Dan Rather: Where I Was on 9 11. Extended interview
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- Reporter Dan Rather talks about his experiences on and after 9/11, as well as discussing going on The Late Show with David Letterman a week later.
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I had the pleasure of meeting Dan Rather about 6 months after 9/11. I met him in pasadena. I didn't acost him. He was signing books. I couldn't afford the book but I told him that I really admired him. I was 14. He instead signed a book for free for me. ❤
“There’s no apologizing for grief.” Such wisdom in that.
Bravo!! I need to hear this now!! Thank you!
When news reported the facts instead of opinion.
I really wish we could bring real news back.
He was literally fired for lying and cover up.
Dan Rather is one of the great ones like Walter Cronkite
I distinctly remember in the days and weeks after 9/11 thinking, if only the news reported just the facts like they are today, with no sensationalism or opinions attached, we would live in a better place. Bias has always been there.
Rather's opinion was 9/11 was rumor and NYC was in good shape!
Will A.I. ever show this kind of compassion and shared grief like a true professional like Dan?
I doubt that will ever happen.
His voice is so steady and calming. Even during times of tragedy, he acts calm.
I can't imagine going in front of millions of people who are in a state of fear if not panic without a script and with very little hard information and knowing that you will be guiding people through horror. And knowing that your viewers are desperate for clarity. He did an incredible job that day
Well said 🇺🇸
I grew up with Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather. Hands down the best newsmen ever.
Walter Cronkite was number 1!
Grew up with Rather. Always a class act.
You only had 3 choices.
So the best is in the top 3 of 3.
I’m impressed, I had no idea doing a newscast was the same as piloting the best war machines in history.
Strapped himself in???
Should’ve pulled the ejector
Seat lever back in Vietnam and landed on Walter himself .
I guess Matt Wallace was his
co pilot.
@@gregblack2628 you’re dramatizing the differences and completely omitting the similarities that he gave describing why he compared the two. What you actually did there is far more indicative of the current mainstream media.
FYI, in studios, like he’s describing, the anchors were literally on risers/platforms, in computer chairs. Different studios had different setups but they all had some sort of safety system in place, so the chairs/anchors didn’t roll, or fall off the platform. Most had devices that locked the chair to the floor, and some had straps that secured the actual person. These newsrooms are/were very loud and chaotic so, unlike nowadays, or in studios that were separate from the news room, many anchors had to wear an earpiece in both ears, instead of just one. The earpieces, back then, worked like walkie talkies, meaning they had to be connected to a particular channel and, with that older technology, there were more steps in getting all the audio/visual aspects up & running. So, his comparison wasn’t about anything other than exactly what he said, and it’s also just an expression. When a person goes looking to point fingers, they’ll always find something and what that something is will often tell you plenty about the accused, and the accuser.
@@gregblack2628. There is always some creep on the internet, that has to make things out to be ugly.
I still cry to this day. All these years later. All the lives lost. I sobbed that day and for days after. You have nothing to be ashamed of, in fact applauded for your humanity❤️
I agree 100%.
I still remember the tears in his eyes when he was speaking on Letterman weeks later.
Dan Rather
You are a legend. You should NEVER feel guilty or bad about your true feelings. You are so respected for your honesty. Please remember how many new Yorkers love and respect you and to this day wish you were here with us so we can have some truth. All my respect to you always
He has gotten us through so much. There is no one like him in media today.
He got me through nothing. The media was, is, and will continue to be corrupt.
He just showed us his humanity that day and we are all better for it. God bless.
It’s important to see dad cry when it counts. Dan’s tears helped deliver the gravity of the situation.
I remember crying at home and Dan was on Dave Letterman and I said I’m with you Dan Rather
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Good for you Mr Rather!!! ‘There is no apology for grief’ is a great statement. Especially at a time of great personal or national mourning.
Being from the UK myself, it has been a very emotional and unsure period since the death of our beloved Monarch. To see our News Presenters and Reporters displaying their grief so publicly along with the rest of the Nation was extremely comforting. Sometimes showing true emotion is what we need from the people we see on our televisions so regularly.
