CNN to replay 9/11 coverage

[Leo Mazzone]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_on_hi_te/attacks_cnn

NEW YORK - CNN will mark the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by replaying on the Internet the cable network's coverage of that day's events.

Viewers can watch how events unfolded starting at 8:30 a.m., minutes before the first reports of an airplane hitting the World Trade Center. The feed will run in real time, as the network showed it five years ago, until midnight.

For the day, CNN will make its online video service, CNN Pipeline, available for free. Normally, viewers pay $2.95 a month or $24.95 a year for four separate video feeds.

Online viewers will be able to watch live reports of memorial services through one of the feeds. So that viewers won't accidentally stumble upon graphic footage from 2001, the replay feed will be covered with a notice instructing users to click only if they want to watch.

"Our users may choose to view the stream of coverage from Sept. 11, 2001, or live coverage of memorial services at Ground Zero, or they may click through the numerous interactive elements on the site," said David Payne, senior vice president and general manager of CNN.com. "They have the power to determine the best way for them to remember the anniversary."

 

[Cadet]

Yeah, that's exactly what I'll want to watch that day.

 

[buckweaver]

Hmm. Don't think I want to watch that again. Saw the second one hit live, while I was watching, yes, CNN. Still remember it pretty ****ing vividly. Don't need a replay on the computer; it's already in my head.

But glad they're putting this out there.

 

[John]

Hope this is better than the bin Laden thing CNN showed the other day.

 

[Claws for Concern]

We will never forget 9/11 ... It's in the movie theatres, it is mentioned in every speech by Dumbya and we continue to have people dying overseas because of it.

Thanks, CNN, but no thanks.

 

[Football_Bat]

I remember Stern replayed his show of that day in real time on the 1-year anniversary.

 

[slappy4428]

Yeah, that's exactly what I'll want to watch that day.

ACtually, I'd watch it again without any qualms

 

[85bears]

I want to watch it. Everything was so surreal going through that day, not knowing what was going to happen next. I thnk it would be fascinating to watch it with some context.

I guess I don't want to forget, easier as that might be.

 

[Blitz]

I'll watch it.

 

[spaceman]

**** that ****. Once was one time too many.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

On the other hand, they're serving nachos and beer at Aaron Brown's house.

 

[leo1]

this is interesting. there's no way in hell i'd watch it. i'd be interested to hear how the relatives of the victims feel. i have no personal connection to it but i still can't watch it whenever it comes up on TV just briefly. i can't explain it -- it just makes me anxious, frustrated and angry, i guess. so that's why i'm curious how you'd feel five years later if you had that intimate connection.

 

[patchs]

I still regret not sticking a tape in the VCR that day. It was a horrible day, but historic. Some day my kids (ages 6 and 4) are going to ask what was it like that day, I would love to show them.
BTW, CBS News has a book which includes a DVD with original coverage, but it's a compliation.
I was watching it last week and when the second plane hits the WTC, a witness on the phone, says, "That was on purpose!"
Chilling.

 

[85bears]

this is interesting. there's no way in hell i'd watch it. i'd be interested to hear how the relatives of the victims feel. i have no personal connection to it but i still can't watch it whenever it comes up on TV just briefly. i can't explain it -- it just makes me anxious, frustrated and angry, i guess. so that's why i'm curious how you'd feel five years later if you had that intimate connection.

Not to be callous, but history is history. I would hope that the relatives of the victims would understand that. Gettysburg, Normandy ... you can't expect to ignore events like this because of the magnitude of the tragedy. This is our business. It can be gut-wrenching at times, but that is often when our work is most valuable.

 

[boots]

It will be a money maker for sure. I won't buy it, but the idea is par for the course for tv.

 

[MileHigh]

It will be a money maker for sure. I won't buy it, but the idea is par for the course for tv.

It's available for free.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I don't understand all the need for this "Anniversary coverage"

Have a moment of silence and leave it at that. Nobody wants to re-live this. It was five years ago, I think it's safe to say nobody's forgotten about it.

 

[markvid]

I still regret not sticking a tape in the VCR that day. It was a horrible day, but historic. Some day my kids (ages 6 and 4) are going to ask what was it like that day, I would love to show them.
BTW, CBS News has a book which includes a DVD with original coverage, but it's a compliation.
I was watching it last week and when the second plane hits the WTC, a witness on the phone, says, "That was on purpose!"
Chilling.

That morning marked the end of Bryant Gumbel's news career. He could not have been worse.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

markvid --
I was a CNN viewer all day. What happened with Gumbel? Did he choke or what?

 

[leo1]

this is interesting. there's no way in hell i'd watch it. i'd be interested to hear how the relatives of the victims feel. i have no personal connection to it but i still can't watch it whenever it comes up on TV just briefly. i can't explain it -- it just makes me anxious, frustrated and angry, i guess. so that's why i'm curious how you'd feel five years later if you had that intimate connection.

Not to be callous, but history is history. I would hope that the relatives of the victims would understand that. Gettysburg, Normandy ... you can't expect to ignore events like this because of the magnitude of the tragedy. This is our business. It can be gut-wrenching at times, but that is often when our work is most valuable.

85bears, you're right. but imagine your mom, dad, son, daughter, best friend, whomever, was killed. i think victim's relatives have every right never want to re-live this particular event. but while some will hide under the covers that day, otoh, i'm sure some will watch every minute of it now that they can be slightly more detached. it depends on your personality.