I Anchored 9/11 Live for 16 Hours ft. Kevin Newman
On 9/11, Kevin Newman anchored live for 16 hours as America was attacked and Canada faced a terrifying decision in its own airspace.
Twenty-five years later, he recalls the fear, grief, heroism, newsroom chaos, and the forgotten Canadian crisis unfolding overhead.
In this episode, we break down:
- Kevin Newman’s firsthand experience anchoring Global National during the September 11 attacks
- What happened inside a brand-new Canadian newsroom as the World Trade Center towers collapsed
- The Korean Airlines 747 over Western Canada, the CF-18 response, and the decision facing Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
- How Gander, Newfoundland welcomed thousands of stranded airline passengers after U.S. airspace closed
- The firefighters, first responders, families, and journalists whose stories defined the aftermath of 9/11
- Newman’s emotional collapse after 16 straight hours covering the attacks live
- His unforgettable return to Ground Zero for the one-year anniversary
- How September 11 changed journalism, border security, Canada-U.S. relations, and an entire generation
- Sending young Canadian reporters into Afghanistan and the dangers they faced without today’s conflict training
- Canada’s Highway of Heroes and the public response to Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan
- The long-term health consequences faced by 9/11 first responders
- Why Newman believes cyberattacks and critical infrastructure remain major vulnerabilities today
- Hosts: Jim Lang
- Guests: Kevin Newman
Timestamps:
- 00:00 Canada’s forgotten 9/11 airspace crisis
- 00:32 Kevin Newman remembers September 11, 2001
- 01:51 Global National launches days before 9/11
- 04:15 Reporting the World Trade Center collapse
- 07:05 Flight 93 and the intelligence picture
- 09:54 How journalists handle traumatic breaking news
- 10:37 U.S. airspace closes and Canada faces a crisis
- 12:11 Gander and the kindness of strangers
- 14:45 Firefighters, families and extraordinary heroism
- 17:02 The health toll on 9/11 first responders
- 18:08 Sixteen hours live and the emotional aftermath
- 21:39 Returning to Ground Zero one year later
- 24:06 How 9/11 changed the world for a generation
- 27:16 Sending Canadian reporters into war zones
- 30:14 Afghanistan and Canada’s Highway of Heroes
- 31:20 What changed in Canada after 9/11
- 34:11 Cyberattacks and threats to the power grid
- 35:34 Raising a family in a post-9/11 world
- 38:31 Looking back 25 years later
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