Sherri Shepherd will star in and executive produce a Lifetime movie on Genelle Guzman, a New York City transit worker pulled from the rubble at Ground Zero after the September 11 attacks.
Guzman was the last survivor to be rescued at Ground Zero.
The film titled Angel in the Rubble comes from journalist Robin Roberts’ company Rock’n Robin Productions, Lifetime announced earlier today.
The movie airs in September and recounts how Guzman (Shepherd) was buried alive when the Twin Towers collapsed shortly after terrorists flew hijacked passenger planes into each of the towers at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
A third plane crashed into the Pentagon in Virginia, and a fourth plummeted into a Pennsylvania field when passengers fought back.
At Ground Zero, Guzman leaned on her faith while trapped under the twisted metal and concrete. She prayed to return to her family and reflected on her childhood in her native Trinidad.
In a 2021 interview with People magazine, Guzman admitted she did not think she would survive. “I knew I wasn’t going to get out. I’m preparing myself to die,” she said.
Still, she held onto a sliver of hope.
“But then I decided to pray. I just knew that I wanted to live because I wanted to see my daughter, Kimberly. She was 12 at the time. I just keep begging and praying, just asking God to show me a miracle,” she recalled.
After 27 hours under the debris, a man named “Paul” located her and stayed by her side until rescuers pulled her to safety.
“When Genelle later searched for Paul to thank him, no one could confirm he was ever there, leading her to believe he was an angel sent to save her and guide her toward the renewed life she had promised while buried beneath the rubble,” according to the official description for the movie.
The film is based on Genelle Guzman-McMillan’s bestselling memoir Angel in the Rubble. Robin Roberts, Linda Berman, and Anne Carlucci serve as executive producers alongside Shepherd, Jameson Parker, Gemma Martini, Richard Foster, and Chet Fenster.
Angel in the Rubble premieres Saturday, Sept. 12 at 8/7c in honor of the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
This is the fourth project Roberts has produced for Lifetime.
The other movies are I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story starring Joaquina Kalukang and Lance Gross; Stolen By My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story starring Niecy Nash; and the biopic Mahalia starring Danielle Brooks.
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