September 11, 2001-WFAN, Pt 1 (Don Imus)
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- I know a lot have asked for this, so here is the first of six parts of WFAN coverage of the fateful, tragic day of September 11, 2001 starting with the breaking news during the Don Imus morning program. Imus would stay on the air for the next several hours before handing it off to Mike Francesa (Chris Russo was presumably off that week). WFAN benefited from having the eyewitness observations of Warner Wolf, who lived several blocks from the WTC and could report on what he was seeing. Their chief drawback was that they still had to run commercials at various points, the only station I know of that was still doing so that day. There are occasional dips into TV audio coverage from NBC, MSNBC (which as you will hear, Imus frequently rips) and WCBS. Additional parts of coverage will follow over time.
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.
went to JC to see them burning, later two massive c-130's flew overhead and circled the site ......................
@@gertraba4484 is there footage of those c-130 aircraft?
Chris D Get over it.
Good bye to a kinder, gentler, more innocent time
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.
That could also be said of Dec. 6 1941. As far as innocence goes anyway.
@@AmEricAnL27
I was in the army then, we went on full alert and basically stayed in that posture until I retired in 2012.
It all went downhill from there….
@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. 😥😥😥
🇦🇺❤️🇺🇸
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.
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.
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,
It was one of the most beautiful days weather wise. I remember being with my dad
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
Summer 2020, not sure you were having a conversation with Imus. He’d been dead a few months
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.
Too many commercials
I agree. WFAN showed it's true color (green) sacrificing continuous coverage for a bunch of commercials. I lost all respect for WFAN.
@@doggiestyleize i couldn't agree more. The most unprofessional broadcast I've ever heard! Absolute garbage!
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.😂😂
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!
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 ?
Do all american radio stations have this many ads? This is fucking unlistenable
Yes. The entire country is nothing but advertising.
Most definitely. Americans are bombarded with advertising from the time we're born until the day we die. It's relentless.
It’s how this piece of history went down on that one station. Nobody knew what was happening.
Right?? These dummys should have lost thier broadcasting license after this. These morons make CNN seem professional.😂🤡
yeah why do u think binladen was so pissed off?
Thank you so much for uploading this time capsule.
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.
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.
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.
R. I.P. Don Imus
Goodbye Don Imus! You were bigger than life. R.I.P! Prayers to Deidra and family.
Beautiful words about Imus
What a fantastic historical document this series is. Thank you for the upload(s).
I can’t believe that even after this was determined to be a terrorist attack, this station still had commercial breaks!
And one was for Continental Airlines. How's that for irony.
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.
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.
@@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.
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 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
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!
12:40 Wrong choice of ad.
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.
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.
remember hearing this live, Warner Wolf saw it happen and reporting from his home! Imus was great!
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.
The 1st commercial was the Yankees vs White Sox promo
That was weird because in the first 10 minutes they go to 5 minutes minimum of commercials during the biggest event in the world
George Bush told everyone to go shopping remember?
When this happened, this was one of his most memorable moments as a radio host.
Warner Wolf: lets go to the video tape
He actually said, "Boom!" describing the 1st plane hitting the north tower.
He said, let's see if there are any giant queen ants at the mall.. 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜👸👑🐜🐜🐜🐜🍫🎈🎈🍬🍬🎊🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃
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.
looloo Yeah Lester is a long time pilot with extensive aviation knowledge and experience.
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.
I like his few full episodes of dateline.
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.
People have to get paid. That’s why trump is a great president. Money is everything.
@@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975 and the show must go on definitly.
@@crazyjoedavola5430 you off her too?
@@jbetnar - Felt like it, she was an idiot
Shit that's basically today in a nutshell aey?
It must have been horrible inside at +80th floors. We hardly can imagine
I can't believe they kept breaking during this: Even WXRK went commercial-free by 9:15am.
Everybody went commercial free...if they had DJ's on air talking they would take a break by switching over to a news feed.
@@ManMonkey600 not imus apparently
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
Probably the only time Imus dropped his on air personality completely. And rightly so…
This guy famous for something other than having done the worst 9/11 broadcast in the whole world?
I turned it on when 880 went of air. Imus stayed on till the afternoon.
@@suvlakis Was it because their signal was cut off? Many radio and TV signals went down for a couple days, if memory serves.
@@chrisrosa8792 Yes, there antenna was on one of the towers. when the tower fell the signal was cut off.
Well, I'm guessing everyone who could had changed stations when they went to commercials.
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.
43:32 I bet Continental Airlines regreted buying that ad time on this day.
That was funny 😄
The Connecticut School of Broadcasting at 57:45 is even more unfortunate!
"The Towers are on fire and we're watching them burn. Speaking of watching, now this from Torneau watches."
hahaha
LOL
Do you have a full mp3 of the whole broadcast?
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.
Thank you for posting.
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.
This is how I found out about 9/11. Warner Wolf called in from his apartment from where he could see the buildings.
Warner sounds incredulous and traumatized. I don't blame him, it was a shocking event.
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
I miss Imus
Imus is still broadcasting.
Camel76
thanks..
if you like him so much go listen to him on WABC
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..
@@AndrewVOdom Yes Andrew, hey are doing a great job on WABC 77.
