Conan O’Brien Reflects on the Impact of Howard Stern's 9/11 Broadcast

Conan O’Brien looks back on the importance of Howard’s live broadcast during the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
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[@chrisros6511]

Lost my brother on that day... Firefighter Nick Rossomando - Rescue 5 - FDNY... I ALWAYS go back to that broadcast. It really showed how much Howard meant to the people of NYC and how much NYC meant to him and the show. I'm so grateful that it was recorded and still lives today. Thank you Howard!

[@joeylantis22]

Hearing Conan talk like this always makes me remember he went to Harvard.

[@majesticpbjcat7707]

That broadcast should be in the Library of Congress if it's not already.

[@dalerobinson3436]

It's not thank God.

[@aaroneusjames2342]

it's too real for the fakes.

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

It's on youtube

[@flint-cut-stunner9196]

is it on YT?

[@PaldBenis]

@@dalerobinson3436 why wouldn't you want it to be?

[@wolfmouth]

Conan’s voice is weirdly soothing when he’s not performing

[@Freakinreviews]

The episode from 9/12/01 is quite interesting, too, as everyone comes in and tells their stories about what happened after the show went off the air on 9/11.

[@tsefcik]

Yes. Robin's odyssy getting out and back into NYC after the 9/11 broadcast is needed situationally appropriate levity after so much shock and pain.

[@karmatt3098]

Several people called asking listeners for help locating missing family members.

[@ryanevilwood474]

Yeah that's one that sticks out a bit. Very memorable.

[@whuforever8088]

Conan is right. I'm 21, so I was only 2 years old when 9/11 happened. Listening to Stern's show from that day has provided so much insight to the thoughts and feelings of the onlooking American people as it unfolded. It absolutely needs to be preserved for its historical value.

[@DJAUDIO1]

Quite possibly the most incredible live radio broadcast ever. The world changed as they narrated without filters.

[@themisfitmama4397]

absolutely adore when Conan is in the studio! Howard and Conan together is just legend. I feel like I’m sitting in on a dinner conversation between the two and there’s nobody else in the room

[@aaroneusjames2342]

check out the "Conan Needs a Friend' podcast, on Spotify. he has an episode with Howard; among several other legends.

[@themisfitmama4397]

Adub Htown he has a podcast?! Oh hell yea!! Thanks for the heads up!!

[@mattheww797]

they are heroes beyond compare.

[@raygengamer8440]

Not us were KZbin dwellers

[@DaveRucci]

Yea you can tell they’re good buds too. 👍🏻

[@JS-tk2co]

Only conan can interview howard in his own studio

[@shreddymerks]

I listen to that 9/11 broadcast twice a year. Can’t believe Howard didn’t make a move on Pamela Anderson!

[@guitaristssuck8979]

Totally

[@jonnuanez2843]

Right? I felt the same...

[@wingedstarz]

Gabriel Moran 😂

[@DannyDevitooo]

TheHumanity! Didnt he say he kissed her tho?

[@krisbrag87]

Why should he?? What has that to do with the 9/11

[@ultr4N0v]

I very rarely listen to Howard Stern. But I'll never forget listening to his show on 9/11. I was working that morning, and I always preferred listening to music, but that morning my coworker wanted to listen to Stern instead, and we heard it all. My boss actually ended up sending us home late on the morning to be with our families (his cousin died in one of the towers, we later found out). Never really listened to Howard after that. Fast forward to 2019, I get a Sirius subscription and I tune into this interview because I love conan, and they start talking about 9/11 which was pretty much the last time I had even listened to his show... So weird

[@EmraldoDaSilva]

One of the most historic broadcasts ever.

[@hman3756]

How do you watch it?

[@yourontheair]

@@hman3756 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaPRm6uafsxqh7c

[@lumpylowell]

I agree completely with Conan. I had just taken my son to breakfast and was listening to Howard while driving home. I had to pull over and listen

[@cjlive5182]

I heard about the Twin Towers from Howard. I just dropped my son off at school. It was crazy.

[@glowfishin1]

Same.

[@mgansworth78]

Me too

[@alpeshj]

Same was crazy

[@ludwigfan3013]

I went into work that day and my boss just said "Do you think we're gonna have a World War 3?" Then mentioning the Towers being hit, I think it already reported the 2nd plane crash by then. I had no Idea what was happening, I'm glad I wasn't able to see it on television.

[@hansolo3991]

Me as well... crazy

[@CSBalkan]

Well, i've gotta say it.. 2001 Howard Stern looks like Disco Stu

[@getsmarty7603]

Disco stu is ready for youu!

