I was listening to this while sitting on the West Side Highway just after the Boat Basin.. I was supposed to be at the NY Stock Exchange store by 9am, and was stuck in traffic. I'll never forget this day. I've made it a ritual to listen to this every year since it was produced. Thank you to all the first responders who gave their all for America.

@gertraba4484

4 жыл бұрын

went to JC to see them burning, later two massive c-130's flew overhead and circled the site ......................

@themerchantofengland

4 жыл бұрын

@@gertraba4484 is there footage of those c-130 aircraft?

@AndrewVOdom

3 жыл бұрын

Chris D Get over it.

Good bye to a kinder, gentler, more innocent time

@johndeere8594

4 жыл бұрын

A.D. B yeah the world has been nuts since then.I remember growing up in the eighties and nineties,not near as much to worry about in those days.

@AmEricAnL27

4 жыл бұрын

That could also be said of Dec. 6 1941. As far as innocence goes anyway.

@BULLT850

3 жыл бұрын

@@AmEricAnL27 I was in the army then, we went on full alert and basically stayed in that posture until I retired in 2012.

@xStripTeasedx

3 жыл бұрын

It all went downhill from there….

@a.d.b535

2 жыл бұрын

@Matt Joseph Seems the govt or deep state is always involved. The world would be at peace otherwise.

I listen to this every year on 9/11. I'm in Charles McCord home town. Listened to the whole thing unfold on the radio as I was delivering on a beer truck at the time, no access to TV. Gives me chills to this day. Thank you for put this on You tube.

I LIVE IN AUSTRALIA AND I WILL NEVER FORGET SEEING THIS HAPPEN IN REAL TIME ON THE TV. POSTING THIS ON 29 OF DEC 2019. R.I.P. DON. 😥😥😥

@jamesdavison2927

3 жыл бұрын

🇦🇺❤️🇺🇸

Thank you so much for uploading this time capsule.

Thank you for posting.

These guys had no clue what was going on in that first twenty minutes. Even after the second plane hit, Imus and the crew had no idea that it was another plane.

Wow, I was listening to this live at the time, Warner Wolf came on and reported a plane had hit the first tower. I thought it must have been a small plane, then, 2 minutes later, I drove on Rt. 80 over the Hackensack River bridge and had a clear view to lower Manhatten and the towers and saw the first tower smoke just pouring out...sad day, something I'll never forget...especially listening to this 19 and 1/2 years later.

That's WFAN for you...five minutes of talk an hour, 45 minutes of commercials per hour, and ten minutes of hosts doing commercials per hour.

@bigwilson8794

4 жыл бұрын

Too many commercials

@doggiestyleize

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. WFAN showed it's true color (green) sacrificing continuous coverage for a bunch of commercials. I lost all respect for WFAN.

@dannyshorvoyce4456

2 жыл бұрын

@@doggiestyleize i couldn't agree more. The most unprofessional broadcast I've ever heard! Absolute garbage!

@dannyshorvoyce4456

2 жыл бұрын

I think the guys so stupid, he didn't know what to say without hearing a real reporter talk first so he had something to say. Just look at a picture of this tool.😂😂

Had the pleasure being allowed to take a drive through at the imus ranch, had a very cool conversation with donnie imus, these people are as genuine as the day is long. This was summer 2020

@kevinbarnett2261

3 жыл бұрын

Summer 2020, not sure you were having a conversation with Imus. He’d been dead a few months

I listened to this last nightI remember listening to Imus because back then it was a beautiful morning in New York City, I had taken a day off to play golf in mamaroneck, nobody had any idea what was about to unfold. I’m glad I live in Ireland now. But NYC is the greatest city on the planet,

@stephendouglas4343

Жыл бұрын

It was one of the most beautiful days weather wise. I remember being with my dad

This is how I learned of the awful news. I was in the car on the way to work with the Imus show on the radio. I shall never forget Warner Wolf’s reporting it live to Imus.

