At 8:46 AM, in New York City and at the White House in Washington DC, there was a moment of silence to remember when the first plane hit the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. In New York, the NYPD, FDNY, Port Authority Police and the families of the victims were present, while in Washington the President and the First Lady led the moment.
The cable networks all carried it, with ABC’s “Good Morning America†and “CBS This Morning†carrying it as well. The only national general news program to not carry the moment of silence was NBC’s ‘Today,†which, in an odd bit of counter-programming, opted to air an interview with “Keeping Up With the Kardashians†star Kris Jenner, who talked about the new season of the reality show, and her breast implants.
After the moment of silence ended, ABC went right to an interview with actor Richad Gere, while CBS went straight into a commercial break.
Here in New York, NBC did show the moment of silence, as WNBC broke into “Today†to carry locally-produced special coverage.
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