Ago. We have very Little Information. On the phone, we have jennifer who apparently witnessed this event. Jennifer, can you hear me . Hello. Hi, jennifer. Hi, katie. Hi, can you please tell me what you saw and give me any information about whats going on there. Yes, i have its quite terrifying. Im in shock right now. I came out of the subway at bowling green. I was heading to work at battery park at the ritz carlton hotel. And i come out and i saw a big i heard a boom, looked up and there was a big ball of fire. Im now looking north at the World Trade Center. It is the left twin tower if im looking north. You can hear the emergency crews behind me. And it is unbelievable. When the fire first burst, it was hello . Go ahead, we can hear you. Like ive never seen before. And as you know, i used to work in news, ive never seen any
fire like this in the air. And pieces of the building were flying down. It looks like its like the top i cant even tell you. Maybe 20 floors. Intense smoke. Its h
A very large plane. It was going south. And battery park. It flew right past and almost hit it and then went in. This is so shocking. Of course to everybody watching. Ive never seen anything like it. It literally flew itself into World Trade Center. Obviously now we move from what appears to there it is right there. Ill looking from south to north. And it went into the one on the right. That appeared to be at least a 727. We saw the second. Here comes the the video tape that we just showed you. You will see what appears to be a large plane. Could be a 727, right there, maybe bigger, flying right into the side of the World Trade Center. It was at least a 747. It was a jet. I couldnt believe my eyes. Watching it right above me. And now you have to move from talk about a possible to accident to talk about something deliberate that has happened here. Were going to immediately check
with air Traffic Control in the area to find out if they had contact with either of these planes. Pfr the acc
Journalist is to tell everyone that there is a reality here. America under attack, live on the air. What we have just seen is about the most shocking videotape i have ever seen. And behind the scenes. He leaned in and he said, if i were you i would stay off of it the rest of the day because we are next. And it sent a chill down my spine. Looking back at the momentous day. To get through that morning took everything that i knew as a journalist as a husband, as a father as a human being. And in the days and weeks that followed. It was my first look at that, the charred lattice works, remain of the World Trade Center. Stories sealed in their memories. He was one of the heroes that went to the world trade senter that day wasnt he . Yeah. This little boys world had gone away. My son thomas swift. I remember thinking, that is the emblematic mother. Thats the mother of all of us. That moment occurred on our watch, on our air, on live television. Its been ten years and im still affected by it.
An acrid kind of smoke, the kind that almost what you would smell when a fluorescent light goes bad, that kind of ballast smell. Authorities are clearing the building. U. S. Intelligence sources are confirming the reports that one of the planes was a hijacked flight, an american flight from boston to los angeles. I dont know if you can hear the sirens outside right now, but it appears that in what i think that people here in the building are already describing as a highly sophisticated coordinated attack, not only against the World Trade Center, but against the pentagon and u. S. Military right here in washington. Mik, tell me again, i worked at the pentagon as well. And it is a huge building and miles and miles of offices. At what location did this seem to have detonated . It is at the heliport, the heliport which is as you sit in the pentagon, you have the Potomac River and washington, d. C. , on one side, and the heliport is located almost exactly on the opposite side of the buildin
America under attack, live on the air. What we have just seen is about the most shocking videotape ive ever seen. And behind the scenes. He leaned in, and he said if i were you, i would stay off the e ring the rest of the day because were next. And it sent a chill down my spine. Looking back at that momentous day to get through that morning took everything i knew as a journalist, as a husband, as a father, as a human being. And in the days and weeks that followed. It was my first look at the charred latticework of the remains of the World Trade Center. He was one of the heroes who went to the World Trade Center that day wasnt he . This little boys world had gone away. Who y are you looking for . My son thomas. And i remember thinking thats the emblematic mother, thats the mother of all of us. That that moment occurred on our watch, on our air, on Live Television. Its been so years and i am still affected by it. Tuesday morning. Its the 11th day of september, 2001. Youre looking at peop