Dan Rather: Where I Was on 9 11. Extended interview

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Reporter Dan Rather talks about his experiences on and after 9/11, as well as discussing going on The Late Show with David Letterman a week later.
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@JerjerB 7 ай бұрын

I had the pleasure of meeting Dan Rather about 6 months after 9/11. I met him in pasadena. I didn't acost him. He was signing books. I couldn't afford the book but I told him that I really admired him. I was 14. He instead signed a book for free for me. ❤

@AudraGibson 10 ай бұрын

“There’s no apologizing for grief.” Such wisdom in that.

@FredericaE 5 ай бұрын

Bravo!! I need to hear this now!! Thank you!

@chuckselvage3157 Жыл бұрын

When news reported the facts instead of opinion.

@soul2soul399 10 ай бұрын

I really wish we could bring real news back.

@rebeccaporte3008 10 ай бұрын

He was literally fired for lying and cover up.

@gardensofthegods 10 ай бұрын

Dan Rather is one of the great ones like Walter Cronkite

@julesxxxooo 10 ай бұрын

I distinctly remember in the days and weeks after 9/11 thinking, if only the news reported just the facts like they are today, with no sensationalism or opinions attached, we would live in a better place. Bias has always been there.

@blueduck5589 10 ай бұрын

Rather's opinion was 9/11 was rumor and NYC was in good shape!

@stephpartin3939 9 ай бұрын

His voice is so steady and calming. Even during times of tragedy, he acts calm.

@Sushi2735 11 ай бұрын

I still cry to this day. All these years later. All the lives lost. I sobbed that day and for days after. You have nothing to be ashamed of, in fact applauded for your humanity❤️

@rob832 11 ай бұрын

I agree 100%.

@DrJekyll38 10 ай бұрын

I still remember the tears in his eyes when he was speaking on Letterman weeks later.

@eileeng5076 9 ай бұрын

Will A.I. ever show this kind of compassion and shared grief like a true professional like Dan?

@davidlewis6670 Ай бұрын

I doubt that will ever happen.

@lanapoulliot7682 Жыл бұрын

I grew up with Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather. Hands down the best newsmen ever.

@vivians9392 Жыл бұрын

Walter Cronkite was number 1!

@ryanarsenault1872 Жыл бұрын

Grew up with Rather. Always a class act.

@gregblack2628 10 ай бұрын

You only had 3 choices. So the best is in the top 3 of 3. I’m impressed, I had no idea doing a newscast was the same as piloting the best war machines in history. Strapped himself in??? Should’ve pulled the ejector Seat lever back in Vietnam and landed on Walter himself . I guess Matt Wallace was his co pilot.

@povertylevelphilanthropy1524 10 ай бұрын

@@gregblack2628 you’re dramatizing the differences and completely omitting the similarities that he gave describing why he compared the two. What you actually did there is far more indicative of the current mainstream media. FYI, in studios, like he’s describing, the anchors were literally on risers/platforms, in computer chairs. Different studios had different setups but they all had some sort of safety system in place, so the chairs/anchors didn’t roll, or fall off the platform. Most had devices that locked the chair to the floor, and some had straps that secured the actual person. These newsrooms are/were very loud and chaotic so, unlike nowadays, or in studios that were separate from the news room, many anchors had to wear an earpiece in both ears, instead of just one. The earpieces, back then, worked like walkie talkies, meaning they had to be connected to a particular channel and, with that older technology, there were more steps in getting all the audio/visual aspects up & running. So, his comparison wasn’t about anything other than exactly what he said, and it’s also just an expression. When a person goes looking to point fingers, they’ll always find something and what that something is will often tell you plenty about the accused, and the accuser.

@sandeedobberstine5591 10 ай бұрын

@@gregblack2628. There is always some creep on the internet, that has to make things out to be ugly.

