9/11: ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (September 11, 2001)

Network coverage of the terrorist attacks. There were no commercial breaks, and it ends suddenly after nearly 35 minutes.
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[@CRTLALTBACKSPACE]

He was the calm in the storm. He was the true journalist that we don’t have anymore.

[@veronicasmith5657]

Peter Jennings was a calm and gifted journalist and he is missed; however, in my opinion David Muir is just as gifted!!

[@82leegary]

I am 41 now, I was 19 when this happened. I still remember Peter's calm voice "I'm Peter Jennings" he was amazing.

[@777jones]

Peter was the MAN. It was a different era. There’s just nobody like him today.

[@jeffpietig5528]

I totally agree 100%!!

[@pootypump7440]

His reporting throughout the 80s and 90s was really good.

[@HamburgerHelperDeath]

Now we have absolute crap like Don Lemon.

[@thebestchannel5456]

Brian Williams was also good, too, minus his escapades

[@gothia1715]

He kept a great balance between artificial newsman mannerisms, calmness but also humanity. And he was on top of things when few were able to.

[@user-xl5hk3te9s]

Peter Jennings was such a gentleman, the most urbane of newscasters. RIP, sir.

[@sandrazed6089]

HE is so missed! He started his career in Ottawa, ON, Canada. Worked also for CBC, footage on line. A true patriot he was and just loved and missed in both counties. Not fair he left us in his prime.

[@kimvitale3645]

It’s so strange, I miss him every time I hear a news broadcast.

[@CaityCat05]

He has one of those iconic voices where you don’t even have to look to see who it is talking-you already know who it is. When I was watching various news footage from that day on 9/11 I immediately recognized him speaking on some of it & and that alone gave me immense sadness because he had such a soothing voice no matter what he was reporting on. He worked for 17 hours straight that day: who else has that dedication today?? It’s like he knew Americans had been through a tough day and needed someone they knew they could trust to guide them through it. I remember many nights growing up & eating dinner while he was on TV and while they all kind of blur together now, but it’s a memory I’ll always have in the back of my mind from childhood.

[@izraelite2908]

ABC's evening news still has not recovered from his passing. His shoes are still left unfilled as far as I am concerned.

[@DeepWinterQueen82]

@@kimvitale3645me too

[@RCT1963]

Peter Jennings was a class act. He is greatly missed.

[@cateclism316]

The fatigue in Peter Jennings' face is so apparent, but he soldiered on. RIP.

[@orangechickengorl]

Not-so-fun-fun-fact: Peter Jennings stayed on the air for a whopping 17 consecutive hours covering the attacks

[@Frankya92]

I remember my mom pointing out that Pete looked tired at one point. Poor guy stayed up covering this disaster and we are grateful. RIP

[@ModernDayWarrior2112]

Peter Jennings was truly one of a kind. I’m 51 years old and remember him when I was growing up and I always felt comforted watching him broadcast, no matter how horrible the event may be. I truly miss him and the class he exuded.

[@tashalynn29]

That

[@rockisheaven]

I’m 34 and he was my favorite newscaster growing up-I used to watch ABC News on the little black and white tv in our kitchen while i helped my mom with dinner. He was always calm and professional no matter the events. Simply no one like him anymore on cable news-David Muir is probably closest.

[@Pelham_123]

They don’t make them like Peter Jennings anymore. He reported the news and didn’t try to create news. Old school, straightforward, and admirable.

[@Drizzle52693]

The most interesting part of this is how everybody talks like grownups, nothing like the news today

[@gmaneis]

My thought, too. No childish blaming of other politicians or political party. For a brief time, the country was united.

[@fakereality96]

@@gmaneis For the last time.

[@CoreyMarinoGames]

@@gmaneis For the most part yes, but unfortunately this caused many people to discriminate against muslims.

[@christophermorales1509]

Dang, forgot how smooth Peter Jennings was. Clearly the best of his time.

