WNYC; World Trade Center Attack; 0820-1020

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WNYC
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World Trade Center Attack
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0820-1020
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WNYC (New York, New York)
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2 CDs and 1 DAT master from tracker. ***CD 359: Opens with top of the news and NPR Morning Edition.; Mark Hilan gives first report of an explosion/fire/smoke in the World Trade Center's Northern Tower; Marketplace report interrupted at 8:51am for eyewitness account of an American Airlines commercial airplane flying low and hitting WTC by WNYC's Charlie Hines; Hilan mentions that WNYC has no FM signal because transmitter on WTC has been knocked down; visual descriptions of smoke, fire and damage to the building; sound cuts out, track 2: and Mark Hilan wonders if WNYC is still on the air; cut to NPR news, including brief WTC report and national/international news report; back to WYNC, Jude (?) gives account of a second airplane flying into the second tower; Sidney Peck reports that staff is trying to get details; Nuala McGovern gives estimate of damage to building, inability to reach WTC via telephone; Patricia Willens via phone from Greenwich Street, who can see airplane jutting out of one tower, describes people trying to get away, schools telling kids to go home, police/fireman clearing blocks; third explosion on Southern building reported; visual description of smoke, flames, debris, etc.; intermittant background studio noise is audible throughout broadcast; Mark Hilan mentions that he is being urged to leave the studio, and is not sure how long WNYC will be able to stay on the air; switch to NPR; ***CD 360: NPR national news; Mark Hylan breaks in to give more disaster coverage of World Trade Center, verifies 2 airplanes have hit the towers; Charlie Hines redelivers eyewitness account of first plane hitting World Trade Center; Leticia Theodore reports that employees of WNYC saw blue 737/747 jetliner coming from Staten Island direction, describes chaos on street; Nuala McGovern says that the flames have died down, and that the upper levels only seem to be affected, that other area buildings appear fine; Mark Hylan mentions FBI reports about a plane hijacking; Leticia Theodore describes hole in second tower, smoke, says that second plane appeared to be arching into tower rather than trying to avoid it; Charlie Hines says that he had seen the first plane maneuvering just before the impact; Municipal Buidling is being evacuated; Mark Hilan speculates that jet fuel is causing flames to move downward in towers; 00:15:00; cut back to NPR's Bob Edwards interviewing eyewitness to scene near World Trade Center who mentions that he saw people falling off building, second plane flying into tower; Jacki Lyden gives visual account from Brooklyn; NPR's Jean Cochoran breaks in; track 2: NPR breaks in with similar reports and adds that George Bush has stated that "We will hunt down" those responsible for this; other National/International news from NPR; Mark Hylan at 9:34 continues coverage, Brooklyn Bridge is closed, fire department trying to get people to clear the area; Mitchell Heskell gives account of smelling smoke coming off PATH train and being evacuated, account of seeing people falling from upper stories; George Bush comments on tragedy, calling it a terrorist attack, orders that the full resources of the Federal Government will go to the families of those hurt in the tragedy; Bob Edwards and Jacki Lyden discuss Bush labeling the attack "terrorism", history of WTC as target, weather, election day, defense, security; 00:15:00; back to WNYC's Mark Hylan who recaps that according to Bush, this appears to be a terrorist attack; Tom Gjelten at the Pentagon reporting that Pentagon officials have confirmed a 767 was hijacked from Boston, that an American Airlines plane, Bob Edwards mentions that there was a fire at the Pentagon and Tom Gjelten reports that the Pentagon is being evacuated, that the White House has been evacuated, smoke above the old Executive Office building at the White House (television pictures of smoke near the White House); Bob Edwards gives recap report of WTC attack; Bob Edwards apoligizes for not having more information; track 3: Reuters reports that Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine has claimed responsibility for WTC attack; NPR business news interrupted by Bob Edwards who reports that all air traffic has been grounded, that a plane crashed into the Pentagon, that the President is in the air and on the way back to the White