9/11: 20 Years On
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Inside the President’s War Room. As we mark a major anniversary of the shocking attacks on the United States, the filmmaker Adam Wishart tells us about his latest documentary. We hear an unprecedented account of how the White House reacted to 9/11 and how the decisions made that day affected the world for the next two decades.
Meanwhile, with Emma Raducanu preparing for the US Open singles final, we hear from the legendary tennis player and broadcaster Sue Barker about why this is just the beginning for Britain’s newest star.
Plus, we’ve saved a sweet treat for the end of this episode – and it packs a crunch.
Today’s Newscast was made by Danny Wittenberg with producers Georgia Coan and Alix Pickles. The studio manager was NicK Jones. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, thank you so much for all your emails about your memories of September the 11th, 2001 |
| 0:10.6 | and the terrorist attacks on the United States, which we'll all be remembering this weekend, 20 years on. |
| 0:17.0 | Margaret, message to say, |
| 0:19.0 | My youngest son was born in a hospital just 80 miles from New York City three hours |
| 0:24.7 | before the first tower was hit. My husband is a doctor and was working at that |
| 0:29.3 | hospital. He was holding his newborn son while standing by for casualties. |
| 0:34.0 | It soon became clear that no casualties would arrive. |
| 0:38.0 | Then Joanie Summer has emailed to say, |
| 0:41.0 | On 9-11, we got married in Las Vegas. It was a day filled with very |
| 0:45.8 | strange mixed emotions. We popped into reception that morning and the |
| 0:49.7 | receptionist asked us if we'd seen the plane fly into the Twin Towers. We left wondering why |
| 0:54.8 | she was telling us about a movie she'd seen only to get back to our room and find out |
| 0:59.2 | it was real. Joe message to say, your request for memories came as I was driving home from my birthday this Saturday, September the 11th. |
| 1:10.0 | I immediately vividly recalled my birthday in 2001. I was teaching in school and in a world |
| 1:15.8 | without smartphones the first I heard was when I rang my mom to say I was heading home to open |
| 1:20.4 | my presence and she said haven't you heard. Oh that really takes me back and |
| 1:26.7 | we'll be talking about some other people's recollections of that day and a few |
| 1:32.0 | other stories on this edition of newscast. of that |
| 1:35.0 | a few other stories on this edition of Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:37.0 | It will take some time before we figure out what our new normal is. |
| 1:41.0 | Now if that is the argument, then we are going into unprecedented television. |
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