[@ericbarash8496]

There was nothing like Peter Jennings and just as a sidenote he was an advid smoker, he quit, his esophageal cancer went into remission, and then, to my knowledge September 11 shook him up so bad he went back to smoking and then succumbed to the return of esophageal cancer. May he continue to rest in peace.

[@chillinwconnie6272]

Yup... after not smoking for 20 years...9/11 shook him up so much that he relapsed.

[@StevieNicksIsMyFairyGodmother]

Peter Jennings was the best. His professionalism, his intelligence and most of all his soothing voice. His death left a big hole in national journalism that has not been filled to this day in 2023. Rest in Peace Mr Jennings 💙

[@deckenneth]

Being a HUGE Peter Jennings fan, I remember this broadcast vividly. He was the BEST.

[@Michael_Beanflip]

You said “HUGE Peter”

[@David-mn2mp]

Peter said years later after he got cancer that he had quit smoking cigarettes for years and this incident made him start smoking again. He was a good broadcaster. This was such a surreal and scary day.

[@cjhoward409]

And I’m sure there were thousands more like him that started back up their smoking, drinking …. It was a stressful time. America was never the same again.

[@thedaily30]

This was my neighborhood; I lived at 75 West St, just a few blocks south. For years I walked through those towers everyday to get to school. I spent countless hours studying in the Borders bookstore at the base of the North Tower. This place was my home. Breaks my heart all over again every time I see this footage.

[@user-tb2wz1tr8y]

How long before you again visited the area?

[@thedaily30]

@@user-tb2wz1tr8y a few days. I was out on Long Island when everything came undone. I feverishly attempted to get back there as soon as I saw the buildings fall. Somehow in my head it still wasn’t real to me; I needed to be there in order to believe they were actually gone. Unfortunately the city was on lockdown, and only emergency service workers were permitted on the major parkways and highways. The side roads were jam packed with traffic in all directions. After a few hours I gave up, and went to stay with my parents in western Suffolk County. You really can’t understand the magnitude of those buildings unless you’ve stood in their shadows. Most skyscrapers in NYC have scaffolding surrounding them for some reason or another, but the architecture of the WTC allowed for any passerby to walk directly up to the side of the buildings and look directly up to their summits with a clear, uninterrupted view. They almost seemed to curve up and outward, looming over everyone in the plaza below. Anyhow, when I finally returned to the city, the smoke was still hanging in the air. There was a distinct odor of burning electrical wires, and something that came across as burnt hair, a smell I’ll never forget. Coming across the Brooklyn Bridge, I first caught a glimpse of the skyline, and the absence of those buildings… it was surreal. Gives me chills just thinking of it.

[@chuchuman1163]

I feel sorry for you.

[@whitelion1111]

An interesting thing for me is that my father visited the World Trade center for the first time on September 11, I believe 1973 or 4 written in his diary, will have to check those diaries again, they're overseas

[@keithb372]

What is Boarders?

[@saradadude]

Earlier in the day while Peter was reporting, he mentioned that he had just spoken to his kids. He actually teared up and had to take a moment to compose himself. I remember that so well because the whole day he was measured and calm but the emotions of talking to his kids really got to him.

[@Trillian2019]

RIP Betty Ong 🕯️

[@markv00]

Peter Jennings took a horrible, fluid event and provided a calm, professional, and empathetic presence through the day. We saw him in firm command in real time, unfiltered, using his eloquent vocabulary to report on the facts, not speculation. His ability to be in the moment (shifting constantly that day), and still seem very aware of the historical nature of the events was amazing. Always respectful of his colleague's challenges throughout the day and extremely mindful to remain sympathetic to those watching, knowing most of us were in emotional shock and others were dealing with unknown conditions of friends and loved ones, and still other who already knew of their loss.

