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9/11 as it happened on local NYC news channels

This is incredible. I have watched the individual 9/11 re-broadcasts of each of these local channels in NYC but have never seen this video which puts them all in time sync next to each other. The simultaneous broadcast on all local news channels of the 2nd impact is still so shocking to hear.

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The Internet Archive's collection of live TV broadcasts on 9/11

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For the last few years, I have posted a link to The Internet Archive’s dedicated page to the events on 9/11/2001. Each year, I take some time out of my morning to watch some of the truly horrific and eye-opening videos that were broadcast on that fateful morning. It is a morbid act of defiance I take in telling myself not to be overcome by the events of that day. Over the years, the Internet Archive has continued to add and re-design their landing page to better offer an overview of just how much content was broadcast around 9/11 (and the immediate days after). The current thumbnail chart is striking.

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