I was listening to this broadcast on my way to work that day. After the first plane hit, I caught a glimpse of the tower burning from I-280. As I was pulling in to a parking garage in Newark, NJ, the I-man and Charles McCort reported the 2nd tower "explosion". I parked my truck and ran up to the top deck of the parking garage and saw both towers burning. Will never forget that day!

@ronniewoodinsteadofmt2615

4 ай бұрын

Wow a penn resident here . I can’t even imagine what you were going through as you watched it live . Did you have your car radio on as well ?

What a fantastic historical document this series is. Thank you for the upload(s).

I would imagine there was a massive changing on the dial of every radio that was looking for info on the attack when they continued airing commercials.

R. I.P. Don Imus

13:30 second plane hits

They all say "twin engine" . Fucking covers everything. It was a very visible "jet" with two enormous bypass engines. A 767 heavy, loaded with fuel for a run to LAX.

I can’t believe that even after this was determined to be a terrorist attack, this station still had commercial breaks!

@Big_Joe570

3 жыл бұрын

And one was for Continental Airlines. How's that for irony.

Do all american radio stations have this many ads? This is fucking unlistenable

@TempoDrift1480

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. The entire country is nothing but advertising.

@mikeabel7577

3 жыл бұрын

Most definitely. Americans are bombarded with advertising from the time we're born until the day we die. It's relentless.

@bsbrega

2 жыл бұрын

It’s how this piece of history went down on that one station. Nobody knew what was happening.

@dannyshorvoyce4456

2 жыл бұрын

Right?? These dummys should have lost thier broadcasting license after this. These morons make CNN seem professional.😂🤡

@Undoublethinkful

2 жыл бұрын

yeah why do u think binladen was so pissed off?

I was getting ready to leave for work at AIG. My mom and I watched the second tower fall live on TV. What a crazy day that changed the world

Do you have a full mp3 of the whole broadcast?

Goodbye Don Imus! You were bigger than life. R.I.P! Prayers to Deidra and family.

@thomasackerly2410

4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful words about Imus

I was listening to this live. I was on my way to an appointment. When I got to my appointment, TVs were tuned in. I was stunned. When I was done, I drove home and popped in a VHS tape and started taping Fox News and went back to work. Very surreal!

Still shocks me how they continued to play commercials and comedy bits on Imus so long after the first tower was hit. The moronic traffic report at 29:01 is jaw dropping. "45 minutes at the inbound Lincoln" while the towers were burning and people were jumping is insane. Warner Wolf was great on this day but the rest of the Imus show fell far short by simply playing commercials and simulcasting TV networks.

@will89687

10 ай бұрын

Before they went to continuous coverage of the JFK assassination CBS continued to air commercials and a regularly scheduled soap opera. This isn't new.

@Ed3737

10 ай бұрын

@@will89687 Totally different time and situation. In '63, CBS in New York was getting information via teletype from Dallas. The technology was antiquated and communications from 1500 miles away were slow. And it was TV. On 9/11, this example here is radio, they were two miles away and watching on TV while in the studio. At that point in NYC that morning, only WFAN was still doing program matter and running commercials. The Imus show then was overloaded with spots and they didn't want to give back the money unless they absolutely had to. In retrospect a horrible decision and that traffic reporter comes off as both clueless and heartless. We knew then people were jumping from the buildings and she's giving wait times at tunnels that were already closed at that point.

@RogueCylon

10 ай бұрын

They very likely didn’t want to report that, but they were trying to inform people downtown. You don’t understand how confusing it was in Manhattan. No one expected the collapse.

I was listening to the show that morning, and I left work and drove to my kids, and woke everybody up in the neighborhood. 6am in tucson.horrible day.

@LlyleHunter

4 жыл бұрын

I’m a native New Yorker from Long Island who had moved to Ft Lauderdale FL and was already at work when the it occurred. Thank You for bringing that to me. In all of these years it hadn’t occurred to me that the mountain and western regions largely woke up after the attacks.