@williamkelly8026 Жыл бұрын

I can't imagine going in front of millions of people who are in a state of fear if not panic without a script and with very little hard information and knowing that you will be guiding people through horror. And knowing that your viewers are desperate for clarity. He did an incredible job that day

@sandeedobberstine5591 10 ай бұрын

Well said 🇺🇸

@concettalicata3951 11 ай бұрын

Dan Rather You are a legend. You should NEVER feel guilty or bad about your true feelings. You are so respected for your honesty. Please remember how many new Yorkers love and respect you and to this day wish you were here with us so we can have some truth. All my respect to you always

@christinareyes2963 10 ай бұрын

He just showed us his humanity that day and we are all better for it. God bless.

@tothemoonandback95707 Жыл бұрын

Good for you Mr Rather!!! ‘There is no apology for grief’ is a great statement. Especially at a time of great personal or national mourning. Being from the UK myself, it has been a very emotional and unsure period since the death of our beloved Monarch. To see our News Presenters and Reporters displaying their grief so publicly along with the rest of the Nation was extremely comforting. Sometimes showing true emotion is what we need from the people we see on our televisions so regularly.

@donnageorge2761 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree with you, and I think it’s better for the news people to show emotion. After all, they’re only human, 9/11, was probably one of the biggest news days in the world, shock, disbelief, fear, after the second plane hit the tower, and it was quite a bit out what was happening, when Princess Diana died for you all over in the UK, I remember the news, commentators struggling as well, I even saw a lady Bobby (I don’t know what you call them I mean no disrespect) she was crying, and as you said, with her Majesty, your queen, devastating for you all, doesn’t matter that she was old, and sick, and I know I was here in the states and I was reading online news break, and it came out that her Majesty had passed away, and I said my friend oh, no, the queen died, it’s a reaction , but what I was surprised by here, at least in America only one station was having breaking news. All the other ones were doing regular TV which surprise me, because when Diana died, you couldn’t get anything else on TV

@tonykiss 3 жыл бұрын

He has gotten us through so much. There is no one like him in media today.

@Storytime2023x 10 ай бұрын

He got me through nothing. The media was, is, and will continue to be corrupt.

@kennethdemuchest3985 Жыл бұрын

When I was a kid my dad would watch him every evening before he went to bed.

@blueduck5589 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Rather was good for insomnia.

@mickjen Жыл бұрын

I woke up to my radio alarm having Dan Rather's voice saying there was a lot of confusion about downtown Manhattan. I worked nights, and I had to get up early for a medical appointment. I walked up the stairs, my stepmom was on the couch, and we both saw the second plane on live television. I didn't sleep for over 48 hours. Just stayed up all night at my job, watching live television reports.

@boogitybear2283 Жыл бұрын

Dan Rather has really lived an interesting life. He was also in Dallas when President Kennedy got assassinated.

@tylerlozano9849 2 жыл бұрын

I remember crying at home and Dan was on Dave Letterman and I said I’m with you Dan Rather

@frederickdrake8630 Жыл бұрын

@BattleBound Жыл бұрын

One of the last great newsmen of the modern era.

@Autshot20 Жыл бұрын

Yes, and JFK's head moved forward with considerable violence right Dan

@owlhater270 Жыл бұрын

He sucks. WTF are you talking about

@rja9784 Жыл бұрын

He resigned for fabricating a lie about the president. But I’m guessing you’re a lib and didn’t care

@catherinelw9365 8 ай бұрын

One of the first for spreading fake news and he knew it. That's why he was fired.

@YourFreeBeats Жыл бұрын

Similar experience. I thought “some poor commuter pilot went off course” and actually felt sorry for the man’s family as he would have been ridiculed in the news. Then I saw the second plane hit live and it was beyond obvious that it was a commercial airliner.

@soul2soul399 10 ай бұрын

It’s important to see dad cry when it counts. Dan’s tears helped deliver the gravity of the situation.

@Maya-bu2rf 3 жыл бұрын

I remember hearing him report to Walter Cronkite that the president was shot. He was reporting from Dallas. I will never forget the moment when Walter Cronkite took his glasses off and said the president was dead.

