America: A Tribute to Heroes

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America: A Tribute to Heroes was a benefit concert created by the heads of the four major American broadcast networks; ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC. Joel Gallen was selected by them to produce and run the show. Actor George Clooney organized celebrities to perform and to staff the telephone bank. It was broadcast live by each of the four networks, as well as over thirty other networks, in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001. Done in the style of a telethon, it featured a number of national and international entertainers performing to raise money for the victims and their families, particularly the New York City firefighters and New York City police officers. It aired September 21, 2001, uninterrupted and commercial-free, for which it won a Peabody Award. It was released on December 4, 2001, on compact disc and DVD. On a dark stage illuminated by hundreds of candles, twenty-one artists performed songs of mourning and hope, while various actors and other celebrities...

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