This isn’t just another story about a production gone bad, money misspent. Besides being a tragically untold tale about the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, the ill-fated We Go Higher raises troubling questions about the documentary industry itself. In addition to spawning a lawsuit that alleged Bordo and her companies misappropriated production funds, and angry former producers mystified by what they say was Bordo’s luxury travel and oddly timed purchases, there are disturbing accounts of how the traumatized were treated in front of and behind the camera. ...

The fate of the project has been a subject of frustrated discussion among a Facebook group of 9/11 families.

“We (the kids) don’t trust many people,” a member posted in 2022, “and we shared our hearts only to be let down.”

Another member asked of the film, “What is going on? Has it been abandoned? ANYONE? Some professionalism and common courtesy would be nice. These kids deserve an answer.’”