Produced by David P. Levin, the film consists of interviews with stars and personalities such as Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, Denis Leary, Dan Rather, Regis Philbin, and Ray Romano.

It was produced by Brainstorm, Inc. for The Biography Channel (now called FYI), as part of their remembrance of the attacks on their 10th anniversary.

[2][3] As the United States prepared to remember the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 on their tenth anniversary, many television networks developed specials.

The three slated for Bio were: When Pop Culture Saved America, I Survived ... 9/11, and Beyond: Messages from 9/11; A&E's entry was Portraits from Ground Zero.

[10] The list of interviewees ran the gamut of the entertainment industry: theater, film, prime time and daytime television, and music.