25th Anniversary Timeline WTC 2001 : 8:51 am : ABC, the first terrestrial television network to break news of the attack, was airing Good Morning America in the eastern half of the country at the time.

After returning from a commercial break, WABC-TV in New York breaks away from the ABC network, with anchor Steve Bartelstein beginning that station’s own local coverage of the disaster, while on the network, GMA host Diane Sawyer makes this statement: We want to tell you what we know, as we know it, but we just […]

25th Anniversary Timeline WTC 2001 : 8:51 am : ABC, the first terrestrial television network to break news of the attack, was airing Good Morning America in the eastern half of the country at the time.