Imus In The Morning/Mike And The Mad Dog (Reconstructed Full 9/11 Broadcast)

[@mbaer5]

Airplane sound effects featured in a commercial for a watch store in the WTC. How eerie.

[@commensence3419]

2:55 first plane announced 14:47 second plane hits

[@RPPIII13]

You are my goddamn hero

[@RadioParanormaliumPL]

That advertisement around 14:00 is the most awkward moment of this recording. Worst time for such an ad!

[@travelingman5146]

HAAAAAAA! But they didn't know!

[@Ed3737]

Hours after the collapse and WFAN was still running a normal commercial load during breaks. Sounded weird then, sounds ridiculously tone deaf 20 years later.

[@jaysantos536]

Gotta pay the bills. Nothing much was happening at that time anyway.

[@chalklounge]

Warner’s first hand account from his apartment window is a remarkable piece of journalism. Heartbreaking.

[@johnnywishbone.]

susan's account was way more accurate and concise.

[@enjoyer6201]

The Stern show and the Opie and Anthony show both had amazing broadcasts that day too.

[@Thrashman-ye4cf]

I think it’s good and makes it more interesting that Howard was on during the attack, while O and A were on just a few hours after it was over. Gives kind of two different perspectives from the same day.

[@SlickBlackCadillac]

Robyn drops Hamas as a possible perp practically instantly. Always thought she was smart for that.

[@ucfqb]

@@SlickBlackCadillac why would that be smart?

[@topspot4834]

That Stern broadcast was amazing. My dad worked on the South Tower, thank God he's ok, but the phones weren't working until later that afternoon so we didn't know. Stern had the best coverage, better than any of the news networks. Cabbie was great too, and the day after was a good show.

[@Heiko_K]

I think H. Stern made the comment that "we should nuke them 😂". Maybe he's not so proud of this, but in the heat of the moment I can understand.

[@robjschaffer8296]

I'm floored that they kept airing commercials during all this.

[@katevand]

gotta sell during hell

[@musicmandon1]

I wondered if anybody else would notice that. talk about crass. I lived in South Carolina back then, and nobody aired commercials during the early hours of the catastrophe. most of the small stations connected with larger stations so you got the news from the source with the most ability to get news. Sports talk host Jim Rome was on for about one minute, told his listeners that all stations carrying his show should immediately return to news programs and signed off.

[@JT-sq3sn]

musicmandon1 I did. And I cringed. It was just out of place.

[@howardjones6432]

Realization of what was taking place hadn't truly set in. I've listened to other broadcasts and there were people that actually laughed during their commentaries... Their was shock first, and the first thing we do as human beings is to try and accept those kind of events as small things... That is until the mind can began to absorb the reality of the situation... Then we began to accept, show respect, and grieve..

[@BlueCyann]

Not to defend exactly, especially later, but people really didn't understand at first. Many of the callers were underestimating the size of the plane or hadn't seen it; it was easy to believe or to hope it was a horrible-looking but relatively minor accident. Where you wouldn't necessarily cancel commercials if you heard of a small plane crashing into a building somewhere. Of course I didn't personally have to listen to commercials going on all day (we had a radio playing at work, but it was on a different station), so I'm just responding to the impact of what I did hear.

[@danielspallone6892]

I can’t believe it’s going to be 20 years ago next year. I had criticized some things I heard on this broadcast but it was such a shock I can’t blame the i man for stammering.Great effort by the i man and Charles. Rest In Peace I Man.

[@nickinportland]

I was only 11 at the time but remember it vividly. I watch these videos and it’s still almost too horrible to believe it really happened.

[@kevinb6831]

I feel as if this changed the world forver. Freedoms and liberties descended after this.

[@nymike06]

While living in NY, this radio broadcast is how I first found out about 9-11.

[@eddiebarnett2217]

nymike06 I was driving by my favorite spot by a river in east Tennessee . 2001 had been a hard year for me , don't even know why I was listening to imus, but I will never forget it.

[@nymike06]

Same here, Eddie. I will never forget this broadcast.

[@Aaliyahchannel2024]

I call bullshit

[@SerenityNow9015]

I presume that Joe Pesci’s celebrity skins tournament was cancelled?

[@Doc_BBQ]

Here again to re-live the events, so that I NEVER FORGET what happened on this day. 9/11/01 - NEVER FORGET!

[@PhotonBread]

I’ve got a whole playlist of any audio I can find from that day. I listen to them at work. So glad all of this is memorialized so we never forget. If you haven’t yet, check out the 9/11 Digital Archives. There’s some incredible stuff on there you won’t find on YT. 09/11/01 - Never Forget 911digitalarchive.org

[@jaysantos536]

I forgot this a long time ago. Old news.

[@Babewatcherbob]

@@jaysantos536 you obviously werent old enough before this happened, otherwise you'd know that was the day the world changed, especially for the United States. Also, no one cares, or asked.

[@jaysantos536]

@@Babewatcherbob I was talking about the silly radio shows with these clowns.

[@Thetrueking-gr2ss]

@@jaysantos536 JUST STFU AND HAVE RESPECT FOR THE DEAD,JERKOFF

[@buckeyeschmave]

Did not expect to hear Suzyn Waldman on here. She and Francesa nailed it.

[@deniseeulert5220]

I noticed that the watch commercial mentioned their brand had a shop in the WTC.

[@hb8162]

That hit me too!!!

[@jaysantos536]

Not anymore...

[@AroundSun]

Never underestimate the power of advertising, even during a tragedy

[@WiseCrack5150]

I don't see you paying their bills

[@christophercooper6731]

…a specialist segment about being part of history…

[@Gildhattie]

@@WiseCrack5150 riiiiiight even Howard Stern cut the ads when it happen

[@RandoBurner]

@@WiseCrack5150 Bro, this is more than half commercials...

[@mikeodonnell6799]

never let a good crisis go to waste?

[@vpreggie]

Morning radio at its worst - 5 minutes of content, 5 minute of inane ads. I have to say that among all the morning radio shows that “covered” this event live The Howard Stern Show remains the most raw, honest and emotional experience I have seen. All these other automaton sock-puppets scrambling to wedge in their batch of ads between canned responses is just cringe-worthy garbage.

[@jay_ay_why]

20 years. never forget.

[@jaysantos536]

Forget what? A couple plane crashes?

[@davidcaton6010]

I lived in Manhattan on 9/11. I worked nights. I rolled over in my sleep listening to this hilarious Imus riff on how lame football fans are, and then the world changed.

[@J.B24]

Having to do f'ing ads when people are burning to death is morally egregious.

[@DannyGoldingTV]

14:37 "The World Trade Center" WFAN Commerical!

[@nymike06]

Strange coincidence.

[@jefvarnadore2267]

With the sound of a plane ✈️ flying too that’s just weird

[@rjperfetto584]

It's not a coincidence......

[@DannyGoldingTV]

@@rjperfetto584 Why do you say that? That commercial would have ran numerous other times on WFAN on other days LMAO

[@rjperfetto584]

@@DannyGoldingTV Aghhhhh come on sir, too ironic isn't it ...

[@ericmcgrath9472]

His information was incorrect again. Flight 11 slammed the North tower first. Then flight 175 did in the south tower. Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. And the flight 93 passengi overtook the highjackers.

[@Just.A.T-Rex]

Yep, a lot of wrong info was going around for the first few hours. It was a wild and tragic ride.

[@jpmnky]

It took hours to get things sorted in the media. It all happened so fast that wrong information was being passed around for a while.

[@BlueCyann]

I was listening to this at the time, had just left for work. Man. Didn't realize the call from Warner Wolf was so delayed from the actual impact time until just now but it makes sense in retrospect hearing the (also delayed) report of the second impact just as I was arriving. It was bad enough from 40-50 miles away, the horror of being in it is hard to fathom.

[@ekim1mets865]

What a putrid job Imus in the morning did covering this event. They went to a million commercials and still did their corny prerecorded comedy bits. Howard Stern never went to commercial and stayed on the air 3 extra hours covering the story.

[@Kardaszpm]

Imus was a dusgrace.

[@ekim1mets865]

@@Kardaszpm Nice getting a reply to something I wrote a year ago.

[@senilejoe7932]

You can’t tell the difference between Howard stern and Imus now they are the same entity

[@ekim1mets865]

@@senilejoe7932 You're right. Stern show is trash.

[@lanemcreynolds9894]

I’m not a local New Yorker I really don’t see the dog to pick in this discussion. I guess just doing your job doesn’t apply here??

[@Adino1]

1:41:01 from this point they stopped their normal radio show broadcast and it got very emotional Their ad-blocks happened during all of the major events of 9-11 before this point, someone finally realized it was time to refund the advertisers

[@robertscott1361]

They may have had to get someone with the tech know how to get those out of the automatic programming. I think in radio a lot of times they have the breaks programmed to happen automatically.

[@Adino1]

@@robertscott1361 Possible

[@nmikloiche]

@2:52 9/11 content starts

[@Perktube1]

Sheesh. As long as the commercial breaks are, they should have their own show! With an announcer saying what ads will air and what time they'll break back to the show, lol.

[@d1agram4]

Perktube1 imus did have a show on.. CNBC I think.. mil he called the WNBA a bunch of nappy headed hoes.

[@DavianSinner]

I used to listen to AM talk radio at work until I could not take all of the commercial breaks anymore. It's ridiculous.

[@ropersonline]

Incredibly inappropriate commercial at 3:51:54, which compared those sad and "poor" insurance companies with the 1993 WTC bombing. I guess they didn't realise in time to pull that ad off the air. Also, if they were worried about too many or too large claims before 9/11...

[@jackharle1251]

No wonder everyone said the Stern 911 recording was far superior.

[@c.t.turner2123]

1010 WINS had the best coverage

[@ajogg]

@mindlessgonzoALT do you have the Loyalty oaths audio that Francesa told Jewish people in America should sign?

[@mindlessgonzoalt]

I can't find it. I doubt anyone would have it, regardless of cover-up or not.

[@TheLocalLt]

That never made any sense, Francesa would rather America abandon Israel, the only pro-American democracy in the Middle East? In favor of who? Iran? Lmao

[@ajogg]

@@TheLocalLt he just thought Jewish people living in the USA should sign loyalty oaths to the USA. Francesa's a moron.

[@TheLocalLt]

@@ajogg read my comment again. By suggesting this Francesa was implying that America’s support of Israel caused the attack. My point is that regardless of whether that’s true or not, Francesa thinks it would be wiser to abandon our only ally in that region? That that would somehow make us safer from another attack?

[@robbeyroad2]

1:25:40 Awful

[@maxheadroom1207]

In the first round of commercials theres was about a blood shortage in NY and the need to donate blood and another about a plane descending.....EERIE!

[@katevand]

you think that's not connected? are you kidding? they set this up the best way

[@rjperfetto584]

@@katevand Agreed, it's not ironic, the same with JFK assassination talking about guns and oil and buying gold and a psychic smiling at you in there commercials before going on to footage from there affiliate stations somewhere in Dallas

[@jaysantos536]

@@katevand Bush ordered it. Cheney approved.

[@fredmar6436]

@@jaysantos536 Everything is orchestrated by a higher power. Human beings are nothing but puppets. Divine Intervention. EVERYTHING.

[@fredmar6436]

@@katevand Everything is DIVINE INTERVENTION. We're merely puppets.

[@calliopivogiatzis2235]

Their coverage of this attack on the twin towers is very descriptive

[@Patsy_Parisi]

Why did they keep running ads while the city was under siege?

[@____________________________48]

They would have problems with the people they had adds with

[@patstokes7040]

that guy on the left looks like a little kid wearing his Daddys cowboy hat.

[@Thrashman-ye4cf]

😂 He reminds me of a weird courage the cowardly dog character or something lol

[@TheMW2informer]

You should look up what he said about Rutgers basketball team

[@Psikucertk]

2:02:45 that’s Matt Lauer not Tom Brokaw

[@ericmcgrath9472]

Mike was incorrect in reporting what tower was first struck and assuming that the Air Force struck down flight 93. I guess he learned the facts later.

[@Just.A.T-Rex]

Flight 93 most definitely was shot down.

[@ericmcgrath9472]

@@Just.A.T-Rex get the facts correct. It crashed.

[@jaysantos536]

@@ericmcgrath9472 F-16 air to air missiles made it crash. I know the pilot that wasted it...

[@Thetrueking-gr2ss]

@@jaysantos536 IT WASN'T MISSILES, IDIOT.THE PLANES WERE HIJACKED AND DELIBERATELY CRASHED INTO THE WTC

[@Thetrueking-gr2ss]

@@Just.A.T-Rex IDIOT ASSHOLE,GOT PROOF? IF NOT,STFU AND HAVE RESPECT FOR THE DEAD

[@AAli220]

4:33:01 start of Mike

[@ronin2999]

the commercials tho.😮 this had to be worse decision in broadcast history.

[@cahillgreg]

Buildings falling apart? Get Gorrila Glue. Gorrila Glue for all your fixer-uppers!

[@jonathanstrong4812]

Har Har NOT!

[@davidbrothers6043]

How is it that these new yorkers didn't know the difference between the two towers I never been to New York City let alone the trade towers yet I knew which one was which

[@jefvarnadore2267]

I was 21 at the time and my GF woke me up (I was sleeping over at her parents house) saying “babe something just hit the wtc” I was dead asleep so I thought I’m sure it’s not that big a deal and went back to sleep only to be woken again a few minutes later with her saying “Jef you got to get up and see this a second plane ✈️ has hit the other tower” first I’d heard about a plane.. so then of course that woke me right up I went in the kitchen with her and her mom to see the tv playing the vid on a loop of the plane hitting and honestly I was in shock the rest of the day.. I feel like that’s when my childhood innocence truly ended that day I was never the same again.

[@clairejensen4859]

Thanks for posting Gonzo xx

[@tonchi74]

2:50 First Announcement

[@nene90047R1]

this audio is gold ......... love imus francesa love new york.

[@drakenred6908]

Our local radio had some random comertial breaks and cut ins because it was literaly a 2 person team and his producer engineer was trying to calm him down.

[@OD12232]

I'll never forget 13 years old my mother pulling me out of school and while walking to the car looking to my right seeing the smoke. I was fortunate my father made it out of the city late that night but many neighbors and other parents of kids at my school never came home

[@threeminuteshate]

Are you kidding me? You had confirmation of two hijacked planes being flown into the largest buildings in the most important city on the planet and he runs commercials and then comedy bits? Those producers are real scummy.

[@r3tr0actiongamer24]

That's Imus for you

[@stevesalkas9128]

Agree

[@anarcho-pingu]

Don Imus - popular on the radio despite being unable to pronounce most words fully

[@roz2365]

2:17

[@danielspallone5135]

@Roz He couldn’t complete sentence most of the time it was painful hearing him during this broadcast!!

[@ALSNewsNow]

And now let's go to 2 hours of commercials

[@trump-totalwar6509]

sir does this mean that ann margarets not coming?

[@nymike06]

Fast forward to February 2018. Warner Wolf would be suing Don Imus for age discrimination.

[@danielspallone6892]

Who would have thought 18 years later that Imus would be dead.

[@jaysantos536]

9:02 - BREAKING NEWS!! Reggie Jackson just hit his third home run of the game! Wow didn't realize they played morning games in the World Series.

[@wobby1268]

And then Tino Martinez hit a grand slam! Damn, I didn't even know they were on the same team!

[@13MAM13]

The very city they broadcast from is under attack and they run viagra and propecia ads 😂

[@williamlucente2599]

“Some people did something.”

[@katevand]

William Lucente Cheney Yep

[@christopherdelgaudio9484]

The ads are u out of your fin mind!!

[@mattjarrells]

Howard Stern's show makes these shows the day of 9/11 look embarrassing.

[@trojanpony]

Warner Wolf single-handedly carried this coverage.

[@goldeneve]

Yup

[@Thetrueking-gr2ss]

LIAR

[@lucidhurricane]

My parents used to have this guy on the radio every morning, his voice is like fingernails on a blackboard.

[@markfrost2707]

Millions disagree

[@Thetrueking-gr2ss]

@@markfrost2707 And I'm one of them

[@wildflower7975]

💯

[@LadyRanger]

Here I am again

[@joshfoster6189]

Mike always the expert telling Warner at 5:28:00 'the south tower got hit first'. nope

[@wobby1268]

22:22

[@TheMediatorOfChaos]

The whole thing being preceded about the jersey rant is so funny in hindsight

[@tonchi74]

14:43 Second Plane

[@robertsickinger2099]

Imus is the dryest d j ever.

[@bobcarp1239]

so it's embarrassing to wear a Giants jersey, but it's not embarrassing to wear that gay cowboy hat?

[@LadyRanger]

In an emergency as such commercials must wait till later it's bad forcthr station not to stay on it??? LadyRanger

[@DannyGoldingTV]

8:45 LMFAO

[@davidbrothers6043]

That don imus sounds like tom brokaw wasn't he the one that was rivals with howard stern

[@romanpochemsaniy2069]

Commercials lol American airlines! Fly with us! it will be a blast! Even Stern didn't have commercials after the tragedy happened .

[@mariposamoreno]

the fucking mach 15 commercial made me sick to my stomach, considering it was about a damn plane and mentioned the wtc

[@royalwins2030]

I hate the way Imus went out but his voice always annoyed the piss out of me

[@georgehahn3690]

The Yankee game was obviously canceled that night

[@forgoatusbm5674]

Imus could have left a mark but instead punted like a lazy, washed up, old fart. Flipping channels, grumbling that everyone sucks. Gee, too bad "Imus" wasn't on. Warner was trying so hard to save him. Charles must have been eating a large breakfast. So sad.

[@newt0830]

can Imus make a complete sentence....god what a no-talent

[@robjschaffer8296]

newt0830 Years of alcoholism fried him

[@danielspallone6892]

He was talented but all the years of drug use messed him up.

[@Thetrueking-gr2ss]

@@robjschaffer8296 IDIOT

[@Thetrueking-gr2ss]

@@danielspallone6892 PROVE IT

[@dillpill9335]

14:34 oh no

[@jamesmclaren2268]

Stern was much better on 9/11

[@ashleygalliano1401]

James McLaren I agree

[@d1agram4]

Yeah, I like people making jokes about 9/11 while it is happening better than news. Jeez

[@paul-egz4264]

OnA didn't start til 4pm.. everything was already over by then.. Stern was too jewey, never heard fez show from that day

[@JennyBenFoldsFan421]

Paul-E G'z It is on KZbin somewhere if you’re interested….

[@JennyBenFoldsFan421]

James McLaren I saw all of the news coverage for David 911 happened… I heard Howard Stern cover it several months later… I was transfixed… I would’ve rather had that to go to because just having news news news news news like it was got to be overwhelming after a while. Opie and Anthony and Adam and Mike we’re good too…. Did not hear Ron and says but found at their show on KZbin or year or so ago

[@katevand]

Goodbye I Man

[@danielspallone5135]

Kate VD unfortunately people are saying they are glad he is dead. I mean ok he made a mistake making that remark but he was still an icon and yet the people forget all the stuff he did for the kids with cancer.

[@Thetrueking-gr2ss]

Rest In Peace,Don Imus

[@willleon9165]

Does this contain lost recordings the crazed adl are looking for😂😂😂

[@jjc1102]

Howard at K rock stop commercials at a certain point

[@jfragghianti]

Howard Stern did a MUCH better job covering 9/11

[@e2go]

The hell he did. Did a disgusting job screaming about bombing every country in the Middle East. Complete trash

[@stevesalkas9128]

You kidding there laughing the stupid lady I hope they got long ladder worst ever pod

[@altfactor]

R.I.P. Don Imus. And it's my understanding that Mike Fransesca has retired. Happy retirement, Mike!

[@javierbarrucz7755]

😮😮😮😮 4:06:19

[@JacobGrippenMusic]

All of the bullshit speculation while talking live is why there are so many stupid bullshit conspiracy theories about the physics of what happened that day. … I didn’t see a plane, must’ve been a missile. Twin engine, major jet engine, propeller plane. Wish we would’ve learned the lesson about speculating in real time, but we haven’t really.

[@mikec.8604]

i remember reading somewhere that the twin towers had a power shut down prior the weed end of that event

[@nickinportland]

Loved the vintage commercials the Webex one was crazy didn’t even know that was a thing in 2001

[@MarcoGosatti43]

Warner saying he didn't see or hear a plane. That the Tower just exploded.

[@jwood188]

That’s nice there’s also video of it so not sure what your point is

[@MarcoGosatti43]

@@jwood188 Quite clear what my point is. Like many others have come forward and said the same thing. You're joking? There's a video? My god I didn't know that.

[@danielspallone5135]

Rip Imus

[@PhotonBread]

Never Forget

[@stevesalkas9128]

That's what normal people do ya flog

[@fatherlarsathon]

Imus: "'Like' a demolition."

[@EarthdogGFX]

Thanks , I never heard this .. everyone was listening to Howard .... Imus sux

[@danielspallone6892]

Why listen then? I was a stern fan and didn’t like imus but I listened to some of his old broadcasts and I thought they were good.

[@Thetrueking-gr2ss]

Piss off and have respect for the dead

[@welterskelter]

1:15:20 Ha

[@senilejoe7932]

I thought I was listening to Howard Stern until I looked at the image

[@r3tr0actiongamer24]

Then you obviously never listened to Stern. Stern was brilliant and stayed on 3 hours after he normally ends the show. You sound like you live in the midwest or south

[@senilejoe7932]

@@r3tr0actiongamer24 You sound like you live in West Hollywood and Howard is Imus stern now

[@coreyortiz9913]

@@senilejoe7932 BS

[@2linepass1]

21 years later and it still feels like yesterday. We ALL remember where we were. I was at work, and we heard about the first place hitting the tower. We ran into the cafeteria where we had a tv in there and we were all glued to CNN (bite my tongue for saying that now) and that's when we all saw the second plane hit. There was a huge 'ohhhh my God" in the crowd in the cafeteria. I dont think anyone stayed at work that day. At the time my oldest at the time was 7 years old, and my 21 year old was born exactly a week before. All children were let out of school, went home and i think we were glued to the TV all day and night. I remember crying seeing all the people jump to their deaths. So sad!!

[@jp1170]

You’d think if they reconstructed this that they could have cut the non sense commercials out of iy

[@mindlessgonzoalt]

It's reconstructed in the sense of "this was in pieces all over the internet and I tried my best to make it whole."

[@jpmnky]

It’s better to keep it how it really aired.

[@jp1170]

@@mindlessgonzoalt I mean that doesnt change my point at all but fair enough. Appreciate you pulling it all together

[@stevengallant6363]

Either way people would bitch ...damned if you do damned if you don't

[@TheMW2informer]

@@stevengallant6363exactly but this is the right way to do it if they don’t like it they can skip the commercials, it’s like people who complain about baseball games being too long.

[@danrutherford9159]

I miss Imus

[@BigSplenda1885]

You're the only one

[@lisa_rest]

I was in the building a made it out only a split second before the tower fell

[@BillyBong]

Which building?

[@xXfallenmercy24Xx]

TOOO MUCH 9/11 FOR YAH ×.×

[@xXfallenmercy24Xx]

+Cat Bug u are a cat and for such cats are supposts to fly in tornados

[@xXfallenmercy24Xx]

+Cat Bug alrighty...but u have wings to outrun the tornado

[@xXfallenmercy24Xx]

+Cat Bug >.>