Warner Wolf: lets go to the video tape

@kevinmccauley5936

5 жыл бұрын

He actually said, "Boom!" describing the 1st plane hitting the north tower.

@TheKonga88

4 жыл бұрын

He said, let's see if there are any giant queen ants at the mall.. 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜👸👑🐜🐜🐜🐜🍫🎈🎈🍬🍬🎊🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃

remember hearing this live, Warner Wolf saw it happen and reporting from his home! Imus was great!

When this happened, this was one of his most memorable moments as a radio host.

It must have been horrible inside at +80th floors. We hardly can imagine

Probably the only time Imus dropped his on air personality completely. And rightly so…

@dannyshorvoyce4456

2 жыл бұрын

This guy famous for something other than having done the worst 9/11 broadcast in the whole world?

@suvlakis

2 жыл бұрын

I turned it on when 880 went of air. Imus stayed on till the afternoon.

@chrisrosa8792

2 жыл бұрын

@@suvlakis Was it because their signal was cut off? Many radio and TV signals went down for a couple days, if memory serves.

@suvlakis

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisrosa8792 Yes, there antenna was on one of the towers. when the tower fell the signal was cut off.

Jesus Christ that first commercial ... unreal how September 11th took on a new meaning as a date AFTER this happened. Obviously the commercial they aired was cut / produced before 9/11 and at that time, it was just another date. .....Unreal.

@slapshot68

2 жыл бұрын

The 1st commercial was the Yankees vs White Sox promo

Gotta love the ad for "effective on-line content management." Or how about the traffic report?

That was weird because in the first 10 minutes they go to 5 minutes minimum of commercials during the biggest event in the world

@stevengallant6363

Жыл бұрын

George Bush told everyone to go shopping remember?

I can't believe they kept breaking during this: Even WXRK went commercial-free by 9:15am.

@ManMonkey600

5 жыл бұрын

Everybody went commercial free...if they had DJ's on air talking they would take a break by switching over to a news feed.

@jbetnar

3 жыл бұрын

@@ManMonkey600 not imus apparently

A bunch of terribly placed ads-wowzers. The confusion at the beginning was what we all felt though; watched it all happen from Toronto worrying that redirected flights landing here might crash into our tower too. I did end up like that wine ad that night, though; half-drunk at a pub.

I remember listening to this. We left work...

I wonder how many listeners they lost every time they went to those commercials. The world is crumbling around them and they're playing advertisements.

@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975

3 жыл бұрын

People have to get paid. That’s why trump is a great president. Money is everything.

@martinescobar1023

3 жыл бұрын

@@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975 and the show must go on definitly.

@jbetnar

3 жыл бұрын

@@crazyjoedavola5430 you off her too?

@crazyjoedavola5430

3 жыл бұрын

@@jbetnar - Felt like it, she was an idiot

@TempoDrift1480

3 жыл бұрын

Shit that's basically today in a nutshell aey?

"The Towers are on fire and we're watching them burn. Speaking of watching, now this from Torneau watches."

@TDTam11

7 жыл бұрын

hahaha

@nonsuch3419

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

I was in school and it was the 1st week of highschool and my friend told me at lunch that a terror attack happened in New York and that someone flew a plane into a building but since the school tried to keep it from us we didn't realize how serious it was and we even laughed it off because nobody thought it was a big deal since nobody was talking about it. I didn't know until I got home and my mom was crying and she had it on the TV and that's when I 1st saw the reality of what had happened and it changed everyone's lives who were present for this horrible attack.

I was listening to this I Man broadcast live as it happened. Warner was a spot on eye witness providing as heart breaking a commentary as one could imagine.

Well, I'm guessing everyone who could had changed stations when they went to commercials.

@thatsworrisome

4 жыл бұрын

Dan Schreffler - True that unless your listening on a car radio to a caller who you assume is still holding on the line to tell ya more.

