September 11th attacks - 19 years ago

I'm sure I've mentioned it many times before over the years, but my memory of the events unravelled while out, I was listening to XFM radio in London when Ian Camfield mentioned about the first attack. I got back indoors and had CNBC on, which had the late Mark Haines being professional, but as shocked as every single person was that day, when the second plane hit, I stuck with the CNBC coverage as both towers fell down.

I've seen coverage from other channels online afterwards, but the CNBC coverage and Mark Haines's commentary will forever be imprinted in me, especially after the towers came down.

It's also worth checking out the radio coverage from that day. 1010 WINS from New York is even more powerful with the descriptive commentary from the journalists and eye witnesses who reported into the station.

It was a bulletin the next day...a 9pm special I think. As it says here they synchronised the music with the towers collapsing
https://amp.theguardian.com/media/2001/nov/12/september112001.broadcasting

Many people think that but the Concorde crash in 2000 was simulcast on BBC One and BBC News 24. I was in the foyer at Pebble Mill at the time.

It's a case of taste and decency isn't it.
The attacks were deliberately set up to be visual spectacles, in a location were multiple live TV coverage would be assured. Replaying the horror of it all kind of misses the point

Well yes, but it didn't stop CNN running almost all of their day's coverage on the 10th anniversary did it?

That doesn't make it acceptable

I remember watching that at the time and finding it really powerful.

Was it in the right aspect ratio that time? For the 5th anniversary it was put in that odd fake-widescreen effect that keeps the middle the same but expands the sides, something I associate with Wetherspoon TVs about a decade ago.

Hello, my first post here.

I think this is the clip/music in question at 1 hour 22mins.

Mark Haines was a great broadcaster - I used to watch Squawk Box despite having little interest in much of the content; he made it engaging regardless.

CNBC's coverage from the day is on YouTube here, should you want to re-live it.

I thought that at the time, but watching it back it's easy to see why it offended people.

I love the gravitas of Trev’s announcement at 53:30 about Coronation Street being moved to ITV2.

I do hope ITV use him for the introduction announcements for the next rebrand of ITV News, or for News at Ten at least.