# September 11 Attacks **URL:** \ **Category:** News events\ **Created:** [September 8, 2021, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455 "2021-09-08T08:30:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/onair/32/88553_2.png) [@OnAir](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/OnAir)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/1 "2021-09-08T08:30:49Z")
Greetings, The MediaSpy staff have decided with the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaching, it would be appropriate to have a discussion thread of the **Australian** coverage of the terror attacks in 2001. In the past, we have closed the main TV history thread around this time of the year as we’ve had to deal with what the team call ‘Disaster porn’, where everyone gets a little too excited and forgets that 3,000 people died that day and set off a subsequent ~~never-ending~~ war that killed many more. All we ask is that while you discuss the coverage, please be a little respectful. This will be the only opportunity to discuss the coverage, after this year the thread will be locked and act as an archival read-only thread - only opened if new vision emerges. This topic will open September 10, 2021. ---
**Author:** ![S882](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@S882](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/S882)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/4 "2021-09-09T22:27:51Z")
It was almost a year after I finished school, I was at TAFE studying IT and I just got home from a late class,just climbed into bed, and heard Bruce Mansfield announcing a plane had hit the World Trade Centre, the story just got worse, so I clicked on the TV, and saw the pictures and was gobsmacked. Tuned into 3AW the following morning and heard, if I remember correctly Steve Price on air, regular programming had largely been suspended. Went into TAFE for an afternoon class, and he basically just watched the CNN coverage for most, if not all of the class time, none or very little work, got done. Back at home I visited my neighbours, we all sat behind the ABC coverage shellshocked and got angry when vision of the Palestinians shooting their guns in the air. ---
**Author:** ![TBoy](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tboy/32/368632_2.png) [@TBoy](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TBoy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/5 "2021-09-09T22:29:12Z")
Network 10 was the first to start coverage in Australia. Sandra Sully presented the bulletin as live pictures came in. ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/6 "2021-09-09T22:38:48Z")
A couple of compiles I made from vision recorded while watching the events unfold that night. At the time, I think viewers in Australia, at a distance were quicker to comprehend that this was a terror attack. Sandra Sully made the call fairly early. It took a while for US coverage to accept this, but then there was a third and then a fourth plane down and we started to hear about Al-Qaeda for the first time. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PVTY7i2o70w/hqdefault.jpg "Network 10 Australia live coverage of 911 attack") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVTY7i2o70w) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ixNq6CmQWGU/hqdefault.jpg "Australian Live Television Coverage of 911 attacks") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixNq6CmQWGU) ---
**Author:** ![AJ\_Lucantonio](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/aj_lucantonio/32/100393_2.png) [@AJ\_Lucantonio](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AJ_Lucantonio)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/7 "2021-09-09T23:56:05Z")
My parents told me about this, they were waiting for Sports Tonight as a footy coach had been sacked. Sports Tonight never came on. ---
**Author:** ![S882](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@S882](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/S882)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/8 "2021-09-10T00:11:11Z")
I now remember it was indeed Sandra Sully when I put the TV on, had some memory fade. 3AW from memory had Steve Price in studio with I think Darren James and Tony Leonard who were doing one of their fill in stints for Ross and John. Neil Mitchell was involved at some point too. ---
**Author:** ![BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bigvic/32/209954_2.png) [@BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BigVic)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/9 "2021-09-10T00:14:21Z")
Sports Tonight was about to go to air at 11.00pm but never did due to rolling coverage. ---
**Author:** ![jimmy\_the\_central\_co](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jimmy_the_central_co/32/167203_2.png) [@jimmy\_the\_central\_co](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/jimmy_the_central_co)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/10 "2021-09-10T00:15:03Z")
i will be recording the ch10 9/11 special tomorrow night ---
**Author:** ![Mullet](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/mullet/32/358721_2.png) [@Mullet](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Mullet)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/11 "2021-09-10T01:17:36Z")
I remember Sandra Sully anchoring the coverage when it first broke through in W.A (I am sure it was on delay) . How long did she stay on air for before Ten switched coverage ? I can’t remember I was sixteen at the time She put all the other networks to shame . ---
