9-11: America Under Attack – “This has to be deliberate” – (September 11, 2001) – EP 10

September 11, 2001 dawned crisp and blue in New York City. The gathering hum of a seemingly ordinary workday began taking shape in lower Manhattan. Then the ‘ordinary’ was shattered by the extraordinary. The world changing event that unfolded that morning was unimaginable and unprecedented. It was a sneak attack of epic proportions on American soil, terrifying the nation while thrusting the news media into uncharted territory. Not even the most seasoned news director or reporter at the time had anything in their arsenal of experiences that could have prepared them for their task that day.

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Tom Brokaw – TV Academy – Inhouse Dan Rather – TV Academy – Inhouse Aaron Brown, CNN anchor – Inhouse – Garner Archive Ari Fleischer – White House press secretary – Recorded Marcy McGinnis – Senior Vice President, News Coverage, CBS News – Recorded Shelley Ross, then Executive Producer of Good Morning America – Recorded David Bohrman, Then CNN News producer-director – Recorded John Montone, Reporter for 1010 WINS Radio, New York – Recorded David Bernknopf – CNN Vice President, News Planning, 1980 – 2001 – Recorded Mara Rubin – Assistant News Director, WOR Radio in the pool with Mayor Giuliani – Recorded