: Tracy Williams Radio 4 commissioning editor: Dan Clarke

The FBI’s Danny Gonzalez suffers setbacks professional and personal after British police release the man at the centre of his investigation: Omar Al-Bayoumi. And official inquiries fail to provide Terry Strada the answers she so badly needs. A BBC News Long Form Audio production. Host: Jane McMullen Series producer: Neal Razzell Additional production: Sally Abrahams, Keiligh Baker, Nik Sindle Editor: Matt Willis Music: Thomas Ross-Fitzsimons Sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Production management: Phoebe Lomas Radio 4 commissioning executive: Tracy Williams Radio 4 commissioning editor: Dan Clarke

Terry Strada joins a lawsuit on behalf of 9/11 families, while Special Agent Danny Gonzalez and the FBI continue their investigation in secret. A BBC News Long Form Audio production.Host: Jane McMullen Series producer: Neal Razzell Additional production: Sally Abrahams, Keiligh Baker, Nik Sindle Editor: Matt Willis Music: Thomas Ross-Fitzsimons Sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Production management: Phoebe Lomas Radio 4 commissioning executive: Tracy Williams Radio 4 commissioning editor: Dan Clarke

Inside Britain's most secure interrogation room, Detective Constable David Campbell of Scotland Yard's anti-terror branch has just seven days to question the hijackers’ neighbour from San Diego. A BBC News Long Form Audio production. Host: Jane McMullen Series producer: Neal Razzell Additional production: Sally Abrahams, Keiligh Baker, Nik Sindle Editor: Matt Willis Music: Thomas Ross-Fitzsimons Sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Production management: Phoebe Lomas Radio 4 commissioning executive: Tracy Williams Radio 4 commissioning editor: Dan Clarke

After 9/11, FBI Special Agent Danny Gonzalez is chasing leads in San Diego, where two of the hijackers once lived. But another name keeps coming up. A BBC News Long Form Audio production.Host: Jane McMullen Series producer: Neal Razzell Additional production: Sally Abrahams, Keiligh Baker, Nik Sindle Editor: Matt Willis Music: Thomas Ross-Fitzsimons Sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Production management: Phoebe Lomas Radio 4 commissioning executive: Tracy WilliamsRadio 4 commissioning editor: Dan Clarke

With the phone to her ear and her eyes on the TV, Terry Strada is unable to comprehend how her life is about to change. Her husband is on the 104th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center and their four-year-old is supposed to start nursery school. A BBC News Long Form Audio production.Host: Jane McMullen Series producer: Neal Razzell Additional production: Sally Abrahams, Keiligh Baker, Nik Sindle Editor: Matt Willis Music: Thomas Ross-Fitzsimons Sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Production management: Phoebe Lomas Radio 4 commissioning executive: Tracy WilliamsRadio 4 commissioning editor: Dan Clarke

In early 2000, two young Saudis arrive in San Diego. They had never been to America, speak almost no English, and have no idea how to open a bank account or rent a flat. But one Arabic-speaking neighbour offers help, putting his name on the lease to secure their tenancy. A BBC News Long Form Audio production.Host: Jane McMullen Series producer: Neal Razzell Additional production: Sally Abrahams, Keiligh Baker, Nik Sindle Editor: Matt Willis Music: Thomas Ross-Fitzsimons Sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Production management: Phoebe Lomas Radio 4 commissioning executive: Tracy WilliamsRadio 4 commissioning editor: Dan Clarke