Yes, I agree with you, and I think it’s better for the news people to show emotion. After all, they’re only human, 9/11, was probably one of the biggest news days in the world, shock, disbelief, fear, after the second plane hit the tower, and it was quite a bit out what was happening, when Princess Diana died for you all over in the UK, I remember the news, commentators struggling as well, I even saw a lady Bobby (I don’t know what you call them I mean no disrespect) she was crying, and as you said, with her Majesty, your queen, devastating for you all, doesn’t matter that she was old, and sick, and I know I was here in the states and I was reading online news break, and it came out that her Majesty had passed away, and I said my friend oh, no, the queen died, it’s a reaction , but what I was surprised by here, at least in America only one station was having breaking news. All the other ones were doing regular TV which surprise me, because when Diana died, you couldn’t get anything else on TV
When I was a kid my dad would watch him every evening before he went to bed.
Yeah, Rather was good for insomnia.
I woke up to my radio alarm having Dan Rather's voice saying there was a lot of confusion about downtown Manhattan. I worked nights, and I had to get up early for a medical appointment. I walked up the stairs, my stepmom was on the couch, and we both saw the second plane on live television. I didn't sleep for over 48 hours. Just stayed up all night at my job, watching live television reports.
One of the last great newsmen of the modern era.
Yes, and JFK's head moved forward with considerable violence right Dan
He sucks. WTF are you talking about
He resigned for fabricating a lie about the president. But I’m guessing you’re a lib and didn’t care
One of the first for spreading fake news and he knew it. That's why he was fired.
Dan Rather has really lived an interesting life. He was also in Dallas when President Kennedy got assassinated.
I remember hearing him report to Walter Cronkite that the president was shot. He was reporting from Dallas.
I will never forget the moment when Walter Cronkite took his glasses off and said the president was dead.
Mr. Rather, you have been our latest version of Walter Cronkite. I remember one random time running through a Colorado airport, seeing Mr. Cronkite. I couldn't even talk. You are a legend and a true American beyond compare. You have been there with your soft-spoken way, helping us get through some of the roughest days of our country. Your voice, though strong, still can make us feel at times as if you are whispering only to us, in order to be respectful of the news going on. We are all blessed and grateful for you, Sir. Sending hugs and love.
He's a liar. He makes up fake news about candidates he doesn't like.
@@jamespfitz now now. please dont confuse Dan with Sean Hannity. Hes a true liar
Dan is a hero. He is always willing to ask the hard questions, and he takes his responsibility as a journalist very seriously.
Hero? Hero? The man used falsified documents to try to rig an election. He used the Kennedy assassination to further his career, caught in lies, and has the credibility of a rattlesnake. He’s the epitome of the corrupt, dirty, lying media.
Hero?
Deserving of respect, no doubt, but how is he a hero?
Actually Gunga Dan Rather was the originator of fake news before there was fake news. He got caught forging documents about Bush’s military service. The Killian documents. Got caught by fonts that weren’t available on the typwriter when the letter was supposedly wrote. LOL.
Similar experience. I thought “some poor commuter pilot went off course” and actually felt sorry for the man’s family as he would have been ridiculed in the news.
Then I saw the second plane hit live and it was beyond obvious that it was a commercial airliner.
Dan Rather is a legend a real journalist
Actually Gunga Dan Rather was the originator of fake news before there was fake news. He got caught forging documents about Bush’s military service. The Killian documents. Got caught by fonts that weren’t available on the typwriter when the letter was supposedly wrote. LOL.
Not sure, but Dan is one of the last truthful news reporters. He told as it was, not what he wanted to be.
You're right. By 2005 news programs were increasingly turning into opinion programs. The story would go, "Mr. X says this," or, "Ms. Z thinks this." So it could be claimed they were reporting on the news of the person saying or thinking something.
I know, right? I love his interviews on AXS with musicians and actors. SO good.
Then why was he fired for lying? He's a traitor.
Always so eloquent and professional…
A gentleman and a scholar. Thank you Mr. Rather for your service to this country 🇺🇸
I think it showed you were human to get upset- we all felt that way
this cbs was ther only channel I could get on 9/11 dan rather was my lifeline that day and on ward thanks dan for helping me and my son during 9/11 to feel reassured in a caring way,
Dan Rather top notch reporter simply the best. How dare anyone criticize him for getting choked up on the late show. First this is his city. I’m sure he knew some of the top brass of the FDNY. Most of the US was stunned by this. Especially people in the NY metro area. Dan great job always god bless you
A little chuckle:
Dan Rather makes a little chirp sound with the letter S - particularly noticeable when he said "CBS News."