[@Poezick88]

Disco Stu likes disco music

[@YouAwakeYet]

If these trends continue.......AYYYYY -Disco Stu

[@__porter]

I can't unsee that shit now

[@Tallahassee21]

Hey hey hey Disco Stu doesn't advertise

[@pho3nix-]

David Letterman did make a huge contribution to the whole post-9/11 world by going on air right after and addressing it - he deserves some credit too.

[@jacktrppr1]

Jon Stewart as well

[@bundangkorea]

I don't think it was "right" after, and was more like a week later. But it was definitely a huge contribution and was one of his most memorable moments ever

[@chrishamer9263]

reb1138 yeah but Howard could have stopped the show which pretty much everyone else did, addressing it after it? Didn’t everyone do that?

[@urekmazino6800]

Yeah but he wasnt live like howare was. Going back and listening to it its crazy

[@JohnSmith47534]

This is not a competition. Conan was just acknowledging Howard's work.

[@eddiebranden1]

I lived in Southern California during 9/11 and Howard was what I was listening to. He definitely helped me through that morning. Tried other news outlets, when back to Howard. Most human and real he's ever been.

[@Kaitrosebd]

I lived in New York at the time and woke up to Howard Stern that day. His voice is as deeply ingrained in my memory and experience as any footage. Conan explains it so well here, that's what it was like.

[@evansacks9911]

I remember I was driving to class listening to Howard when he came back from commercial with the news. I remember where I was in the campus parking lot and I remember where I eventually parked to listen. Classes were cancelled shortly after and school admins broadcasted the news coverage in the auditorium. I remember sitting in the auditorium which was filled with the sound of sobbing. I live in southwestern CT so there was a good chance people had loved ones in the buildings or nearby that day. I remember feeling lost and coming back to Howard for familiarity and safety. I remember driving to the shoreline after Howard went off the air from which I could see the smoke from the fires from across long island sound. On clear days you can see the city skyline. I remember no planes being in the air. I remember it was eerily quiet. I couldn't watch the footage or listen to Howard's broadcast again until 2011. It still feels like it was only a few years ago.

[@johnrigs6540]

Howard on 9/11 was undoubtedly the finest moment of his career and all of us who heard it will never ever forget it ...

[@slimnsom97]

I listen to the 9/11 broadcast on the anniversary every year. I feel like it's important to remember what happened, and Howard had the most honest reaction and shared it with all of us.

[@beniteztheconman]

what did happen?????

[@estusflask982]

Stanley13 Seriously?

[@Barytyrannus]

I was born after 9-11, but I have a particular fascination with Stern's broadcast. One show that illustrates the exact moment from which the dark, paranoid world I grew up in came to exist. Its frankly awe inspiring.

[@emersonlopez-cruz2029]

If you listen to that broadcast it was actually Gary who first says "God I hope these aren't kamikaze terrorists" after the 1st plane hits, and not Howard as he says in this interview.

[@gr8st2323]

El Burro he also started to leave twice. In this interview he says it didn’t occur to him to leave. Love ya Howard but c’mon!!

[@mycommentpwnz]

Pro Tip: Howard takes credit for anything his staff does. That's the beauty of having a show with your name on it :)

[@Tallahassee21]

However Howard asks what happened to Tom then ask could it have been a terrorist attack? To be fair he said he didn't make jokes about the attack but he did before finding out what it was saying he was gonna be a reporter talking about the "fire" at the world trade center

[@DrTocan]

I think he always knew and remembers it as if he was saying it from the start. Because once Howard knows for sure, it’s as if he had never felt differently

[@veronikahk1826]

nobody in the studio understood right away the word hijacked,they just skipped over it

[@harrypeters8306]

Howards 911 2001 radio broadcast was the most important tv or radio broadcast from that day, because of its open forum, and raw emotions from cast and crew and us the listeners.

[@wendyconway7057]

The only time I was grateful for Howard Stern. I still appreciate him for his voice on that horrible day.

[@stenbak88]

I listen to that broadcast all the time

[@JoshLavian]

Ok, so I'm not the only one, then. I didn't think other people did this

[@jacobgriffin1261]

@Stephanie Logan I think that Howard's general attempts at humor and his anger about it are enough to keep you from crying. It's very interesting to watch.

[@TheMan750]

It pops up at times as a recommended video, I’ll never watch or listen to it

[@estetty]

Like right now?

[@Nolanoyayo]

Where can I listen to it

[@MrZombiejoe]

I Assure You, There Is NOTHING Like Conan In A Serious Conversation!!!

