Overview

We each remember where we were, what we thought, what we felt, what we heard, and especially what we saw on September 11, 2001. In words, images, and nearly two hours of video, What We Saw captures those moments. Now, in this tenth anniversary edition, Joe Klein delivers an introspective and intimate look at those catastrophic events—along with what we have learned, and how we have changed, since that fateful date. As the world came to a halt that September morning, CBS News journalists worked tirelessly to provide detailed, accurate coverage, from the first interviews with eyewitnesses to a plane crashing into Tower 1 of the World Trade Center to the Towers of Light tribute six months later. In addition to the events that shook America’s biggest city and its capital, What We Saw documents the tragedies that occurred elsewhere: from the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to the waves of pain that moved across a New Jersey commuter town. Among the contributors are Jules Naudet, a French filmmaker who was working on a documentary about New York City firefighters when his subjects were called into service; Anna Quindlen, whose thoughts turn to a young family aboard United Airlines Flight 175; David Grann, who captures the hopelessness felt by families searching for missing loved ones; and CBS’s Steve Kroft, who watched a small investment firm that lost dozens of employees slowly pull itself up from despair. In What We Saw, each moment of September 11 and its aftermath is portrayed with candor and honesty by the CBS News correspondents, photographers, camera operators, and journalists who were there. This is an invaluable documentary of a day that forever altered our world.

Full Product Details

Author:   CBS News
Publisher:   Simon & Schuster
Imprint:   Simon & Schuster
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.578kg
ISBN:  

9781451626667

ISBN 10:   1451626665
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   02 August 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

ContentsIntroduction -- Dan Rather, CBS NewsChronology of EventsTranscript of Bryant Gumbel, CBS NewsTHE NUMBERS by Bryan CharlesJules Naudet, documentary filmmakerTranscript of Dan Rather, CBS NewsTranscript of Jim Stewart, CBS NewsTranscript of Peter Maer, CBS Radio NewsHarold Dow, CBS NewsDEATH TAKES HOLD AMONG THE LIVING by Pete HamillSteve Hartman, CBS NewsTranscript of Cynthia Bowers, CBS NewsFLYING BLIND: ON THAT FATEFUL DAY, TWO AIRLINES FACED THEIR DARKEST SCENARIO by Scott McCartney and Susan CareyTranscript of Carol Marin, CBS NewsA WIDOW'S WALK by Marian FontanaEYE OF THE STORM: ONE JOURNEY THROUGH DESPERATION AND CHAOS by John BusseyTranscript of Pamela McCall, CBS Radio NewsTHE WAY DOWN by Michael Wright with Carl FussmanA DAY OF TERROR: A CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; LIVE IMAGES MAKE VIEWERS WITNESSES TO HORROR by Caryn JamesAMERICANS TUNE IN AND STRESS OUT by Howard KurtzByron Pitts, CBS NewsTHE INNER STRENGTHS OF A VULNERABLE CITY by Kurt AndersonSMOKE AND STENCH CANNOT MASK THE STRENGTH TO REBUILD by Pete HamillIN CHARGE by Elizabeth KolbertLIBERTIES: A GRAVE SILENCE by Maureen DowdScott Pelley, CBS NewsNEW YORK DISPATCH: FAMILY ROOM by David GrannIMAGINING THE HANSON FAMILY by Anna QuindlenCITY OF GHOSTS by Tom Robbins and Jennifer GonnermanEd Bradley, CBS NewsNOT JUST ANOTHER SEPTEMBER SATURDAY by Manny Fernandez, Darragh Johnson, and Neely TuckerSteve Kroft, CBS NewsDavid Letterman interviewing Dan Rather, CBS NewsPortraits of Grief, THE NEW YORK TIMESBill Geist, CBS News

Reviews

Author Information

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Countries Available

All regions