World Trade Center

Continuity mistake: Near the start of the movie when the office worker/security guard feel the 1st plane hit, the security guard is standing just behind the office worker's left shoulder. When the camera cuts to a side view the security guard is standing slightly in front of the office worker with his hand on the water cooler. (00:08:20)

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Continuity mistake: In the school used to receive phone calls, a bald man to the left of the guy holding the phone gives a big puff to his cigar, creating a big cloud of smoke. Right afterwards, in a wider shot, all the smoke is gone.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the Port Authority police are patrolling the bus terminal in the beginning, a girl in a pink shirt holding a man's hand is coming up behind them. When the two men separate the girl and man are now coming from the opposite direction.

Continuity mistake: When the cops go outside for the first time; Nicholas Cage is holding the paper for the cops who are going with him, in the next shot it's gone.

Factual error: Rescuer and US Marine Jason Thomas is an African-American in real life, but was portrayed in the film as a white man. The film's producers realized the mistake only after production began, and apologized to Thomas, whose identity had not been widely known for years after September 11th.

Jedd Jong

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Question: How did McLoughlin's team not see the second plane hit the South Tower? The South Tower is still intact when they first arrive at the WTC. Surely in the time it would take to organize a team to drive down to the complex and enter, the plane would've struck.

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