Maria Pusateri is an award-winning director/producer; Vito Friscia is her brother-in-law. Witnessing Vito’s trauma and health issues impelled her to tell his story and make others aware of the problems faced by 9/11 rescue and recovery workers. Pusateri was a field producer for Metro Channel’s Unblinking Eye, creating 40 cultural arts shows covering literary, music and film events in New York City. Her work netted four Communicator Awards, two OMNI Awards and an Emmy® nomination. She also did a short piece after 9/11, in which she interviewed people at the center of memorial activity at Union Square soon after the attacks. Pusateri is a board member of CineWomen NY and director of programming for the organization''s screening series.  She is also a member of New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT).