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CNN COVERAGE OF 9/11 {COMPILATION COVERAGE 8:59 AM - 8:01 PM} {TERRORIST ATTACKS} (TV)

Summary

This tape presents coverage of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and their aftermath, as aired on CNN. This tape features an edited and condensed version of CNN's coverage throughout the day, beginning at 8:49 AM EDT, moments after the first World Trade Center tower was hit by an airplane, and ending with a clip from 8:01 PM EDT that day. The clips include the following CNN anchors, correspondents, and reporters (appearing in this order): Paula Zahn (who anchors the initial coverage as well as appearing in the last evening segments from New York), Rose Arce, Chris Plante, Aaron Brown, Bob Franken, John King, Judy Woodruff, Nic Robertson, Mike Hanna, Maria Hinojosa, Jeanne Meserve, Wolf Blitzer, and Jeff Greenfield. Guests interviewed either in studio or via telephone include, in order: New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani; Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. envoy; Yasser Arafat, PLO leader; Shimon Peres, Israeli foreign minister; Karen Hughes, counselor to the president ; Alexander Haig, former secretary of state; Mike Walter, USA Today reporter; Madeleine Albright, former secretary of state; and New York Senator Hillary Clinton. Topics covered in the clips include, in order: the two planes hitting the World Trade towers; the collapse of each tower; the 747 crashing in Somerset County, Pennsylvania; the collapse of the Pentagon after it too was hit by a hijacked airplane; press statements from the Taliban; whether Osama bin Laden is responsible for this act of terror; the current whereabouts of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney; Bush's first press statement after the attacks; the 1990 World Trade Center bombing; the flight pattern of the four hijacked aircrafts; the Giuliani and New York Governor George Pataki joint press conference; WTC building #7 catching on fire; explosions in Afghanistan; Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's press briefing; Marine One's return of Bush to the White House; Attorney General John Ashcroft's statements to the public; and House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle's statements followed by Congress launching into an impromptu singing of "God Bless America."

Cataloging of this program was made possible by Verizon Foundation, 2004.

Details

  • NETWORK: CNN
  • DATE: September 11, 2001 Tuesday
  • RUNNING TIME: 1:32:32
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: T:80686
  • GENRE: News
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Disasters; Hijacking of aircraft; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; She Made It Collection (Maria Hinojosa); She Made It Collection (Paula Zahn); Terrorism
  • SERIES RUN: CNN - TV, 2001
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • Wolf Blizter … Anchor
  • Aaron Brown … Anchor
  • Paula Zahn … Anchor
  • Judy Woodruff … Anchor
  • Rose Arce … Reporter
  • Bob Franken … Reporter
  • Jeff Greenfield … Reporter
  • Mike Hanna … Reporter
  • Maria Hinojosa … Reporter
  • John King … Reporter
  • Jeanne Meserve … Reporter
  • Chris Plante … Reporter
  • Nic Robertson … Reporter
  • Madeleine Albright
  • Yasser Arafat
  • John Ashcroft
  • bin Laden, Osama
  • George W. Bush
  • Dick Cheney
  • Hillary Clinton
  • Tom Daschle
  • Rudolph Giuliani
  • Alexander Haig
  • Dennis Hastert
  • Richard Holbrooke
  • Karen Hughes
  • George Pataki
  • Shimon Peres
  • Donald Rumsfeld
  • Mike Walter