Comments on: 9/11 Original Coverage

By: Bridget

Bridget — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:05:20 +0000

Hey wut do you think is the reason 9/11 happened?

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:21:55 +0000

I watched the replay of Matt Lauer (and Katie Couric, Al Roker and – later on – Tom Brokaw’s) coverage of 9/11, which was aired on MSNBC on the fifth anniversary last week.

It was an odd experience.

I was at work the morning of 9/11/01, and had a lot of stuff to get done, so was only able to catch the live coverage between duties. It’s unclear in my memory which news station it was, but upon watching the replay of NBC’s coverage, I’m fairly certain it wasn’t Lauer, Couric & Co.

They seemed very calm about the situation. The coverage I remember watching was full of shock and dismay when the first tower fell. On NBC, it was notable that they did really start to address it in earnest until about 10 minutes after it fell.

What also occurred to me is that I was viewing the replay through the lens of the past. During the actual events, I was mortified, confused, shocked, etc., but that’s because no one knew what the heck was going on. It’s different now, five years later. Maybe that’s what the problem was of watching the replay. Who knows?

By: deke

deke — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:44:12 +0000

I watched again the Today show on MSNBC, just as I had done five years ago when Matt and Katie broke the news to me. I follow news and current events real close but wasn’t sure I wanted to see it all again as it developed. I did though because I felt I owed it to those other folks who had to live through it in New York and still feel the pain tonight.

I admit my stomach is tense tonight and my body needs a long fast walk. It is rainy here and chilly outside so plan to play online checkers to get my head some where else.

For all my fellow citizens in New York and that whole region my heart is with you.