I miss Imus

@Camel76

7 жыл бұрын

Imus is still broadcasting.

@reggiefleming7712

7 жыл бұрын

Camel76 thanks..

@MrShelly53

6 жыл бұрын

if you like him so much go listen to him on WABC

@AndrewVOdom

3 жыл бұрын

Mensh G I do too but Bernie & Sid are doing it well now “In the Morning” on 77 WABC .. RIP , I-Man,.. Heard this live in Boston on 96.9 WTKK who carried Imus..

@davidrosato864

3 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewVOdom Yes Andrew, hey are doing a great job on WABC 77.

This is how I found out about 9/11. Warner Wolf called in from his apartment from where he could see the buildings.

I found out about it listening to Imus on the way to work. Always loved listening to his show... but this was horrific!

Warner sounds incredulous and traumatized. I don't blame him, it was a shocking event.

@dannyshorvoyce4456

2 жыл бұрын

These morons should have lost their broadcasting rights after this disgrace of a broadcast! When Howard stern makes you look unprofessional, it's time to give up. I wish this dummy was on one of the planes

43:32 I bet Continental Airlines regreted buying that ad time on this day.

@williamb.2167

3 жыл бұрын

That was funny 😄

@HugoNewman

2 жыл бұрын

The Connecticut School of Broadcasting at 57:45 is even more unfortunate!

Sending positive love and light RIP!!!💜🙏💜

12:40 Wrong choice of ad.

Thank you God for your truth.

Lester Holt one of the few I've heard nailing early the weak spot in our defense capability from inside the country. Also recognized the type/size of jet right away. He's always been top notch.

@iamthevanavator281

4 жыл бұрын

looloo Yeah Lester is a long time pilot with extensive aviation knowledge and experience.

@TralfazConstruction

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for giving Mr. Holt the proper credit. I hadn't known that up until this moment, almost twenty years later. July 17, 2021.

@CC-fo7tr

2 жыл бұрын

I like his few full episodes of dateline.

Imus was the last watchable show on MSNBC

RIP DON IMUS

Man I remember this horrible.Juan bx,n.y.

I was at 70 Pine Street when the second plane hit. Felt like an earthquake. I walked home to the Bronx as I was scared the busses, bridges, and subway were next. I walked up Broadway so as not to be near bridges. As I did so the entire drama of that day unfolded.

Good Reporting From Lester Holt.. Accurate Call On Type Of Plane When Their Was So Many Conflicting Reports At The Time.

@iamthevanavator281

4 жыл бұрын

frank chap as you probably already know Lester is a long time pilot himself. One can tell from his reporting on aviation related stories that he is highly knowledgeable and has significant experience in aviation.

@judywright4241

4 жыл бұрын

Iamthe Vanavator --I didn’t know that, thanks for posting, I did think he was incredibly fluent in describing any info about airlines.

@b3j8

3 жыл бұрын

At the time? To this day there are still people who claim it was various aircraft, drones, even missiles!

Intro of this re:football....fkn hysterical

Are they kidding playing commercials while planes are crashing into buildings

@bpppanthers6334

4 жыл бұрын

bobsam55 Imus was the revenue generating portion of the day.. and he told you as much lol

If the low quality of this recording and that constant background droning wasn't already eerie enough lol. I mean even putting aside the attacks on the WTC, this is one eerie sounding recording.

When our lives seemed normal...even the commercials are chilling....so happy and carefree... America has never and will never be the same

@thomasackerly2410

4 жыл бұрын

Agree friend

I been listening to Imus from 1997-2001 R.I.P I-MAN😀👍🏿

the adds throughout create a surreal situation , Its life imitating art.

8:17 yeah, not happening dude

A meteor is headed straight for earth, back after these messages....1-877 cars for kids....