[@ladynikkie]

Really hit him hard. He even admitted on TV later on that he started smoking again after quitting for so many years That's how much this tragedy affected him

[@markv00]

@@ladynikkie I remember him on air explaining why his voice was "off". Admitting he was a former smoker who became weak during this time and started smoking again. I don't remember if he actually said he had lung cancer or not, I just remember feeling he was sicker than he was letting out and hoped we wouldn't lose him. Just a reminder of those we lost not just those in the obvious events of 9/11, but those who were affected by emotional injury. I guess we all were forever affected and changed by that day, we each processed it differently as time went on. The only "good" that came of that day, was the united pride displayed across the country. I wish that would have endured much longer.

[@Ajv516]

“Not speculation”. That’s what we’ve been missing out on since clickbait became the norm. I’m frustrated by the general discharge of anchors like Jennings, the lack of good prose in today’s talent, and the collective hallucination of self-importance by journalists today.

[@johnsjohnson448]

Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Bernard Shaw, and Aaron Brown were true Journalists who were great communicators and possessed the gravitas that was necessary to report on world disasters in a calm and reassuring manner.

[@K4sight]

Peter Jennings was THE BEST newscaster of his time. His newscast delivered the NEWS, no opinion, just NEWS. No matter what I was doing, i made sure to tune in a 630p everynight to hear an unbiased take on the goings-on around the world.

[@mohnjayer]

Between Charles Gibson and Peter Jennings, nobody was better on 9/11 than ABC. Excellent, professional, non-hysteric and fair. Sadly, never will reporting like this ever happen again.

[@truthhurts3524]

As a kid, remember my father watching Jennings in the 80’s, and I kept watching when I got older. Class act always.

[@philb.1502]

R.I.P. to the greatest news anchor of all time! Peter Jennings was simply the BEST to ever do it. His professionalism, intelligence, and integrity were unmatched!

[@debbiebrantley61]

Well said,our modern media sorely misses people like him,waaaay too biased these days

[@rockisheaven]

His was one of the omnipresent voices of my childhood-even as a young girl I knew I could always trust what he reported on ABC.

[@tylerkeller8869]

It's really quite pathetic that seemingly the only time we can come together as a nation, is when struck with a tragedy such as this. Here we are 22 years later, more divided than we've ever been. The only time in my life that I've ever experienced this country feeling proud to be American, was immediately after 9/11.

[@scotts3460]

I feel the same way… too sad. What the hell is wrong with everyone?

[@TLR1988]

​@@scotts3460they're racist and that's the only answer. Whites as well a lot of Hispanics still look down on blacks and that's evident just looking at any comment section of a video of black crime video. No matter who the aggressor is, they always leave subliminal racist comments and that mindset is all over the world so we'll never come together.

[@jpete3027666]

Yeah I agree, and it's gotten me thinking if a 9/11 happened today what would our country's reaction be? Would it be to unite or remain divided? I think we would probably remain divided unfortunately.

[@marshamariner7897]

We were divided b4 9 11....but even more and alot worse since the dumpy traitor has been involved.....it's disturbing and insane🤢🤮🤬🤢🤮🤬

[@rafaelmillan5800]

Well said !!!

[@brendandax]

Peter Jennings. Calm. Measured. Honest. Real

[@jpete3027666]

I am 44 now, I was 22 at the time. This is my generation's Pearl Harbor or JFK. America hasn't been the same since. If a 9/11 happened today I think our country wouldn't have the capability to unite like we did 22 years ago.

[@michaele.francis]

I was 22 as well just finishing up college when this happened. I live in Maryland, and it was scary when we heard that the Pentagon got hit. If 9/11 happened today, there would have been alot of livefeeds from folks who are inside the building and outside the building. It would be graphic.

[@maryhlad5277]

I was 31 when this horrific attack happened. I felt like that I was kicked hard in the stomach.

[@silverpurkat]

@@michaele.francis I was 27 and I was driving back home that morning from a doctors appointment and I heard on the radio that the pentagon got hit. I literally had my heart in my throat in fear looking up in the sky looking for a low flying airplanes. I live in Connecticut. My anxiety was through the roof and Peter was a beacon of calmness for me while I watch with tears in my eyes thinking of all the 10,000 of thousands deaths that might have happened during that time and not knowing the official numbers until weeks later. Can’t believe it’s 22 years ago.