House; Morning Edition special coverage of plane crashes in Manhattan; FBI investigating, Bush calls crashes "an appearant terrorist attack on our country" "full resources of Federal Government will go to help the victims and their families"; air traffic grounded in United States; one of the World Trade Center towers collapses, Jackie Lydon gives eyewitness report of columns of smoke, convoy of emergency vehilces heading to Manhattan, telecommunications down (mobile phone service); Jim Zirole reports on smoke, noise, shutdown of Lower Manhattan; reports of casualties in hospitals; bridges, tunnels and airports closed down in New York; Alex Chechesky gives account of plane over Manhattan bridge hitting WTC; Mark Hilan interrupts to report that upper half of one tower has collapsed; back and forth between NPR and WNYC; Beth Fertig on street outside of WTC reports on top of tower collapse, describing people running up lower Broadway, police telling people to get away from the area, says that smoke is pouring out of remaining building; City Hall and Police Plaza have been evacuated; 00:15:00; Marianne McCune is with Beth Fertig; Amy Eddings gives her account of people hurt fleeing the scene; subways shut down; further sound clips from site; Amy Eddings interview with Ron Gohak, who was in 4 World Trade Center, describing fireballs coming out of World Trade Center WNYC RADIO #10175 Aircheck 001 CD 359 September 11, 2001 ANNOUNCER: This is WNYC, 93.9 FM, AM 820, and online at wnyc.org. Good morning. Im Mark Hylan. There has been an explosion at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. The upper floors of the northern tower at the World Trade Center has experienced an explosion. There is smoke coming from the tower on the northern side of the northern tower, that smoke billowing out of the building in the upper floors. We dont have any word as to what might have caused this explosion this morning, but, again, an explosion at the World Trade Center in the northern tower in lower Manhattan, smoke billowing out of the building as we speak. As the details become available to us here at WNYC, we will bring them to you. It appears that there will be plenty of fire and police activity in that area. It is suggested you remain away from the area. We have no word as to whether there have been any casualties. Again, an explosion at the World Trade Center, the northern tower in lower Manhattan. As more details become available, well bring them to you on WNYC. This is WNYC-FM and AM and online at wync.org. ANNOUNCER: The Marketplace Morning Report is produced by Minnesota Public Radio in association with the University of Southern California. MR. RISDALL: Good morning, Im Kai Risdall [phonetic] in Los Angeles. Here is one of those obscure but still somehow significant government statistics that can send cold chills down an economists spine, especially those looking for signs of an economic recovery. The Federal Reserve reported yesterday consumer credit, which, just like it sounds, is a measure of how much debt Americans are piling on themselves, during July consumer credit failed to grow for the second straight month. It is the first time thats happened in nine years and bodes ill for those counting on consumers to keep spending and keep driving the economy. On top of that, a survey yesterday by the National Association for Business Economics showed even the experts can't quite agree on when that often promised recovery can be expected to arrive. Marketplaces Stephanie Stickley reports. MS. STICKLEY: Survey a panel of 31 professionals of any kind and youre likely to find a vision. MR. HYLAN: This is WNYC AM 820 and online at wnyc.org. Its 8:51. Good morning. Im Mark Hylan. As we told you just moments ago, there has been some sort of an incid
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Credits
: Eddings, Amy
: McGovern, Nuala
: McCune, Marianne
: Fertig, Beth
: Willens, Patricia
: Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
: Zarroli, Jim
: Theodore, Leticia
: Gjelten, Tom
: Lyden, Jacki
: Cochran, Jean
: Edwards, Bob, 1947-
: Gohak, Ron
: Heskell, Mitchell
: Hines, Charlie
: Peck, Signy
Host: Hilan, Mark
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Chicago: “WNYC; World Trade Center Attack; 0820-1020,” WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 18, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-91sf88f1.
MLA: “WNYC; World Trade Center Attack; 0820-1020.” WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 18, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-91sf88f1>.
APA: WNYC; World Trade Center Attack; 0820-1020. Boston, MA: WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-91sf88f1