Carlson’s comments echo those of some fundamentalist Christians who blame catastrophes on abortion. Just days after the Sept. 11 attacks, Jerry Falwell blamed “abortionists” and other groups for drawing God’s ire.

Carlson told the film’s documentarian that his wife and dogs slept through the attack. He said he woke up out of breath, walked to his bathroom and saw bloody claw marks on his rib cage, under his arms and on his left shoulder. “It didn’t make any sense and it doesn’t now,” he confessed.