@giselestrauch5146 10 ай бұрын

this cbs was ther only channel I could get on 9/11 dan rather was my lifeline that day and on ward thanks dan for helping me and my son during 9/11 to feel reassured in a caring way,

@ABBYBENORMAL 10 ай бұрын

Always so eloquent and professional…

@walterpaton8698 Жыл бұрын

Not sure, but Dan is one of the last truthful news reporters. He told as it was, not what he wanted to be.

@marymorris6897 10 ай бұрын

You're right. By 2005 news programs were increasingly turning into opinion programs. The story would go, "Mr. X says this," or, "Ms. Z thinks this." So it could be claimed they were reporting on the news of the person saying or thinking something.

@RedHotMessResell 10 ай бұрын

I know, right? I love his interviews on AXS with musicians and actors. SO good.

@catherinelw9365 8 ай бұрын

Then why was he fired for lying? He's a traitor.

@chem3066 10 ай бұрын

I think it showed you were human to get upset- we all felt that way

@danieldougan269 Жыл бұрын

Dan is a hero. He is always willing to ask the hard questions, and he takes his responsibility as a journalist very seriously.

@martym.6274 Жыл бұрын

Hero? Hero? The man used falsified documents to try to rig an election. He used the Kennedy assassination to further his career, caught in lies, and has the credibility of a rattlesnake. He’s the epitome of the corrupt, dirty, lying media.

@RM-ti8nf 10 ай бұрын

Hero? Deserving of respect, no doubt, but how is he a hero?

@RollerCoasterLineProductions 9 ай бұрын

Actually Gunga Dan Rather was the originator of fake news before there was fake news. He got caught forging documents about Bush’s military service. The Killian documents. Got caught by fonts that weren’t available on the typwriter when the letter was supposedly wrote. LOL.

@drjuicefire7025 10 ай бұрын

Dan Rather top notch reporter simply the best. How dare anyone criticize him for getting choked up on the late show. First this is his city. I’m sure he knew some of the top brass of the FDNY. Most of the US was stunned by this. Especially people in the NY metro area. Dan great job always god bless you

@pattybristol8296 2 жыл бұрын

Mr. Rather, you have been our latest version of Walter Cronkite. I remember one random time running through a Colorado airport, seeing Mr. Cronkite. I couldn't even talk. You are a legend and a true American beyond compare. You have been there with your soft-spoken way, helping us get through some of the roughest days of our country. Your voice, though strong, still can make us feel at times as if you are whispering only to us, in order to be respectful of the news going on. We are all blessed and grateful for you, Sir. Sending hugs and love.

@jamespfitz Жыл бұрын

He's a liar. He makes up fake news about candidates he doesn't like.

@RockFan89 9 ай бұрын

@@jamespfitz now now. please dont confuse Dan with Sean Hannity. Hes a true liar

@billjordan3952 10 ай бұрын

Dan Rather is a legend a real journalist

@RollerCoasterLineProductions 9 ай бұрын

@RickWolfff Жыл бұрын

A little chuckle: Dan Rather makes a little chirp sound with the letter S - particularly noticeable when he said "CBS News." As I played this video, my wife in an adjoining room yelled over, "Am I hearing birds?"

@deniseeulert2503 Жыл бұрын

When the federal building in Oklahoma was bombed I remember coming home. I turned on the TV and at first thought the video I was seeing was some kind of movie. Dan Rather was on in the middle of the day, which was surprising, and he looked like hell, because his face didn't have the expected makeup to make a broadcater look natural in the strong lights.

@sandeedobberstine5591 9 ай бұрын

A gentleman and a scholar. Thank you Mr. Rather for your service to this country 🇺🇸

@bernicegridley9573 2 жыл бұрын

This was one of the best reporters ever. We miss you and love you. And even though I always wanted to meet you, which was impossible but the good thing is I will surely meet you in heaven. God bless. 💕🎺🕊️

@PopGoesTheCultureTV 2 жыл бұрын

Did Dan pass away??