[@Blind_Blind_Blind]

I was a 10th grader when this happened. Knowing that life in America has changed, scared me in so many ways.

[@cjhoward409]

I’m 57 now, wasn’t born till 2 years after JFK was shot, so this too is my Pearl Harbor or JFK event. I’ll never forget where I was that morning. 😢

[@privatedeletebuttongooglei5221]

My favorite news reporter ever

[@TheKatdawg65]

When I was very little, Peter Jennings frequently reported from Nam. I had such a crush on him that my family could get me to be quiet just by saying "Peter Jennings". I was crushed when we list him, he was a good man.

[@Nmax]

Peter Jennings was a man to be admired. His voice is so soothing.

[@CaptCovfefe515]

I was seven when 9/11 happened and ABC was my family’s go-to news network in the 2000s, if not them then NBC. Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw were regulars on our televisions, and I liked Peter so much more than Tom. It's been nearly 20 years but I remember seeing the news of his death on ESPN one morning and realizing the world news at dinner would never be the same without him.

[@bodbn]

I know plenty of other comment haves already stated this but Peter Jennings was a great journalist and is greatly missed.

[@BGTuyau]

The proportion of comments devoted to Mr. Jennings's performance relative to that of those devoted to the news itself is noteworthy and a testimony to his quality as a broadcaster. Thanks for posting this ...

[@johnsjohnson448]

Mr. Jennings, Mr. Rather, and Mr. Brokaw were the last of the BIG time broadcast TELEVISION News Anchors who were not "manufactured." They did it all, from the ground up and were there when Americans needed them most. I greatly miss all of them. Thanks for sharing.

[@handsome-brute2666]

Not to mention Bernard Shaw of CNN

[@johnsjohnson448]

I am sorry about not mentioning the late great Mr. Shaw. He was terrific and I always enjoyed his newscasts which were both fair and balanced. I miss him greatly. Thanks for reminding me. Be safe.@@handsome-brute2666

[@BolsaChicaRadio]

@johnsjohnson448: Your view & analysis of these fine television broadcasters, was not only true in all respects, but when you used the stirring term, they were not 'manufactured', that in itself deserves these fine gentlemen great honor & humble respect from us all, who turned to them for facts, and not the fiction, that we here in 2024, are served up to us on a pompous & glutenous, moment by moment, second by second basis. BolsaChicaRadio.

[@Trojanny]

I feel CNN soldiering on though things today.

[@JL050]

I remember watching this on that night. Hours later and still couldn’t piece things together as a fresh high school student. Peter Jennings essentially carried me through that week. Too know that this day led to his resumption of smoking which ultimately led to his death is all the more sad.

[@donted60]

Peter Jennings was one of the voices of my childhood. One of the voices I will never forget.

[@mstone9364]

I wish Peter was still here today

[@TheOne-xu5oy]

I remember watching this broadcast with Mr. Jennings as I remained in the state of shock for most of the day.

[@simonfisher836]

I''ve never seen this reporter before, but what a great honest and sensible report. No fake drama or emotion that you get with some reporters. He really could connect with the viewer.

[@cjhoward409]

@@RooneyMac He died pretty quickly after his diagnosis too, if I remember correctly.

[@mercedesbenzodiazapine]

Peter Jennings. he was on air for 17 hours. it was insane. in the media he is remembered for his efforts that day, described as "herculean." easily the most memorable event in televised journalism for me, right up there with walter cronkite breaking jfk's death.

