Catalog / tape T12
TAPE T123 DISCS0 SPOTS · 0 WATCHABLE
Donated by Tim Nelson, Shorewood, IL
Disc A · Sep 14-15, 2001
Broadcast: Friday–Saturday, September 14–15, 2001, the end of the first week after the September 11 attacks, recorded while switching between cable news channels. MSNBC/NBC News 'Attack on America' and 'America Mourns' coverage on the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance (the hijackers' movements in Florida, Muslim Americans in mourning, Ground Zero, the West Point cadet vigil, and a long interview with the family of Jeremy Glick of United Flight 93 about his phone calls from the plane). Then CNN 'America's New War' (students who fled schools near the World Trade Center), Fox News Channel 'America United' and Saturday's Fox & Friends (viewer calls, missing-persons appeals, Pakistan's cooperation, the reserve call-up, Ground Zero at dawn), MSNBC again (David Gregory traveling with President Bush to Camp David), and CNN from Ground Zero and Fort Benning.
No commercials: the networks carried this coverage without ads, so nothing from this disc goes to YouTube. The full recording is preserved on archive.org.
Watch disc A in full at the Internet Archive
Program log
- 0:00:00 MSNBC / NBC News: 'Attack on America' and 'America Mourns' (Sept 14) — the hijackers' trail, Muslim Americans, Ground Zero, the West Point cadet vigil
- 0:17:00 MSNBC: the family of Jeremy Glick (United Flight 93) on his calls from the plane
- 0:35:00 CNN 'America's New War': Pakistan, students who fled schools near the towers, Ground Zero volunteers
- 0:46:00 Fox News Channel 'America United' / Fox & Friends (Sept 15): viewer calls, missing-persons appeals, the war-planning debate
- 1:05:00 MSNBC 'Attack on America': the FBI's material witnesses, David Gregory with President Bush at Camp David, the reserve call-up
- 1:27:00 CNN and Fox News: victims' stories (Frank Sesno), Pakistan, Ground Zero at dawn, the hospital ship, the flag-raising photo
- 1:50:00 CNN: President Bush's remarks, Fort Benning and the military's readiness; the tape ends mid-segment
Disc B · Sep 15, 2001
Broadcast: Saturday, September 15, 2001, continuing from T12A, recorded while switching between cable news channels. CNN 'America's New War' (Paula Zahn; the Taliban and Pakistan, the investigation), then Fox News Channel 'America United' (Neil Cavuto): President Bush at Camp David with Colin Powell and John Ashcroft ('We're at war... we will win it'), his weekly radio address, and coverage of the memorial service for Barbara Olson. Then CNN's rescue-effort coverage, a moment of C-SPAN, and CNN 'Spirit of America' (the funeral of FDNY chaplain Father Mychal Judge and other services), Fox News' Pentagon damage briefing, a replay of the Camp David remarks, a long Benjamin Netanyahu interview, and the Barbara Olson memorial.
No commercials: the networks carried this coverage without ads, so nothing from this disc goes to YouTube. The full recording is preserved on archive.org.
Watch disc B in full at the Internet Archive
Program log
- 0:00:00 CNN 'America's New War': the Taliban and Pakistan, the investigation (Paula Zahn)
- 0:15:00 Fox News 'America United' (Neil Cavuto): President Bush at Camp David with Powell and Ashcroft, the radio address, war-authority debate
- 0:55:00 Fox News: the memorial service for Barbara Olson
- 1:00:00 CNN: the rescue effort; C-SPAN briefly (1:08)
- 1:10:00 CNN 'Spirit of America': the funeral of Father Mychal Judge and other memorial services
- 1:20:00 Fox News: Pentagon briefing on the damage, replay of Bush at Camp David, Benjamin Netanyahu interview
- 1:53:00 CNN / Fox: memorial services; the tape ends mid-segment
Disc C · Sep 15, 2001
Broadcast: Saturday afternoon, September 15, 2001 (the last disc of tape 12), continuing from T12B. Almost entirely CNN 'America's New War' / 'Spirit of America', with a brief flip to MSNBC's 'Attack on America'. The funeral cortege and final salute for FDNY chaplain Father Mychal Judge, with a grief counselor from the Grief Recovery Institute; the Pentagon recovery effort; President Bush's 'We're at war' remarks and the reserve call-up; Wall Street preparing to reopen Monday; former President Clinton's remarks; families appealing for missing loved ones through CNN.com; Ground Zero rescue workers; a vigil in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv; and 'America Speaks Out' viewer interviews. The tape ends mid-segment.
No commercials: the networks carried this coverage without ads, so nothing from this disc goes to YouTube. The full recording is preserved on archive.org.
Watch disc C in full at the Internet Archive
Program log
- 0:00:00 CNN 'Spirit of America': Father Mychal Judge remembered; briefly MSNBC 'Attack on America' (0:02-0:04)
- 0:05:00 CNN 'America's New War': the investigation, the reserve call-up, Wall Street reopening, the Pentagon
- 0:24:00 CNN: the funeral of Father Mychal Judge (the cortege and last salute), grief counselor Russell Friedman
- 0:40:00 CNN: firefighters' funerals, the airlines, the Pentagon damage, President Bush's remarks
- 1:06:00 CNN headlines; former President Clinton's remarks; Wall Street's two minutes of silence plan
- 1:16:00 CNN: families of the missing appeal for information (CNN.com missing list), Ground Zero recovery
- 1:48:00 CNN: a vigil in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv; 'America Speaks Out' viewer interviews; the tape ends mid-segment