@danaitz203 2 жыл бұрын

90 yrs old and still living in Texas according to Wikipedia

@blueduck5589 10 ай бұрын

Not by a long shot Dan is still with us, unfortunately. @@PopGoesTheCultureTV

@RockFan89 9 ай бұрын

@@blueduck5589 unfortunately.?

@RockFan89 9 ай бұрын

Hes still alive

@richarddiffley796 Жыл бұрын

I used Dan Rather as a sleep 💤 aid. He's voice put me to sleep. Still works now watching this.💤

@KarmasAbutch Жыл бұрын

😂 gonna add him to my list

@allymayful Жыл бұрын

Doing same about now - in Australia. A wonderful man and very easy on the ears.

@elosogonzalez8739 10 ай бұрын

The greatest news anchor of our time. It was about the story, not the man.

@StellaJean1000 10 ай бұрын

An absolute professional.

@douglassauvageau7262 Жыл бұрын

A frank and faithful recollection. Very professional. Emotionally striking. Most striking from a correspondent that was 'in-country' reporting on brown-dirt Vietnam warfare.

@freedom6919741 10 ай бұрын

Last news man that could be trusted. I miss those days.

@MrDuds1984 Жыл бұрын

Rather also was in Dallas when JFK was assassinated in fact the limo speed past him right after it happened

@John.Christopher 10 ай бұрын

Dan Rather. What a man of sincerity and integrity. Sincerely, one of the millennial generation. Many upstanding men of past years - we can learn from. Virtues I hope are emphasized to a greater degree as time passes. Peace be with and may God bless you all 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

@40ounce58 10 ай бұрын

When I was younger, I used to ask the older generation where they were when JFK was assassinated. Now the younger generation asks me where I was on 9/11.

@josephrobichaud5198 Жыл бұрын

By far one of the best interviews I've ever heard! You got lucky on this one, Dan had a lot of things to vent.

@judyannlemay618 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Dan Rather is A National Treasure ;] GOD BLESS You Sir…Thank you for Your Yeomen Service ❤

@RollerCoasterLineProductions 9 ай бұрын

@sharisiragusa8271 Жыл бұрын

Dan Rather, One of the Best News Anchors of All Time....Thank you....

@pumagutten 2 ай бұрын

Dan Rather, you are a class act! You are a human being and should never apologize for being emotional! ❤️

@PopGoesTheCultureTV Ай бұрын

Well put, @pumagutten. Thanks for watching. I hope you'll like, share and subscribe. Best. David

@concettalicata3951 11 ай бұрын

You know what? It's true. America is multi religious, ethnic and cultural. But no matter what. On 911 we were united. Why does it take such a horrible thing like 911 for us to stand together? Please. Can't we just be like this every day??

@TheBandit7613 3 жыл бұрын

I miss Dan Rather. Back when I had some trust in the media. He knows how fouled up the general media is right now. I saw him in an interview where he tried warning the media to watch the personal opinions presented as facts.

@bclr5964 2 жыл бұрын

Isn’t this the same guy who made up the Bush/Texas ANG story?

@ErikPortland Жыл бұрын

It wasn't made up

@RockFan89 9 ай бұрын

@@bclr5964 Watch the movie Truth starring Robert Redford. It explains how it all unfolded.

@02WIFE Жыл бұрын

I left my Tues morning Spanish 301 college class to hear Dan Rathers voice in my car

@ksailor71 10 ай бұрын

I wish he would run for president. Such an honorable man. Trustworthy.

@cmerton 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, that's a bad idea. Teevee actors (yes, he IS - Dan Rather is an actor, playing an honorable, trustworthy man) are the last thing we need in government. This is how we got Trump rammed up our collective asses.

