Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004): Bin Laden's Family's Departure Part I

The clip bin Laden's family's departure part I from Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) with Byron Dorgan

In the days following September 11 th...
...all commercial and private airline traffic was grounded.
The FAA has taken the action to close all of the airports in the United States.
Even grounding the president's father, former President Bush...
...on a flight forced to land in Milwaukee.
Thousands of travelers were stranded, among them Ricky Martin...
...due to appear at tonight's Latin Grammy Awards.
Not even Ricky Martin could fly. But really, who wanted to fly?
No one, except the bin Ladens.
We had airplanes pick up...
...Osama bin Laden's family and other Saudis...
...and transport them out of the U.S.
The White House approved planes...
...to pick up the bin Ladens and numerous other Saudis.
At least six private jets and nearly two dozen commercial planes...
...carried the Saudis and bin Ladens...
...out of the U.S. after September 13th.
In all, 142 Saudis, including 24 members of the bin Laden family...
...were allowed to leave the country.
Osama's always been portrayed as the black sheep in the family...
...that they cut off all relationship with him in 1994.
It's more complicated than that.
Osama has had contact with other family members?
Right. In the summer of 2001, just before 9l11, one of Osama's sons...
...got married in Afghanistan, and several family members...
...showed up at the wedding.
Bin Ladens?
That's right. So they're not cut off completely. That's an exaggeration.

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