[@mercedesbenzodiazapine]

@@RooneyMac i literally did not see any footage until my last class that day. i was in 11th grade, 15 miles outside the city in NJ, and everything i'd heard until lunchtime were just absurd rumors (like a bunch of kids said two planes were stuck between the towers lmao 🙄). because the cellular network had been obliterated due to the mass call event, i and the other kids with cellphones couldn't reach family working and/or living in NYC. my whole family and i were born in new york so all my relatives were there and my dad worked worked in a scyscraper (from which he saw everything that happened after the 1st plane hit). so yeah it took me hours for me to hear confirmed reports and the next few hours were about getting in touch with any of family members. a staff member found me in my 2nd to last class of the day to let me know she got ahold of my mom and that my whole family was safe and my dad would be crossing the geroge washington bridge on foot back to NJ. phew, outta the woods. except not really because i will never forget what i saw and how i felt when in walked into that classroom and saw the south tower getting sliced like a stick of butter by an airplane. the worst was when school ended and the principal came on the intercom and acknowledged how over the following days we would find out who was "directly affected" (technically millennials and some gen z from the NYC metro area are all considered directly affected childhood victims of terrorism, we even have a name, Tuesday's Kids). that was a huge blow. my family was safe but some of my classmates lost family. it was horrible.

[@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991]

Peter Jennings anchored ABC World News Tonight for a little over 20 years, 1983 until his death in 2005. Even before I took much interest in the news (I was 16 in 1983), I appreciated Mr. Jennings' calm presence each evening on TV. He was a class act who is very much missed.

[@ladynikkie]

​​@@RooneyMacthe last of the true journalists

[@Yobbie72]

Never seen Peter Jennings and Diane Sawyer so real. Peter is exhausted, and Diane is talking in her own voice, instead of her TV 'journalist' voice.

[@ricardoherrera6869]

Peter Jennings was a class act and could steer us properly to get the news. I remember my heart sank when I found out he had passed. I had grown up with him my whole life

[@ericsamuelson5656]

I was a high school senior when 9/11 happened. Peter was a trooper staying on the air for all hours when the unexpected happened. A great newsman left us way too young.

[@ericsamuelson5656]

@@cap6741 I graduated in 2002

[@ericsamuelson5656]

@@cap6741 what made you say that you troll?

[@BlueSavior25]

He started his 2001-2002 senior year in August, a month before 9/11.

[@BlueSavior25]

@@cap6741 oh this isn't about me, I wayyyy too young for 9/11 at the time. What I described was how @ericsamuelson 's senior year worked, since you clearly didn't know how it worked

[@can72287]

I was a freshmen. Wasn’t in the building but 6 days. All these new older kids all around….then this happened.

[@CaityCat05]

I will never forget Peter Jennings & his voice reporting all kinds of news events when I was growing up-I was fourteen on this day & while I was trying to figure out still what was happening, it was a comfort to hear him this day & nostalgia hit me hearing his voice again when I came across this. I knew it was him before I even saw his face, man do I miss hearing him reporting about everything.

[@Divine-Thunder.]

As a little 5yr old I remember Peter Jennings at the Munich Olympics 1972. R.I.P. sir. Such a classy Canadian.

[@BeliaLastes]

RIP to all of the people who lost their lives on that day and RIP Peter Jennings 🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🕊️😢

[@SuzeQKnits4997]

Wow, it's been a long time since I've seen Peter Jennings. Truly a great reporter and one of my favorite people, I miss him so much..

[@tomtagliente1464]

Peter Jennings was my favorite broadcaster, and his presence on the screen was a very calming voice through every unfolding tragedy America went through. I remember his coverage of CHALLENGER, too.

[@debmainas]

When Reporting was reporting!

[@CM-ho5ic]

Peter Jennings & Frank Reynolds were my favorite news casters

[@SummitProductionsSouth]

Peter Jennings was so incredible. RIP. This reminds me of when you could actually trust the news.

[@mikejejenich-pb5zx]

This country never recovered from 911. The 2000s. Have been horrible. The 90s. Was the last great decade 💯 ✅

[@chrismoneystl]

Agreed

[@seanc546]

I remember finding myself watch Peter Jennings all throughout that day and days that followed. His calming voice helped get me through the horrific images.

[@BradFalck-mn3pc]

One of the last trustworthy journalists RIP Mr Jennings 🇨🇦

[@hectorlopez1069]

He was a Canadian from Toronto.