@williamcallaghan2023 Жыл бұрын

CBS have treated Dan so shamefully

@RollerCoasterLineProductions 9 ай бұрын

@shazanali692 9 ай бұрын

I don't know. What happened

@Greg-me4kk 3 ай бұрын

I sincerely and genuinely wish EVERYONE knew the real Dan Rather... You would be shocked. GREAT actor.

@IanEckert1977 Жыл бұрын

I was watching Sky News In England when the second plane hit the Twin-Towers...RIP sunshines...

@katevand 10 ай бұрын

29:00 live like this.

@tbob8212 2 жыл бұрын

After hearing on the radio a plane crashed into the WTC I tuned into CBS news because Dan Rather is the man.

@doobyboy21 2 жыл бұрын

I remember turning on the tv on the english channal seeing Dan there everyday ! I even wondered if this guy ever had a break !

@CCGem 10 ай бұрын

In a few weeks, my husband, father in law (originally from Queens), 11 yr old son and I will be going to NYC 22 years after 9/11. That specific day i was living in Denver with a very troubled 1st husband and his teen daughter that he nor his 1st wife would take into custody. He gave her up as ward of the state. It was a horrible time. I was also working at high stress PR firm with a client I couldn't trust. Listening to KC story, i was a bit triggered, but I do remember thinking that I had to find balance and return to my family in my hometown. Now, I am so grateful that the sad chapter is closed. Now I get to show my son Broadway's Lion King and the 9/11 Memorial with my wonderful 2nd husband and his dad. That event like Covid have been huge barometers as to what us important.

@MustangsTrainsMowers Жыл бұрын

I don’t remember how many days after 9-11-01 all domestic flights were grounded, but that certainly would have slowed baseball schedules since teams normally fly across the country to play various teams. Did any professional teams take a bus to get to games that week?

@JFKMLK 11 ай бұрын

About 5 days flights were grounded

@kwizzeh 9 ай бұрын

I think MLB came back on the 9-19 once U.S. airspace opened up again.

@jamessimms415 3 ай бұрын

College football & the nfl stopped for aweek

@KennethD000 Жыл бұрын

Is there wind in the background? I love it but between that sound and Rathers voice, I’m struggling to stay awake.

@loismiller7742 3 ай бұрын

I miss Dan Rather. Real journalist.

@edk2221 Жыл бұрын

I was in college. A plane had hit one of the towers, and we all then watched it broadcasted. We thought it was a mistake, but as we saw live the second plane crash in to the other tower, we knew something was horribly wrong. I lived near one of the USA’s largest airports, and it went completely silent for a week after

@johnahearn7964 10 ай бұрын

Planes only stopped for 3 days. I was a controller & worked the last plane into jfk & the first plane out on Friday.

@pammymusic4ever Жыл бұрын

A true professional. Dan Rather has seen things I am grateful to have not been witness to. Coverage of Vietnam. He's been a part of my life for the last 6 decades. I am grateful for him.

@michaeldonovan6463 2 жыл бұрын

God bless you, Dan Rather.

@MichaelClark-uw7ex Жыл бұрын

What's the frequency Kenneth?

@jamessimms415 3 ай бұрын

Was @ my Army Reserve unit for a day of specialized training. We were told to stay off the internet & watched both towers fall before we were sent home.

@donnageorge2761 Жыл бұрын

I remember, Peter, Jennings said that was when he started smoking again,

@421bb4 Жыл бұрын

whats the frequency kenneth?

@mjbiron2694 2 жыл бұрын

A class act!

@farmwire Жыл бұрын

How many earpieces did he have?

@ZSC92 10 ай бұрын

That is high level skill.

@Tony-outdoors Ай бұрын

As someone from the UK I cannot imagine Don lemon or Sean hannity reporting the news like dan rather for a start he only reported the facts a different time seems like centuries ago.

@angloaust1575 Жыл бұрын

Many others could also say where They were! I was walking the Camino safe from The concrete jungle!