As I played this video, my wife in an adjoining room yelled over, "Am I hearing birds?"
When the federal building in Oklahoma was bombed I remember coming home. I turned on the TV and at first thought the video I was seeing was some kind of movie. Dan Rather was on in the middle of the day, which was surprising, and he looked like hell, because his face didn't have the expected makeup to make a broadcater look natural in the strong lights.
I used Dan Rather as a sleep 💤 aid. He's voice put me to sleep. Still works now watching this.💤
😂 gonna add him to my list
Doing same about now - in Australia. A wonderful man and very easy on the ears.
This was one of the best reporters ever. We miss you and love you. And even though I always wanted to meet you, which was impossible but the good thing is I will surely meet you in heaven. God bless. 💕🎺🕊️
Did Dan pass away??
90 yrs old and still living in Texas according to Wikipedia
Not by a long shot Dan is still with us, unfortunately. @@PopGoesTheCultureTV
@@blueduck5589 unfortunately.?
Hes still alive
An absolute professional.
A frank and faithful recollection. Very professional. Emotionally striking. Most striking from a correspondent that was 'in-country' reporting on brown-dirt Vietnam warfare.
The greatest news anchor of our time. It was about the story, not the man.
Last news man that could be trusted. I miss those days.
Rather also was in Dallas when JFK was assassinated in fact the limo speed past him right after it happened
Dan Rather. What a man of sincerity and integrity. Sincerely, one of the millennial generation. Many upstanding men of past years - we can learn from. Virtues I hope are emphasized to a greater degree as time passes. Peace be with and may God bless you all 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
Dan Rather, One of the Best News Anchors of All Time....Thank you....
You know what? It's true. America is multi religious, ethnic and cultural. But no matter what. On 911 we were united. Why does it take such a horrible thing like 911 for us to stand together? Please. Can't we just be like this every day??
By far one of the best interviews I've ever heard! You got lucky on this one, Dan had a lot of things to vent.
I miss Dan Rather. Back when I had some trust in the media. He knows how fouled up the general media is right now. I saw him in an interview where he tried warning the media to watch the personal opinions presented as facts.
Isn’t this the same guy who made up the Bush/Texas ANG story?
It wasn't made up
@@bclr5964 Watch the movie Truth starring Robert Redford. It explains how it all unfolded.
Mr. Dan Rather is A National Treasure ;] GOD BLESS You Sir…Thank you for Your Yeomen Service ❤
Actually Gunga Dan Rather was the originator of fake news before there was fake news. He got caught forging documents about Bush’s military service. The Killian documents. Got caught by fonts that weren’t available on the typwriter when the letter was supposedly wrote. LOL.
I wish he would run for president. Such an honorable man. Trustworthy.
Yeah, that's a bad idea. Teevee actors (yes, he IS - Dan Rather is an actor, playing an honorable, trustworthy man) are the last thing we need in government. This is how we got Trump rammed up our collective asses.
Dan Rather, you are a class act! You are a human being and should never apologize for being emotional! ❤️
Well put, @pumagutten. Thanks for watching. I hope you'll like, share and subscribe. Best. David
When I was younger, I used to ask the older generation where they were when JFK was assassinated. Now the younger generation asks me where I was on 9/11.
After hearing on the radio a plane crashed into the WTC I tuned into CBS news because Dan Rather is the man.
CBS have treated Dan so shamefully
Actually Gunga Dan Rather was the originator of fake news before there was fake news. He got caught forging documents about Bush’s military service. The Killian documents. Got caught by fonts that weren’t available on the typwriter when the letter was supposedly wrote. LOL.
I don't know. What happened
I left my Tues morning Spanish 301 college class to hear Dan Rathers voice in my car
I sincerely and genuinely wish EVERYONE knew the real Dan Rather... You would be shocked. GREAT actor.
I was watching Sky News In England when the second plane hit the Twin-Towers...RIP sunshines...
29:00
live like this.
I was in college. A plane had hit one of the towers, and we all then watched it broadcasted. We thought it was a mistake, but as we saw live the second plane crash in to the other tower, we knew something was horribly wrong. I lived near one of the USA’s largest airports, and it went completely silent for a week after
Planes only stopped for 3 days. I was a controller & worked the last plane into jfk & the first plane out on Friday.
