By Don Kaplan and David K. Li

NEW YORK — Filming has quietly begun under a shroud of secrecy on ABC’s ambitious miniseries about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The project — which has never been formally announced by ABC and will air no sooner than January 2006 — stars Harvey Keitel (search) as John O’Neill, the FBI agent who hunted Al Qaeda for years and was killed in the attacks while working as head of security for the World Trade Center.

“We are trying to maintain as much accuracy, integrity and be as sensitive as we can in documenting an important series of historical events,” producer Marc Platt told The Post.

The film focuses mostly on the events leading up to the attacks, which don’t appear on screen until the very end, says Platt.
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July 31, 2005

BY FRANK MAIN Crime Reporter

It’s easy for other cops to relate to Vito Friscia, a New York police detective suffering from severe sinus problems after spending months in the debris from the collapse of the World Trade Center.

The good-natured Friscia, an 18-year veteran, is an expert at blocking out the bad things that come with the job.

In the documentary, “Vito After,” which premiered Saturday at Indiefest in Chicago, Friscia laughs a lot. He explains it’s his way to “cover up.”
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