@nicholassiefker7126 10 ай бұрын

Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw & Peter Jennings were the 3 best in the TV News business Today’s anchors on NBC,CBS&ABC are not that good I miss the People in the Newsroom in the background working well those men were on the air .

@ronprewoznik3566 6 ай бұрын

I was at home getting my kids ready for school. For some reason, my daughter put on The Today Show. And then it happened.

@jodiburnett6211 10 ай бұрын

That moment on Letterman allowed more unity.

@onewingedangelsephiroth1561 9 ай бұрын

This guy turned 90 years old shortly before this interview. Joe Biden is 80 now and can't string more than 4 sentences together before speaking jiberish. Everyone ages differently I guess, but I'm really impressed by how together Dan is at this age.

@MothGirl007 9 ай бұрын

Not true.

@ZSC92 10 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@raysutton2310 7 ай бұрын

Dan Rather's coverage on the day was up there with the likes of Murrow in my opinion.

@powerwalkwithmybaby Жыл бұрын

If there was ever a time where emotions should have been shown/expected would be on 9/11.. - After all,, broadcasters are only human.. 🌷

@willettej7988 Жыл бұрын

Why does this man whisper? I’ve never cared for Dan Rather’s style, but he did a great job on 9/11, when he spoke louder! Unfortunately, there was no truth in the Bush 43 story.

@glennthompson1971 10 ай бұрын

I had the opposite reaction. when hearing world trade center hit by plane (first one), i assumed it was a terrorist attack. Growing up in britain, we were so used to IRA putting bombs in tube & railway station bins, and blowing up brighton hotel, etc. plus planes were hijacked many times, like the one that blew up over lockerbie. But in the USA, terrorism was not expected.

@mlc4050 Жыл бұрын

Had to bump Bryant Gumbel off the air

@SunnySinclair1979 2 жыл бұрын

All I know is good sir is the news and everything was better before that day. I was in the Army on 911.

@nunosoares2329 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service 😃🎖👍👍

@robertlazar4929 10 ай бұрын

From 1 army vet 1st Armored Division /101st/ thanks 4 your service

@joecap4372 Жыл бұрын

Grand rather reported the John F Kennedy assassination and the terrorist attacks on 9/11 not that many people could say that. Then rather did a tremendous job reporting the John F Kennedy assassination and the 9/11 terrorist attacks just outstanding...

@MrDuds1984 Жыл бұрын

The limo speed past Rather just after the assassination and he was one of the first who saw the Zapruder film and he tried to buy it

@joecap4372 Жыл бұрын

@@MrDuds1984 that's correct and they have the Cooper film Mr Cooper was filming right in front of the Texas School Book Depository. I do not believe in the conspiracy in this assassination but there is a movie called executive action starring Burt Lancaster will gear this film really made my eyebrow raised...

@mariacardenas4665 Жыл бұрын

I was asleep

@douglassauvageau7262 Жыл бұрын

I fear Mr. Rather's final comments reflect a sunset retrospective on a career where he was not permitted to speak as he would have wished.

@scottw6704 5 ай бұрын

10 minutes in and I'm still hearing about earpieces and elevated platforms. I don't think I can sit through all this repetition agghghghghhhhhh

@donnageorge2761 Жыл бұрын

I do not think there is one person on earth, who is capable of not remembering what they were doing on 9/11,

@PopGoesTheCultureTV Жыл бұрын

Unless, they were under age five at the time or not yet born, of course.

@gwendolynbonds6500 10 ай бұрын

It’s funny how people remember the attack on the world trade centers you never can imagine something like this happening but anything is possible i. Remember it vividly and i never been to New York and forgive my idiotousy i didn’t even no how far it was from Chicago where I’ve lived all my life so im at work in the morning and i here my co workers saying a plane flew into the World Trade Center im like where is that they say New York im like wow that’s terrible not aware were were all in imminent danger because it was a alot going on planes missing and then I heard they were looking to knock down a few sky scrappers including the Serra towing then suddenly i realized America as we knew it was under attack and no one was safe i could go on for hours but that’s my memory in nut shell

@audreyperrin320 9 ай бұрын

Was he the one that said JFK was dead I live in Ireland and I don't know any news people we don't get TV from the USA

@lizsutherland2707 9 ай бұрын

No, that’s Walter Cronkite who announced JFK’s death. Dan Rather is a bit younger.