[@Gaetano.94]

I didn't know that! Hope he was a huge Leafs fan!

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

​@@hectorlopez1069 Yes, but he became a naturalized US citizen.

[@theduchessofkitty4107]

Peter Jennings had quit smoking and was tobacco-free for about a decade. Then, 9/11 happened. He returned to the cigarette: he was so shocked and anxious because of it. Needless to say, he passed on in 2005.

[@feliciachoate410]

Peter Jennings, a true 💎 reporting newsworthy stories .

[@MitchGrooms]

Peter was so depressed over the attack it actually killed him because he started smoking again and he died of lung cancer. Peter actually tells this story

[@cjhoward409]

It’s a horrible addiction

[@davidfeltz8697]

😭😢😭

[@user-ul1hp8vp7y]

😂

[@taydrabrookshire347]

@@user-ul1hp8vp7y🫤

[@raydalight]

⁠@@user-ul1hp8vp7ywhat’s funny

[@m.h.6499]

The first plane impact is on film. The Naudet brothers captured it while accompanying some Firefighters on a run to a possible gas leak. They were filming a documentary on a Firefighter in Fire House One. Either Gedeon or Jules Naudet heard the low flying plane and turned his camera toward it. Their documentary is still online. But Peter Jennings wouldn’t have known that. Jennings is missed. What a calming presence on a shattering, horrible day.

[@ghunter182003]

I believe it was Jules that captured most of the footage inside Tower 1. Gedeon captured footage on the streets and he captured the 2nd plane.

[@m.h.6499]

@@ghunter182003 Thanks for that info. I couldn’t remember which brother shot which footage. They lost one another as the buildings collapsed, and each was afraid he had lost his brother. Their reunion at the Firehouse is in the documentary. I think it’s incredible that the first plane Flight 11 was captured on film.

[@jamesfields2916]

That's an incredible documentary. CNN aired it six months later.

[@idontlikecops1]

That footage wasn't actually released till about a week later. There's one more video from inside a car entering a tunnel. That video didn't surface for a few years actually. Word on the grapevine is that there's actually 2 or 3 different angles on home video that haven't been exposed

[@Great-Documentaries]

CBS. Not CNN.

[@andyk6796]

The stress of the events that day caused Peter Jennings to start smoking again. He died of lung cancer just 4 years later at the age of 67. He was a class act and truly missed.

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

How I so miss Peter Jennings !!! This man was a true journalist and newsman.we don't have many true, objective news men anymore.😮

[@helendayle6502]

Yes he was a news reporter who showed integrity, class, and calm during that stormy day. None of that sensational news reporting we see today.

[@Great-Documentaries]

You do realize they said the same thing about Edward R Murrow and pointed to the young Peter Jennings as an example of all that was wrong with the new reporters, right? Every generation makes this mistake.

[@broganhogan3469]

I watched this as a middle schooler on my bunny ears TV in my room, trying to figure out what, how, and why… It’s amazing how different our world is compared to back then. How awful all the families and lives destroyed by terrorism.

[@TrangPakbaby]

Peter had such a strong presence I actually forget sometimes he’s no longer with us. Rest well, King. U are missed 🙏🏽❤️

[@DevinStevens2032]

They don’t make ‘em like Peter anymore.

[@JustMe-ob3nw]

Nope

[@sexywheelsderek]

I will never forget this day

[@patmayer7222]

One of the G.O.A.T. newscasters...looking at this 22 years now,,we have lost so much,,,,,,,,,,,,.........some still around,,,.............peace out.

[@Tiffany.1970]

I miss Peter Jennings and his voice such a talented news caster ..... so missed by all 😢❤🎉

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

Im 40 now, and this happened during my senior year journalism class. I deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan and spent the best years of my life battling islamic extremists. RIP Mr. Jennings, you had such presence and compassion.😢

[@DevonRexLady]

Thank you for your service. 🙏

[@adebeautybox]

Thank you for your service. I was in class my senior year too watching it on the news.

