Leaning Out - An Intimate Look at Twin Towers Engineer Leslie E Robertson

Release date: 2018-10-01
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Genres: Documentary, History, Drama
A man with a perspective like no other on the planet. The leading structural engineer of the World Trade Center oversees its construction, haunted by its fall ever since. A guru in high-rise design. Driven by his values as a pacifist and activist and the woman engineer who emboldened, expanded and ultimately saved the man she loved. About fulfillment, fragility, and a fighting spirit.
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