[@awwgez]

It's still one of the most chilling and moving pieces of audio clips caught live and it captures the times and that day exactly. Gives me chills and it gives me some joy that a person like Conan brought it up. Still feels like yesterday. #Neverforget

[@johnstrausbaugh3472]

I remember that broadcast like it was yesterday. I was at a bad place in a bad time in my life but I was on my way up. I listened to Howard every morning then. HOWARD YOU WAS THE GREATEST THEN AND YOUR STILL THE GREATEST !!!!!!!

[@quietlittlevirus]

I was listening to Howard at work that day. His broadcast is how I got the news of what happened.

[@nightjournal3335]

Just a year ago I was reflecting on 9/11, and I decided to look up news broadcasts to reflect on the impact that day had. Howard Sterns full radio broadcast was one that I had found, and to me nothing else really conveys the thoughts and emotions going through everyones head at that time quite like that broadcast. I can't believe that today Conan is bringing up this point. I'm glad to see that their are other people who feel the same way.

[@yoshibender]

I first heard it was happening from Howard, I remember the exact spot I was at when my coworker yelled at me to come listen, it was as if time stood still. Conan is absolutely right, Howard and his crew got a lot of us through the day.

[@jcb3393]

My cubemate at work was listening to Stern's show when it happened. For the rest of the day, I couldn't believe I was getting the most up-to-date, real info from - of all places! - the Howard Stern Show.

[@clubberlang110]

Conan looks like he gets sunburned opening the fridge!

[@3dguy839]

Possibly on the dark of the moon 🌚

[@NessieAndrew]

:))

[@bingster-223]

Lol that's funny, not only does he get sunburned but he doesn't tan.

[@noahziegler3478]

I just reported this comment not cool

[@benrat2113]

Thanks Jim Gaffigan

[@TheCitykitty1978]

I remember that day. And i listen to it every year on the anniversary! I love it, its real. I love how real you were, how honest you all were and that we got to be there with you (in spirit)

[@KanWoo76]

I listen to that full broadcast every year on the anniversary. We were on stanby here in CT and you could hear the broadcast being played from several units. Then to listen in the day after when several of us rode down to help is just something that will forever remain with me!!

[@greatsea]

Howard Stern absolutely helped me process the whole thing. I have listened to that show probably 5 or 6 times completely through over the last 19 years.

[@aidankerr2001]

the 9/11 broadcast and the bridge jumper one are the 2 that I go back and listen to periodically. such powerful moments (especially the former) and it's amazing how quick and calm Howard is. a living legend that will stand the test of time and go down in history!

[@noble_son]

Two legends.

[@Flyingwithoutmings]

Noble Son Howard sterns a prick

[@callumboscoe8685]

Noble Son One is the other is a creep

[@niloofarmohammadpour5688]

I listened to this on Conan's podcast...love this duo

[@Nay-kp6uu]

This is from Conan's podcat, but it's in Howard's studio lol. So glad Conan let him use it. These are two of my favorite "hosts" or comedians. Watched and listen to them for most of my life.

[@ms-vv2gg]

Howard's shining moment though not intended

[@rhett9687]

One of the single greatest/tragic broadcast in the history of media. I remember listening.

[@BUGBYTE_]

I remember everyone at work sitting around the radio listening to Stern. It was great people that didn't like him felt compelled to just put it aside to listen to him. It brought everyone together.

[@mal0u111]

remember listening in California to Howard as 9/11 was happening. incredible moment in history to hear it play out live

[@drinkspecials]

I was listening in Pittsburgh pa and I will always remember this. When the first tower collapsed. Stuttering John yelling it disappeared

[@ApocalypseKurtz]

I was listening that day driving home from work. Legendary.

[@apoolofwomen]

Honestly one of the most important live broadcasts because it showed real people that had a real reaction. The broadcast brings me chills. The day after broadcast is also incredible. One of the only reporters and shows who's staff clearly cares about the work they do. Most people's reaction would of been to get out of town, however they stayed in and let people call in and be there with the country. He brought to life alot of the cultural mindset of the days with his broadcast. Thanks to Conan for articulating this!

[@caneface87]

Sterns 9/11 broadcast keeps pulling me back in during the Anniversary every year. So powerful and so tragic

[@IspyaKleeKai.]

I remember listening to it live. It's how I found out what was happening as I was driving around in my FedEx truck. Wild day.

[@TerryWaldrop]

Listening to Howard at my office in Fort Worth TX that day. It was riveting and honest. It was the most powerful broadcast I’ve ever listened to live. I still have it and listen to parts on occasion.

[@mowler8042]

Howard was on the air for a short time here in Toronto and should be forever because of that day I was very impressed with how it got me through it.

[@bsherwood4872]

Marty Fowler got through it? How insensitive you were in FUCKING TORONTO you have no idea what it was like

[@estusflask982]

B Sherwood It affected the whole country you moron.

