Why it worked
The story is provocative and uses a sensitive historical event as a backdrop for a dramatic personal revelation, which can drive engagement through shock value and morbid curiosity.
Summary
The video features a creator recounting a story about a man who worked in the WTC and was cheating on his wife. The story details how his wife discovered his infidelity when she called him during the 9/11 attacks and he claimed to be at the office.
Structure
- 1Introduction of the story premise
- 2The man's infidelity and alibi
- 3The wife's call during 9/11
- 4The man's response and the wife's discovery
On-screen text
my favorite 9/11 story is
the guy who worked in
the WTC but was
cheating on his wife so
spent the day with his
mistress, and when his
wife called him being like
"omg are you okay?" he
was like "oh im fine im just
at the office" and that's
how she found out