@donjohnson9688

5 жыл бұрын

that's cars with k, good sir

@Kgio-2112

4 жыл бұрын

@@donjohnson9688 haha good point

Bless all those people it’s beyond belief to this day 🙏

It’s really sick that their are people cheering don’s passing. Rip champ you were a pioneer. Hard to believe 911 was almost twenty years ago, how time does fly.

@davidjefferson8091

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry you feel that way. Join him

@castironrichie1445

4 жыл бұрын

Stern is a good dude, IMUS was an asshole

The radio station didn’t read the room or moment well. The continued commercials including one for an airline even after the President declaring it a terrorist attack was a tone deaf move.

Rest in peace. I-man.

Rest On Peace Imus

@anarcho-pingu

3 жыл бұрын

he sucked tho

@bt10ant

3 жыл бұрын

In not On

@GeoffCK

2 жыл бұрын

Related to Paul Harrell?

I was flipping through the channels and Imus was the one I first heard say that a plane hit one of the towers.

@dannyshorvoyce4456

2 жыл бұрын

Ironic considering this dummy was on commercial break for most of the day due to his utter lack of news reporting skills. He should have been fired on the spot and replaced. At least they could have tried to find someone who belonged in that role

This still makes me very angry. It's amazing how we forget so quickly and enemies are now so loved.

@bean7039

4 жыл бұрын

The mossad is loved?

@scootertooter6874

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, we never finished the job...and as for the MOSSAD comment, I think your tinfoil hat is tarnishing and needs replacement.

@thomasackerly2410

4 жыл бұрын

Was down there from Sept 2002 April 2005 left right after the last day in April

@bean7039

4 жыл бұрын

@@scootertooter6874 you're a idiot LMFAO

@fservo

4 жыл бұрын

Not true... We tracked down and killed the man who did this. And we are always looking for terrorists...

I was listening to this on the radio in car at the motor vehicle in Eatontown nj , they gave me paper with time and date that day because car failed should have kept it but had to turn it in next time i went for reinspection.

How bizarre is that one of the commercials at 13:24 was selling wrist watches. One of the locations was located at the World Trade Center.

@troyaustin1994

5 жыл бұрын

I know right..I caught that too.Eerie..

@slapshot68

2 жыл бұрын

Then Imus says the other tower blew up

Stern went commercial free when the attack happened but Imus show still ran commercials Not Imus’s decision, but whoever made the decision it was the wrong one

Notice that you don't hear the phrase DOT COM on any of the commercials not like today that you hear it every few seconds. That's the main reason I don't watch tv or listen to the radio anymore.

@willg7540

4 жыл бұрын

You don’t watch tv or listen to the radio anymore because companies advertise their website?

@jpolar394

4 жыл бұрын

@@willg7540..........They advertise too much and it's all the same commercials all the time. A 30 minute sitcom from the 60s have 4 commercial breaks......Give me a break. My library at home has so many books in it that I donate the books I have read to the library. When books start to have worthless commercials in them then I will stop reading them too.

@alake448

3 жыл бұрын

@@jpolar394 Can definitely agree with this.

I am a New Yorker. When it happened, I thought London and Paris would support us. Never expected such love and support from Americans and globally. Thank you I guess my reaction was very local in the beginning

@mastersamurai7683

4 жыл бұрын

Are you crazy?

@jungleambience5355

3 жыл бұрын

This comment is completely nonsensical.

Jamais ví tamanha covardia contra um povo .

I was at the Pentagon a few years back and visited the memorial at the spot the plane hit. Very moving.

@clubhouseme

4 жыл бұрын

@Jon Van Norman who's the idiot, idiot?

@katevand

4 жыл бұрын

hitman now that’s lame

"Anyone who actually sits and watches a football game is a loser." LOL

@TempoDrift1480

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. That's some basic shit right there.