[@jpmnky]

Thank you for archiving this.

[@maildeliverysubsystemmaile9178]

I miss him a lot. He was just always there-narrating all the major events. 😢

[@RajaReign78]

I miss Peter Jennings he was so good at his job and always knew the assignment.

[@TheOne-xu5oy]

Time waits on no man, but i still can’t believe 9/11 happened and I can’t believe it’s been 22 years already.

[@joannepiatte4026]

I remember as a teenager watching the 5:00 news and seeing Peter Jennings reporting from Vietnam. He was there for many years. Then finally he came home and started doing the evening news. Watched him quite often. Then he passed away. I was so sad. I wonder what he would say about the news today.

[@isharee3039]

He would say it’s not news. 😢

[@ottomedic51texas75]

I miss Peter Jennings!! He was the only person I trusted with the news!

[@thomasgraf1986]

We watched Peter all day that day. Such a reassuring voice in an uncertain time. 29:08 Casual mention of Senator Biden

[@TheKatdawg65]

I watched him that day, as well.

[@CaityCat05]

He had a reassuring voice no matter what he was reporting, one of the most iconic voices of the news you can recognize instantly. Miss listening to him!!

[@javierbarrucz7755]

RIP PETER JENNINGS

[@davidslife989]

Am I wrong to say that Peter Jennings was this generation Walter Cronkite?

[@OTownNews]

Absolutely no hyperbole.

[@boristheamerican2938]

Ya we also had Dan Rather. All the 3 networks had a guy.

[@davidslife989]

@@boristheamerican2938 Yes that's right! Forgot about Dan. Ah I see. Well all three networks had their own Walter Cronkite. 😁

[@buckeyeschmave]

@@boristheamerican2938 Well, Peter Jennings didn't ruin his career with blatantly false reporting either like Dan Rather. Rather was no Cronkite and he certainly wasn't Brokaw or Jennings either.

[@volstron]

Dan Rather Peter Jennings Tom Brokaw Legendary Anchors of my time (Too young to remember or didn't see them growing up)

[@m.k.m.319]

Being told to stay in my room by my parents after they heard the news of this horrible tragedy when I was just getting ready for my pre-Kindergarten class was, unfortunately, my earliest memory. We must never forget those who perished on those planes and in those towers. We can't.

[@chuchuman1163]

I agree with you. We should never forget those people who lost their lives that day. Never ever.

[@DevonRexLady]

Pete Jennings was my favourite newsreader, a real class act. No one will ever come close.

[@whatwillbem6825]

What’s so sad is the damage it did immediately…but for years to come…😔😢

[@MarkJohnson-zy4fd]

Peter Jennings was a great broadcaster. I expect he made errors and had biases, but he was a class act.

[@lemurianchick]

As someone who was an adult in 2001 and never had cable, I can say that I was probably not the only one just absorbed in the live coverage for days on end. The only news coverage that rivaled it in my lifetime was the Rodney King riots in 1992.

[@nutzabout3]

Just happened to have that day off from work. My wife (RIP❤ ) and I just held each other on our couch all day and night watching this horror unfold. I'll certainly never forget it.

[@LeafInTheWind88]

Journalism is a totally different entity nowadays. RIP Mr. Jennings.

[@krisstarring]

I remember watching Peter Jennings report on 9/11 and seeing the human side of him on that fateful day. He slipped up and said "It's been one hell of a day," but then apologized for his language. Honestly, that was pretty mild compared to some of the other four letter words uttered by most of us that day, but he knew it wasn't considered "professional" to say something like that. But what was "professional" anymore on a day so tragic and chaotic? Peter was one of the best newsman in the business. Not confrontational, not controversial. Honest and straight to the point. I miss guys in the business like him. Sadly, I think he can be considered one of the latter casualties of 9/11, as it was the stress of covering that story that led him back to smoking cigarettes that more than likely led to his death from lung cancer 4 years later.