In a few weeks, my husband, father in law (originally from Queens), 11 yr old son and I will be going to NYC 22 years after 9/11. That specific day i was living in Denver with a very troubled 1st husband and his teen daughter that he nor his 1st wife would take into custody. He gave her up as ward of the state. It was a horrible time. I was also working at high stress PR firm with a client I couldn't trust. Listening to KC story, i was a bit triggered, but I do remember thinking that I had to find balance and return to my family in my hometown. Now, I am so grateful that the sad chapter is closed. Now I get to show my son Broadway's Lion King and the 9/11 Memorial with my wonderful 2nd husband and his dad. That event like Covid have been huge barometers as to what us important.
Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw & Peter Jennings were the 3 best in the TV News business
Today’s anchors on NBC,CBS&ABC are not that good I miss the People in the Newsroom in the background working well those men were on the air .
I miss Dan Rather. Real journalist.
Is there wind in the background? I love it but between that sound and Rathers voice, I’m struggling to stay awake.
I remember turning on the tv on the english channal seeing Dan there everyday ! I even wondered if this guy ever had a break !
A true professional. Dan Rather has seen things I am grateful to have not been witness to. Coverage of Vietnam. He's been a part of my life for the last 6 decades. I am grateful for him.
I don’t remember how many days after 9-11-01 all domestic flights were grounded, but that certainly would have slowed baseball schedules since teams normally fly across the country to play various teams. Did any professional teams take a bus to get to games that week?
About 5 days flights were grounded
I think MLB came back on the 9-19 once U.S. airspace opened up again.
College football & the nfl stopped for aweek
God bless you, Dan Rather.
Was @ my Army Reserve unit for a day of specialized training. We were told to stay off the internet & watched both towers fall before we were sent home.
I remember, Peter, Jennings said that was when he started smoking again,
As someone from the UK I cannot imagine Don lemon or Sean hannity reporting the news like dan rather for a start he only reported the facts a different time seems like centuries ago.
A class act!
What's the frequency Kenneth?
whats the frequency kenneth?
This guy turned 90 years old shortly before this interview. Joe Biden is 80 now and can't string more than 4 sentences together before speaking jiberish. Everyone ages differently I guess, but I'm really impressed by how together Dan is at this age.
Not true.
That is high level skill.
I was at home getting my kids ready for school. For some reason, my daughter put on The Today Show. And then it happened.
Many others could also say where
They were!
I was walking the Camino safe from
The concrete jungle!
If there was ever a time where emotions should have been shown/expected would be on 9/11.. - After all,, broadcasters are only human.. 🌷
How many earpieces did he have?
Dan Rather's coverage on the day was up there with the likes of Murrow in my opinion.
I had the opposite reaction. when hearing world trade center hit by plane (first one), i assumed it was a terrorist attack. Growing up in britain, we were so used to IRA putting bombs in tube & railway station bins, and blowing up brighton hotel, etc. plus planes were hijacked many times, like the one that blew up over lockerbie. But in the USA, terrorism was not expected.
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Why does this man whisper? I’ve never cared for Dan Rather’s style, but he did a great job on 9/11, when he spoke louder! Unfortunately, there was no truth in the Bush 43 story.
That moment on Letterman allowed more unity.
Grand rather reported the John F Kennedy assassination and the terrorist attacks on 9/11 not that many people could say that. Then rather did a tremendous job reporting the John F Kennedy assassination and the 9/11 terrorist attacks just outstanding...
The limo speed past Rather just after the assassination and he was one of the first who saw the Zapruder film and he tried to buy it
@@MrDuds1984 that's correct and they have the Cooper film Mr Cooper was filming right in front of the Texas School Book Depository. I do not believe in the conspiracy in this assassination but there is a movie called executive action starring Burt Lancaster will gear this film really made my eyebrow raised...
Had to bump Bryant Gumbel off the air
I fear Mr. Rather's final comments reflect a sunset retrospective on a career where he was not permitted to speak as he would have wished.