@karlos6918

3 жыл бұрын

Lol why?! I’m a nerd get outta here LOOSER

@karlos6918

3 жыл бұрын

We’re now called Entrepreneurs

@dannyshorvoyce4456

2 жыл бұрын

Says the professional news man who had to cut to commercial every 10 min because he's too dumb to know what to say.😂😂😂🤮🤡

@dannyshorvoyce4456

2 жыл бұрын

@@TempoDrift1480 it's kind of a man thing. You probably wouldn't understand it 👄

NEVER FORGET 9_11 WATCHING THIS 12_29_2019 FROM BAYTOWN,TEXAS

@guffinator70

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly, American's have forgotten.

@Gman539

4 жыл бұрын

@Jimbo Morrison jimbo you almost got it all correct, but you still haven't figured out that Trump works for the Israel too....

@thomasackerly2410

4 жыл бұрын

@@guffinator70 in ways yes new Generation has

@scottclark2069

4 жыл бұрын

@Jimbo Morrison Oh Jimbo you conspiracy nut.I Agree with you! Alot what the MSM told us is bull s??t!!!

@AndrewVOdom

3 жыл бұрын

Gman A generation has passed… Many are gone ...replaced by millennials..Not impressed here in 2020…

The Iman was the greatest! Enough said

Wow I was at work listening to Imus sports talk.. I initially thought it was a joke.. And end of an era..

So they had Warner on the phone as he was watching this happen , before the second plane hit , and they went to commercial ?

@thatsworrisome

4 жыл бұрын

Steeltoedboots - everybody’s got priorities. 🔥

@jonbryn4

4 жыл бұрын

Imus was still trying to hit his marks.

Imus and Charles were the best. Bernie and Bartlett did some great work too.

@crazyjoedavola5430

4 жыл бұрын

I loved Bernie...

MEMORIAL DAY 🇺🇸🇺🇸11 SEPT 🙏🙏BENDICIONES MY FRIENDS 🙏🙏

💌 definitely

I remember that day I was on the phone with my daughter father at the time and we saw the plane hit and came down and my brother didn't want me to go to work but I went away

@spirit13the1st6

3 жыл бұрын

Why??

Warner is Warner Wolf, Local NYC TV sports reporter

This is a cool piece of history!

@its_jam_

3 жыл бұрын

It’s far from cool

@bhs3871

3 жыл бұрын

@@its_jam_ Cool as in amazing to witness it via technology. I'm from NYC and was a kid when this happened so I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, now witnessing it on videos I realize the magnitude of what was happening in my city at that time. The act itself is, obviously, not cool nor amazing, evidently. I meant being able to witness massive historic past events on a screen is cool as in awe. Cheers my friend.

That witness said it was a small plane a jet! She didn't know much about planes! Crazy! Almost 20 years later and so many questions!

Amazing 25 minutes into this, after it was obviously terrorism, Imus was still doing bits and plating spots. I was at WFAN from 1996-2010. Tact was not a strong point for them.

Warner Wolf was very prescient with his prediction that those above the impact zone would not get out. The die was cast as soon as that plane hit the North Tower.

RIP IMUS

every one should blame mark chernoff the one head of wfan for why they were doing the commercials during this.

Wtf....why was he doing commercials? I don’t think the Stern show was taking commercials at a certain point.

@boataxe4605

4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t blame Imus, that’s an upper level management decision.

@tottiemitchell6737

4 жыл бұрын

They are live and need time off the air to collect the facts and react for the audience.

@tottiemitchell6737

4 жыл бұрын

Also, the FCC might have needed the air space to broadcast emergency procedures for the area.

@jbetnar

3 жыл бұрын

@@tottiemitchell6737 wrong. FCC doesn't need them to do commercial breaks.

Howard Stern stayed on all day during this.

Wearing your color and jersey are normal in the south! We wear our colors and support our football teams!

I always enjoyed listening to Imus, especially when he was getting his own balls busted he was a good champ and took it well often laughing the hardest at himself.

1:07 And Don Imus was on a All-Sports station after that comment?

Ku eshte Policia sekrte ? E zuri gjumi.?