Daughters of 9/11 victims seek justice, answers about accused mastermind’s stalled trial

September 10, 2026 / 11:59 AM EDT / CBS News

Two women who lost their fathers in the 9/11 attacks are forced to grapple with the fact that the man accused of orchestrating them has not yet been brought to justice. It's a legal conundrum they have aimed to clarify as they seek answers about what happened.

Elizabeth Miller was 6 years old when her father, New York City firefighter Douglas Miller, died inside the burning World Trade Center. Jessica Trant was 19 when her father, bond salesman Daniel Trant, died on the 104th floor of the North Tower. He had called Trant's mother to say goodbye.

Friday marks 25 years since the 9/11 attacks.

"It's a busy week. I think there's an overwhelming sense of love that we're being shown, but I'm also ready to retreat," Miller told "CBS Mornings" on Thursday.

Miller and Trant became friends on a shared quest to hold Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind behind the attacks, accountable, despite their opposing views on exactly what accountability should look like. Mohammed confessed to planning and executing the attacks while imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay.

A new documentary, "Daughters of 9/11," which airs Friday, follows their pursuit…

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