[@RealKisht]

I remember listening to him from grade 3 ('97) to 2006 I think. In Toronto.

[@bsherwood4872]

Oliver White Toronto was not the any part of 9/11 fuckface. Get the fuck out of here. When your relatives had to jump from a building to avoid even more painful deaths than you can talk until then shut the fuck up. Canadians aren’t a part of our country.

[@codycuster5187]

@@estusflask982 toronto is in canada. . . .

[@heatherjustcreate]

So interesting hearing this conversation and watching them look back on that day. 🙁

[@toddgriffith5242]

Omg, I always mention this to Howard online. I was waiting until the 11th to do so again this year and I will.

[@testicularoxide5055]

Was on the corner of Broadway/fulton that tues morning... Listened to Howard while the world changed right in front of our eyes...

[@commenter6763]

It was certainly a memorable broadcast for me. This was right around the time that the Stern show was expanding to a national audience, maybe a year or two before in my market. On that day, I was on my way to work when it happened and got to hear some of Stern's broadcast live, before my shift started. I remember them talking about it being a helicopter at first, before we later knew what happened. Conan is right, it really is a key historical document in the whole thing, and one I revisit maybe not every year, but from time to time.

[@melnee]

Tuned in to him reacting while in the car with my mom...life has never felt the same.

[@philhertz6893]

I’ll remember that day as if it was yesterday, forever. The weather was impeccable. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky. No haze, no humidity, perfect temperature, crystal clear. Rare for this neck of the woods. So beautiful that I took an extra long drive down route 3 to my office in Jersey which allowed for a picture perfect view of the Manhattan skyline just minutes before the events unfolded. Howard was my copilot for that entire drive and for the better part of a day that I will never forget.

[@SavageAirCinema]

I'll never forget that days weather either. I was in Massachusetts, crisp morning with a blue sky.

[@NickLeo777]

The most honest and important broadcast in history period I remember when everything was unfolding that day and Howard staying on the air for us all was incredible, Even for the ones that hate him you have to respect what he did that day when no one else was around I was a big fan for years before 9/11 but that day he become a hero to me

[@sammysclafani8233]

I agree 100%, I will always remember listening to Howard that morning... with all the unknown and chaos there was something comforting about listening to Howard talk us through it.

[@alexandermurillo2840]

I was working in a Factory in in NJ while getting through college and always listened to Howard during work....yes he walked me through the whole event...it was very important I believe what and how the show did it that day....always remember that when they talk shit about Howard...always wish they would have been on the radio with him that day...would look at him in a different light..

[@starwarsnerdlife9893]

Howard was how I kept my calm that day. He was on the second and up to date!!! I’m so great full for Howard on this day.

[@atomic_9182]

I listened to Howard that day. It is part of the memory that I have of what was one of the most horrifying and eye opening days of my life and something I will never forget.

[@SavageAirCinema]

I remember listening to Howard Stern live, as it happened. Couldn't get to a TV until I got home from work. I'll never forget that day.

[@scottwilliam3470]

Very devastating moment in history let us hope it never happens again.

[@WakaWaka2468]

I can't wait! :D

[@JoximusARTpage]

It's happening to thousands of people every day across the world, but the media don't show it to you

[@griffinpaintingandhomeimprovem]

I heard it driving to Cape Cod I'll never forget it 9/11/2001

[@markanthony-tx3qx]

that was a crazy broadcast.

[@DaveRucci]

Never will forget that day. Don’t think I was listening to Stern at the time though. Maybe heard a brief snippet of his show while scanning thru channels and panicking. Must go back and listen now!

[@bethmcavoy8062]

I watch Howard's KZbin video each September 11, in tribute and memory of the events of that day.

[@Hurtman2000]

2 of the best of all time. Boff and Conando

[@jasonburgos4130]

I worked at lax driving to work listening to Howard as it happened will never forget that morning.

[@anoziraflaminghot]

I had just listened to that broadcast very recently for the first time. It took me back to that day immediately. He was reacting just like I remembered everyone reacting. First denial, then realization, fear, wanting revenge, gloomy, etc. I'd recommend that broadcast to anyone who wasn't old enough to remember that day.

[@EugVR6]

Love Howard and I'd like to see Conan doing a chat show over here.

[@CenturySAM-vb2kt]

He has a podcast called 'Connan Needs A Friend'. Check it out.

[@voongnz]

The Howard TV "documentary" of this day is well made. A real powerful and sobering show.

[@knobbynah]

Stern was amazing on 9/11. He was the only real news that day. I walked all the way from Spring St to The. Bronx and listened to him all the way. People were surrounding cars and listening to him. I will love Howard and Robin until the day I die just because of what they did that day.

