The valor of the first responders of September 11, the men and women who carried out their ordinary jobs under the most extraordinary circumstances, will never be forgotten – not on this 10th anniversary, the 11th, the 20th or beyond.
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As it happened…….September 11, 2001 – The Initial Bulletins – WTC North Tower Hit (8:46 AM EDT
What follows is a succession of “BREAKING NEWS” bulletins, as they happened live, beginning with WNYW-TV in New York. WNYW (Channel 5) was the first TV station in the world to interrupt their regular programming with the breaking news at 8:48 that morning, just two minutes after the impact. CNN’s “breaking news” bulletin follows at 8:49, and so on. Included in this “BREAKING NEWS” segment are the original bulletins from WCBS-TV (Channel 2, New York), WNBC-TV (Channel 4, New York), WABC-TV (Channel 7, New York), Fox News Channel, WPIX-TV (Channel 11, New York), NY1 (New York One, All News), MSNBC, CBS News, ABC News and NBC News. (Also included in this segment, for the sake of completeness, is an original “breaking news” audio bulletin from a local NYC news radio station, WCBS-AM 880. Accompanying this audio-only clip is some generic “B-Roll” video footage from the streets of Manhattan that morning)
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September 11, 2001 – As It Happened – WTC South Tower Attack – Multiple Networks Video (9:03 AM EDT)
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This is a video from Fox News of Anchor Jon Scott’s broadcast on live TV of the South Tower of the World Trade Center being hit – the moment when everyone realized America was actually under attack.
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September 11, 2001 – Pentagon Attacked – (9:43 AM EDT)
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September 11, 2001 – WTC South Tower Collapse – Multiple Networks Video (9:59 AM EDT)
The collapse of the South Tower at 9:59 is documented here in a succession of newscast clips that captures this horrific moment as it happened live on several broadcast stations including WCBS-TV (Channel 2, New York), CNN, ABC News, NBC News, NY1 (New York One, All News), WNBC-TV (Channel 4, New York), Fox News Channel, WPIX-TV (Channel 11, New York) and more.
This is an exerpt from the DVD – “September 11, 2001 – As It Happened – A Composite.”
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September 11, 2001 – United Airlines Flight 93 Crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania (10:10 AM EDT)
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September 11, 2001 – WTC North Tower Collapse – Multiple Network Video (10:28 AM EDT)
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September 11, 2001 – President George W. Bush Addresses the Nation from the Oval Office – 8:30 PM ET.
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And so it began…
“…American 11, climb maintain level three five zero.
…This is Boston, I turned American 20 left and I was going to climb him, he will not respond to me now… at all.
…the cockpit’s not answering. Somebody’s stabbed in business class, um I think there is Mace that we can’t breathe. I don’t know, I think we’re getting hijacked.
…Our Number 1 got stabbed. Our purser is stabbed. Ah, nobody knows who stabbed who and we can’t even get up to business class right now because nobody can breathe… we can’t get to the cockpit, the door won’t open. Hello ?…”:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/09/08/nyregion/911-tapes.html
Like so many Americans I watched most of this drama live. Like all who watched I did so in a state of shock. 9-11 has left me with a hatred of islam.
speaking for myself , it was as tuff to re-watch on your post as it was to view a decade ago. least we never forget !