@bushwhacker5517 Жыл бұрын

If you watch CBS on 9/11 you'll see Rather wasn't on air till 10am - the south tower fell as they were introducing him - where was he for the hour and 15 minutes between the first plane hitting and 10am - that's kinda what I was hoping to hear about - both Brokaw and Jennings were in by 9:30

@StellaJean1000 10 ай бұрын

The first plane hit at 9:48 ET. I was there.

@bluter-rd1zx 2 ай бұрын

Like Billy Ray Cyrus and Ed Asner, this guy talks about himself & his job far more than the disaster itself and the impact on the US and its people. Rather does a better job of making it sound like he's talking about others, but ultimately it's all about me, me me. Credit to Jane Leeves and Ray Romano who make it about others and come across as far more caring than egocentric. When leaders and influencers are so egocentric is it any wonder that a malignant narcissist will likely be returning as President?

@jac5482 9 ай бұрын

I listened to Dan Rather’s live 9/11 broadcast (as well every other major network’s) and I honestly found it to be pretty poorly done in respect to the others. He did not do a great job of portraying the reality of the situation (even without knowing the facts as we know them now), in fact at times downplaying it outright. Once the towers fell however, his tone did change.

@fatalritte1550 2 жыл бұрын

I’m like Sam Kinison when people try to explain 9/11/01 in my presence… I had just quit my job and returned home on Greyhound Port Authority the night before… I moved back in with moms and fixing my television the next morning, saw a fuzzy hole in the first building. A month later I would be working 12 hour shifts in the construction crews on Canal street and forgotten by Christmas. YOUR WELCOME!…

@elainelytle9704 Жыл бұрын

Sounds/reads like you want a pat on the back.

@gardensofthegods 10 ай бұрын

Not sure what you mean by forgotten by Christmas ... forgotten by whom ?

@mattlord3660 10 ай бұрын

Dan's coverage that day was off. He repeatedly said that we didn't know if anything that had happened (on camera, before our very eyes) was real, and that the explosions were just minor and New York was doing 'just fine', 'let's not get carried away' etc. They may as well have put a chimpanzee on air. Lord knows how Dan would have handled Pearl Harbour back in the day. The muppet would probably have reported it as being a training exercise. He is by far and away the worst reporter on that terrible day. Rabbit stuck in the headlights, probably caused some people confusion, not to mention false hope, i can only hope he was fired and sued by the victim's families. Complete disgrace and utterly embarrassing.

@RollerCoasterLineProductions 9 ай бұрын

This! And don’t forget: Actually Gunga Dan Rather was the originator of fake news before there was fake news. He got caught forging documents about Bush’s military service. The Killian documents. Got caught by fonts that weren’t available on the typwriter when the letter was supposedly wrote. LOL.

@bradleymiller3286 10 ай бұрын

I’m 8 minutes into this and all he’s talked about are his ear pieces. Does it ever get interesting?

@RedHotMessResell 10 ай бұрын

I have been thinking the same thing. I hope that it doesn't take another Pearl Harbor or 9/11 to make us unite as a nation again. It just seems like that's the only thing that does unite us. We are divided more than ever now since probably the Civil War.

@bettybetty6308 Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry I couldn’t take the “s” whistles.

@estanley126 10 ай бұрын

and lip smacks and stalling and repeating himself

@johnmason1648 Жыл бұрын

He did horrible job that day. First building fell live on their air in front of him and he didn't even notice that.The whole lower Manhattan was covered with smoke in front of him and he didn't say a word.He reported towers falling 20 minutes after every other network:)