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.
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.
Sorry you feel that way. Join him
Stern is a good dude, IMUS was an asshole
I remember listening to this. We left work...
Good Reporting From Lester Holt.. Accurate Call On Type Of Plane When Their Was So Many Conflicting Reports At The Time.
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.
Iamthe Vanavator --I didn’t know that, thanks for posting, I did think he was incredibly fluent in describing any info about airlines.
At the time? To this day there are still people who claim it was various aircraft, drones, even missiles!
Are they kidding playing commercials while planes are crashing into buildings
bobsam55 Imus was the revenue generating portion of the day.. and he told you as much lol
Imus was the last watchable show on MSNBC
Man I remember this horrible.Juan bx,n.y.
So they had Warner on the phone as he was watching this happen , before the second plane hit , and they went to commercial ?
Steeltoedboots - everybody’s got priorities. 🔥
Imus was still trying to hit his marks.
I found out about it listening to Imus on the way to work.
Always loved listening to his show... but this was horrific!
This still makes me very angry. It's amazing how we forget so quickly and enemies are now so loved.
The mossad is loved?
Unfortunately, we never finished the job...and as for the MOSSAD comment, I think your tinfoil hat is tarnishing and needs replacement.
Was down there from Sept 2002 April 2005 left right after the last day in April
@@scootertooter6874 you're a idiot LMFAO
Not true... We tracked down and killed the man who did this. And we are always looking for terrorists...
RIP DON IMUS
8:17 yeah, not happening dude
When our lives seemed normal...even the commercials are chilling....so happy and carefree... America has never and will never be the same
Agree friend
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.
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.
A meteor is headed straight for earth, back after these messages....1-877 cars for kids....
that's cars with k, good sir
@@donjohnson9688 haha good point
I was flipping through the channels and Imus was the one I first heard say that a plane hit one of the towers.
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
Gotta love the ad for "effective on-line content management." Or how about the traffic report?
Rest On Peace Imus
he sucked tho
In not On
Related to Paul Harrell?
Bless all those people it’s beyond belief to this day 🙏
Intro of this re:football....fkn hysterical
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.
I know right..I caught that too.Eerie..
Then Imus says the other tower blew up
the adds throughout create a surreal situation , Its life imitating art.
I was at the Pentagon a few years back and visited the memorial at the spot the plane hit. Very moving.
@Jon Van Norman who's the idiot, idiot?
hitman now that’s lame
Thank you God for your truth.
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.
"Anyone who actually sits and watches a football game is a loser." LOL
Couldn't agree more. That's some basic shit right there.
Lol why?! I’m a nerd get outta here LOOSER
We’re now called Entrepreneurs
Says the professional news man who had to cut to commercial every 10 min because he's too dumb to know what to say.😂😂😂🤮🤡
@@TempoDrift1480 it's kind of a man thing. You probably wouldn't understand it 👄
I been listening to Imus from 1997-2001 R.I.P I-MAN😀👍🏿
Rest in peace.
I-man.
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.
You don’t watch tv or listen to the radio anymore because companies advertise their website?
@@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.
@@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
Are you crazy?
This comment is completely nonsensical.
NEVER FORGET 9_11 WATCHING THIS 12_29_2019 FROM BAYTOWN,TEXAS
Sadly, American's have forgotten.
@Jimbo Morrison jimbo you almost got it all correct, but you still haven't figured out that Trump works for the Israel too....
@@guffinator70 in ways yes new Generation has
@Jimbo Morrison Oh Jimbo you conspiracy nut.I Agree with you! Alot what the MSM told us is bull s??t!!!
Gman A generation has passed… Many are gone ...replaced by millennials..Not impressed here in 2020…
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!
Jamais ví tamanha covardia contra um povo .
Wow I was at work listening to Imus sports talk..
I initially thought it was a joke..
And end of an era..
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.
Imus and Charles were the best. Bernie and Bartlett did some great work too.
I loved Bernie...
Wtf....why was he doing commercials? I don’t think the Stern show was taking commercials at a certain point.
I wouldn’t blame Imus, that’s an upper level management decision.
They are live and need time off the air to collect the facts and react for the audience.
Also, the FCC might have needed the air space to broadcast emergency procedures for the area.
@@tottiemitchell6737 wrong. FCC doesn't need them to do commercial breaks.
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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.
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.
1:07 And Don Imus was on a All-Sports station after that comment?
Warner is Warner Wolf, Local NYC TV sports reporter
Sending positive love and light RIP!!!💜🙏💜
every one should blame mark chernoff the one head of wfan for why they were doing the commercials during this.
Howard Stern stayed on all day during this.
RIP IMUS
Can you imagine this happening in Britain:
"Well, the Houses of Parliament are on fire, Buckingham Palace is a pile of rubble and Big Ben's fallen down....Never mind....Here's a word from Alexander Meerkat..."
The Iman was the greatest! Enough said
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
Why??
Ku eshte Policia sekrte ?
E zuri gjumi.?
I was working in downtown Brooklyn. Walked home to Queens. This was the end of an era.
Only in a huge city is a 737 considered a small plane lol
Howard Stern did not break for commercials