**Author:** ![BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bigvic/32/209954_2.png) [@BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BigVic)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/12 "2021-09-10T01:25:54Z")
Rove Live was on when the news broke in WA. Talking Footy didn’t went to air on 7. ---
**Author:** ![Mullet](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/mullet/32/358721_2.png) [@Mullet](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Mullet)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/13 "2021-09-10T02:00:15Z")
Ahh that’s about right. ---
**Author:** ![sammy123](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sammy123/32/25162_2.png) [@sammy123](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/sammy123)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/14 "2021-09-10T08:21:00Z")
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**Author:** ![utaussiefan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@utaussiefan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/utaussiefan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/15 "2021-09-10T08:53:38Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rCmu6IiIM04/maxresdefault.jpg "Former PM will "never forget" moment planes hit WTC on September 11 | Today Show Australia") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCmu6IiIM04) Karl interviewed John Howard and Ali interviewed Steve Liebmann and 9 News cameraman Andy Felton. ---
**Author:** ![Petarkco](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/petarkco/32/220380_2.png) [@Petarkco](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Petarkco)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/16 "2021-09-10T09:20:44Z")
I don’t have too much to contribute here but I remember turning on Ten in the morning before school (Year 1) expecting the usual cartoons and turning off back off after seeing that they weren’t on. One thing that I would find interesting is the timeline of each network breaking into programming for coverage and who was hosting. As far as I can tell it was: Ten: Sandra Sully (as Ten Late News) - already on air ABC: Tony Jones (as Lateline) - ?? there was a video posted somewhere recently of the start of this coverage NBN: Jodi McKay (as NBN Late Edition) - approx. 11:20PM ---
**Author:** ![SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sydneycitytv/32/66248_2.png) [@SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/SydneyCityTV)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/17 "2021-09-10T09:42:54Z")
[The SMH had a decent rundown of how things were seen in Sydney (and likely, all markets in the AEST timezone) in the September 17 edition of The Guide](https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/121669737/), complimenting their massive “A day in the life of National Nine News Sydney” feature piece which was likely done in Early September. In summary: Ten broke the story first followed by Nine, Seven, the ABC and SBS in that order. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Laverty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Jack\_Laverty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Jack_Laverty)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/19 "2021-09-10T11:14:59Z")
> [@Petarkco](#): > > I don’t have too much to contribute here but I remember turning on Ten in the morning before school (Year 1) expecting the usual cartoons and turning off back off after seeing that they weren’t on. > > One thing that I would find interesting is the timeline of each network breaking into programming for coverage and who was hosting. This was pretty much me. I still remember to this day waking up the next morning expecting Cheeze tv to be on and instead all I saw was the twin towers on fire. And what made it even worse every channel was showing the coverage. There were no cartoons that morning 😥 😢 ---
**Author:** ![BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bigvic/32/209954_2.png) [@BigVic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BigVic)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/20 "2021-09-10T11:24:07Z")
ABC and Ten didn’t had children’s programming with Cheez TV and ABC For Kids (Mixy Presents) bumped for continuing coverage ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/21 "2021-09-10T22:48:28Z")
Includes cross to Michael Usher who was on the radio yesterday talking about how he was essentially trapped in New York on the day with his family. > ---
**Author:** ![AJ\_Lucantonio](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/aj_lucantonio/32/100393_2.png) [@AJ\_Lucantonio](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AJ_Lucantonio)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/22 "2021-09-11T00:25:17Z")
Who’s that presenting today with Steve. Doesn’t look like Tracey Grimshaw? ---
**Author:** ![Travis](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/travis/32/144752_2.png) [@Travis](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Travis)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455/24 "2021-09-11T00:33:24Z")
Is definitely Tracey… [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/september-11-attacks/18455.md?page=2)