[@steelermia]

peter jennings died just 4 yrs after this .. at 67 .. I remember that being another shock .. he always looked youthful .. I didn't know at the time that he had lung cancer

[@cjhoward409]

He was a life long smoker

[@starababa1985]

I remember that first serious smoker's cough he made on the air without the mute button. My head snapped around, and I knew it was the beginning of the end.

[@cjhoward409]

@@starababa1985 My father in law who smoked all his life, suddenly came down with a bad cough… 3-4 days later he was coughing up blood… a week later he was dead. Horrible way to go

[@chuchuman1163]

​@@cjhoward409Tat is so sad to hear. I feel sorry that he went through that before he died.

[@worldtraveler134]

After watching this broadcast I wonder what Peter Jennings would think of today's journalist? Impeccable!

[@flexx7543]

During one of the country's darkest moments, Jennings reported with a level of unmatched demeanor and professionalism that is hardly, if so, found these days. The corruption and madness of today's social media if it had been in place then would have added untold damage to the crisis...rest in peace Peter.

[@lliselsolis4456]

Miss his professional demeanor. Grew up watching him every weeknight with my mom❤

[@cassidybb10]

I miss Peter

[@americanhotdog]

Not sure why every mooslum was not deported after the occurrence

[@Great-Documentaries]

Why not deport all the Christians after Christian terrorist (and US veteran) Timothy McVey bombed Oklahoma City killing 19 toddlers? Did the UK deport all the Irish Catholics after all the Catholic terrorist incidences over a nearly 100 year period? Maybe learn a little more before making comments like this?

[@hectorlopez1069]

It's already 22 years that this terrifying day happened and it changed the whole world completely.

[@alanluscombe8a553]

So important to have this stuff saved. Being able to post this type of stuff is what makes KZbin great

[@michellea1647]

I will never forget this horrible day and at the same time I had just been able to bring my fourth son home he was born on 9/6/2001 that morning I picked my son up with hubby from hospital he had brought us home and was going back to work and it was so horrible watching this bless everyone whom was affected by lost loved ones that day and the world always praying for eveyone also!

[@kaylabrownell1268]

I was in 6th grade when this happened. I remember writing letters to the firefighters, police officers, and the people who tried to find survivors or bodies. I remember at my school a lot of parents gave their kids big boxes of Milk Bone dog treats for the sniffer dogs who were used to find people or corpses. We just carried on, counselors tried to talk to us but they were as shocked as us, I remember my principal being asked why it happened, he just, "I don't know, I just don't know."

[@ShAySlIm130]

I was 11 and I remember watching this show. Seeing him get emotional...sigh. My mom loved him.

[@vernieb2005]

I would have been crying the whole time. What a professional journalist he was. Extraordinary, really

[@bruinman1012]

Peter Jennings is a legend. ❤

[@jabjab4434]

9/11 💔 Peter Jennings

[@meloyellowduck]

Sadly what the witness aid at point 6:30 is true to this day, dust--it got into their lungs. There was no way to escape that, and tragically still is a killer to this day for the people who inhaled it. So horrible.

[@cattuslavandula]

Peter Jennings. Geez, they sure don't make 'em like him anymore. ♥

[@davidfeltz8697]

Miss Peter. Lung csncer took him so suddenly. He was so special grew up with him delivering us the news. A total legend!

[@brookscowan90]

thank you for posting this

[@homewoodhunts]

Wow the news presenting the news.....not being biased taking a side....miss though days. 😢

[@Great-Documentaries]

Stop watching Faux News. Problem solved.

[@chuchuman1163]

I had this really somber feeling of sadness watching this recording of the World News Tonight with Peter Jennings news coverage of the September 11 attacks. I obviously felt sad because of how despite this being over 20 years ago this was such a tragic event in history. Even though I wasn't originally around when this happened because I was born in August 2003 I still feel bad for all the people who lost their lives that day and all the people who who had witnessed it. May all those people who died that day rest in peace and God bless the relatives of those people as well. 😔🙏