Watching the morning coverage of the fifth anniversary of the 9/11
attacks brings back memories of that incredible day. I was sitting in
my car in the driveway listening to the Don Imus Show when he said
something about a plane hitting the World Trade Center.
I immediately
called The Herald-Sun newsroom (I was Digital Publishing Director there
at the time) and told our city editor about it. I said it didn’t sound
like a big deal but asked him to get one of our photographers to take a
picture of the CNN coverage on television and put it on our Web site.
We had a photo up as soon as CNN had cameras on the building.
I think
we beat most every Web site in the country with a Web picture of the
burning first tower. The rest of the day was a blur of incredible
events, images and revelations. I’ll certainly never forget it.
UPDATE: James Lileks has put together a haunting video
of that morning. The juxtaposition at the beginning of normal homelife
while in the background the television covers the horrors of that
morning are especially striking.
