September 11th

Encore: 9/11, As It Happened, Minute by Minute

June 12, 2023 Tim Episodes, History, Life & Style, Media, People, Politics, Politics, Society 1:41:24 Comments Off on Encore: 9/11, As It Happened, Minute by Minute

This is a 100-minute, moment-by-moment telling of the story of September 11th 2001 “As It Happened” and the days that followed. Over the past three years, we’ve interviewed people who were there in New York, at the Pentagon and on site at that farm field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. This year, we’ve talked to more people with their own personal stories of 9/11. Each provides a new perspective on the events that changed America, and their reflections now after 20 years.  This episode is part of our special series, “9/11: A Generation Removed.” This episode was originally released on September 6, 2021 to mark the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America.

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9/11: Never Forget

September 11, 2021 Tim Crisis Communications, Episodes, History, Life & Style, Media, People, Politics, Politics, Society 00:40:57 Comments Off on 9/11: Never Forget

Ed Root joins Tim to talk about the people and the groups who have dedicated their lives to remembering the people and the lessons of 9/11.  Ed is a cousin of flight attendant Lorraine Bay, who was aboard United Flight 93 when it crashed into a field on September 11, 2001. Since then, Ed has been an active member of a group called, “Families of Flight 93.” Ed has dedicated much of his life to since that day. From September 12th until today, that story and the work involved can be summed up in two words, “Never forget.” This episode is part of our special series, “9/11: A Generation Removed.”

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9/11: Inside the White House Bunker

September 9, 2021 Tim Crisis Communications, Episodes, History, Life & Style, Media, People, Politics, Politics, Public Relations, Society 01:11:29 Comments Off on 9/11: Inside the White House Bunker

Retired Marine Lt. Colonel Robert Darling joins Tim to tell his story of what it was like in the White House bunker on 9/11, where the vice president and other administration officials gathered intel and made decisions minute by minute. Some of those decisions were not only life and death, but historically, never had to be made before. Robert gives an insider’s story on how the nation’s leadership responded to the most severe attack on America’s homeland since the Civil War.  This episode is part of our special series, “9/11: A Generation Removed.”

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9/11: They Just Couldn’t Stop The Journal

August 30, 2021 Tim Crisis Communications, Episodes, History, Life & Style, Marketing, Media, People, Politics, Politics, Public Relations, Society 00:49:02 Comments Off on 9/11: They Just Couldn’t Stop The Journal

Author Dean Rotbart joins Tim to talk about how the September 11th terrorist attacks destroyed the main newsroom of the Wall Street Journal, yet the team persevered and found a way to put out a newspaper the next day in defiance of the terrorists. Dean is an author and a former reporter at the Wall Street Journal.  His new book, “September Twelfth: An American Comeback Story,” tells the lesser known tale of what happens when one of the nation’s leading news organizations becomes part of the story.

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Flight 93, Shanksville: September 11, 2001

August 27, 2018 Tim Crisis Communications, Episodes, History, Media, People, Public Relations 00:38:07 Comments Off on Flight 93, Shanksville: September 11, 2001

Former FBI special agent Bill Crowley joins Tim to discuss his role as the FBI’s lead spokesperson on the scene in Shanksville, Pennsylvania in the days following the Flight 93 hijacking and crash on September 11, 2001. Bill talks about his own role, the crisis communications challenges and takes us back to that time and that place.

 

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