[@joshuatift4640]

That was the greatest show ever at that time I tubed in myself and he was the only one that gave his unfiltered thoughts about what was going down that day

[@lohman15]

We love you Howard! Thank you.

[@Kevinn714]

Everytime I see his show on 9/11. It gives me goosebumps 🙏🏼

[@Lisa.Soares]

Howard was the one who told me on the way home from college classes. He was the best eye on the day

[@theeturnone]

yep, it was super crazy .. I was on the way to my late morning college classes that day . I think I made it about 4 of the 8 miles to my class and turned around and went home, and glued myself to the television for a couple days straight

[@eltorosanchez4158]

That 9/11 broadcast was one of the best 4hrs I spent of my life listening to something on KZbin

[@Cheesycheddar642]

Wow, Conan said that perfectly.

[@Grandizer8989]

I was on the West Coast during 9/11 and immediately turned on Stern after watching the news a little. What a broadcast. Howard evokes just about every human emotion there is. Shock, Anger, Sadness.

[@Yismeicha]

I was in 11th grade, really late for school, in bed listening to Howard Stern. I'll never forget it. It made me get up and go to school so I can go to the roof to watch the buildings burn.

[@Soaptoaster]

I'll never forget driving into work that day and hearing Ralph narrate unusual things. Later that day, there was a pub at the base of my building, in Canada and we were watching CNN and saw the 2nd tower come down. I'll never forget how I felt that day. Sadness in anger in equal parts.

[@RataStuey]

I’ve listened to that broadcast many times

[@kidgraz9139]

Was listening to that broadcast when it happened. Howard did a great job.

[@FloridaManRacer]

I didn't hear Howard's show that day as I was a kid in school when it happened. However on one of the anniversaries I saw it pop up on my You Tube suggestions (yes it's on here) and I was floored by how little "shock jock" and how much just real fear and emotion was in that broadcast. That truly was Howard's finest hour in the midst of our country's darkest.

[@bosoxspider1]

I was listening to Howard that morning when my friend and I went into a Bickfords for breakfast. He was talking about Kid Rock and Pam Andersen's relationship when we went in. When we came out, he was talking about the first plane hitting. Within a few minutes he told us the second plane had hit and we all knew what was happening. The worst day of my life but I'm glad I was listening to Howard Stern at that time.

[@kingofpain11111]

I actually listened to the whole broadcast yesterday, the day this video came up, for the first time.

[@willmack5909]

During America's darkest hour, Howard really rose to the occasion. I listen to that broadcast very often because we must NOT ever forget.

[@EdgarTarly]

I was listening to Howard when it happened, it’s how I found out about it that day.

[@user-vn5cz4ck7j]

Howard & Conan....thank you so very much!

[@chanciehollenbeck6946]

I was listening to the show that morning... I thought he did a great job they all did. I can't imagine....

[@buffalobraves9]

I was listening that day. It was such comfort to have these real people talking and reporting on it instead of some tv news reporter, if that makes sense. I know that the show was on youtube for awhile but now seems to be gone. Wondering who had it removed as I think it's an important document to that day and how it all unfolded to the common person. I wish it would be put back up for historical reference.

[@guyinpajamapants6892]

Absolutely! I was listening to Howard when it happened! First thing I think of when you mention 9/11!

[@patrickmike2524]

Guyinpajamapants same here, I just remember how his regulars were on the ground reporting what they saw. It was a great piece of broadcasting

[@Nightowl333]

I still watch/listen to the Howard 9/11 broadcast a couple times a year. There is something incredibly real and captivating about it.

[@CBright7831]

I just wish KZbin would quit being dicks and stop taking the show down.

[@abcun17]

I really appreciate what Howard did that day and his broadcast is clearly a standout as Conan O'Brien rightly points out. For me personally, my guide through that horrible day was Peter Jennings (RIP). He was a voice of reason and calm during a terrifying day of pain, loss, confusion, sadness, anguish and anger. I am sorry he is not around anymore. His voice and his presence are truly missed. I miss the real journalists and news anchors...

[@naomifoster-dubiel5912]

On point! The 9/11 broadcast is a very compelling truth that Howard missed in his book...and I loved the book. I was listening to Howard that morning of 9/11 - driving home over the 14th St. bridge in DC seeing the smoke rise from the Pentagon. His voice was so honest and comforting to me in the mix of that fear and anger and astonishment.Conan is so insightful and they have the best chemistry! Love them both so much.

[@TheEnzyme94]

Thank you Howard!

[@spacealienjesus709]

Two of the best..