It’s funny how people remember the attack on the world trade centers you never can imagine something like this happening but anything is possible i. Remember it vividly and i never been to New York and forgive my idiotousy i didn’t even no how far it was from Chicago where I’ve lived all my life so im at work in the morning and i here my co workers saying a plane flew into the World Trade Center im like where is that they say New York im like wow that’s terrible not aware were were all in imminent danger because it was a alot going on planes missing and then I heard they were looking to knock down a few sky scrappers including the Serra towing then suddenly i realized America as we knew it was under attack and no one was safe i could go on for hours but that’s my memory in nut shell
Like Billy Ray Cyrus and Ed Asner, this guy talks about himself & his job far more than the disaster itself and the impact on the US and its people. Rather does a better job of making it sound like he's talking about others, but ultimately it's all about me, me me. Credit to Jane Leeves and Ray Romano who make it about others and come across as far more caring than egocentric. When leaders and influencers are so egocentric is it any wonder that a malignant narcissist will likely be returning as President?
If you watch CBS on 9/11 you'll see Rather wasn't on air till 10am - the south tower fell as they were introducing him - where was he for the hour and 15 minutes between the first plane hitting and 10am - that's kinda what I was hoping to hear about - both Brokaw and Jennings were in by 9:30
The first plane hit at 9:48 ET. I was there.
All I know is good sir is the news and everything was better before that day. I was in the Army on 911.
Thank you for your service 😃🎖👍👍
From 1 army vet 1st Armored Division /101st/ thanks 4 your service
I’m like Sam Kinison when people try to explain 9/11/01 in my presence… I had just quit my job and returned home on Greyhound Port Authority the night before… I moved back in with moms and fixing my television the next morning, saw a fuzzy hole in the first building. A month later I would be working 12 hour shifts in the construction crews on Canal street and forgotten by Christmas. YOUR WELCOME!…
Sounds/reads like you want a pat on the back.
Not sure what you mean by forgotten by Christmas ... forgotten by whom ?
I do not think there is one person on earth, who is capable of not remembering what they were doing on 9/11,
Unless, they were under age five at the time or not yet born, of course.
I have been thinking the same thing. I hope that it doesn't take another Pearl Harbor or 9/11 to make us unite as a nation again. It just seems like that's the only thing that does unite us. We are divided more than ever now since probably the Civil War.
10 minutes in and I'm still hearing about earpieces and elevated platforms. I don't think I can sit through all this repetition agghghghghhhhhh
Was he the one that said JFK was dead I live in Ireland and I don't know any news people we don't get TV from the USA
No, that’s Walter Cronkite who announced JFK’s death. Dan Rather is a bit younger.
I was asleep
He did horrible job that day. First building fell live on their air in front of him and he didn't even notice that.The whole lower Manhattan was covered with smoke in front of him and he didn't say a word.He reported towers falling 20 minutes after every other network:)
Dan's coverage that day was off. He repeatedly said that we didn't know if anything that had happened (on camera, before our very eyes) was real, and that the explosions were just minor and New York was doing 'just fine', 'let's not get carried away' etc. They may as well have put a chimpanzee on air. Lord knows how Dan would have handled Pearl Harbour back in the day. The muppet would probably have reported it as being a training exercise. He is by far and away the worst reporter on that terrible day. Rabbit stuck in the headlights, probably caused some people confusion, not to mention false hope, i can only hope he was fired and sued by the victim's families. Complete disgrace and utterly embarrassing.
This!
And don’t forget:
Actually Gunga Dan Rather was the originator of fake news before there was fake news. He got caught forging documents about Bush’s military service. The Killian documents. Got caught by fonts that weren’t available on the typwriter when the letter was supposedly wrote. LOL.
I listened to Dan Rather’s live 9/11 broadcast (as well every other major network’s) and I honestly found it to be pretty poorly done in respect to the others. He did not do a great job of portraying the reality of the situation (even without knowing the facts as we know them now), in fact at times downplaying it outright. Once the towers fell however, his tone did change.
I’m 8 minutes into this and all he’s talked about are his ear pieces. Does it ever get interesting?
I'll always remember him reporting that Building 7 was about to come down. How hard it must have been to recite the script on that day.
Boy He says the same thing many times.
I’m sorry I couldn’t take the “s” whistles.
and lip smacks and stalling and repeating himself
For all the haters or trolls Dan Rather was being human and most of you don't seem to care or weren't on the planet at the time of these savage evil terrorist attack on our country.
Gunga Dan Rather was the originator of fake news before there was fake news. He got caught forging documents about Bush’s military service. The Killian documents. Got caught by fonts that weren’t available on the typwriter when the letter was supposedly wrote. LOL.