PETER JENNINGS: I think the single most powerful image for me is the one I actually didn't notice when it was occurring. I think it was beyond our imagination, at the moment.


Peter Jennings: ALL AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY IN THE AIR OVER THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT.

John Miller: I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE…

Peter Jennings: HANG ON THERE A SECOND. I JUST WANT TO CHECK ONE THING BECAUSE, JOHN, WE NOW HAVE… WHAT DO WE HAVE? WE DON'T…

John Miller: IT LOOKS LIKE A NEW PLUME, A NEW LARGE PLUME OF SMOKE.

Don Dahler: PETER, IT'S DON DAHLER DOWN HERE. I'M FOUR BLOCKS NORTH OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. THE SECOND BUILDING THAT WAS HIT BY THE PLANE HAS JUST COMPLETELY COLLAPSED. THE ENTIRE BUILDING HAS JUST COLLAPSED. IT FOLDED DOWN ON ITSELF, AND IT IS NOT THERE ANYMORE.

Peter Jennings: THE WHOLE SIDE HAS COLLAPSED?

Don Dhaler: THE WHOLE BUILDING HAS COLLAPSED.

Peter Jennings: THE WHOLE BUILDING HAS COLLAPSED?

Don Dhaler: THE BUILDING HAS COLLAPSED.

Peter Jennings: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MASSIVE CASUALITES HERE AT THE MOMENT, AND WE HAVE... WHOO...


PETER JENNINGS: That was very shocking to me. Because now you see the images and it all seems so cut-and-dried, it all seems so utterly clear. Plane hits, plane hits, building falls down, building falls down, but it wasn't that way at all on the day. We were immersed in confusion... almost suffocated by chaos.