This is the second of a two-part special edition we produced on CNN STUDENT NEWS. It continues
our look back at some of the major news stories that have made headlines and history since
CNN launched 35 years ago.
Teachers, we encourage you to preview this show. It contains images of some of the most
tragic stories CNN has covered.
The horrors of this war, ethic cleansing goes on within view of United Nations patrols.
An explosion underground in the garage section of the World Trade Center has killed now three
people. Hundreds of people are still being evacuated from the twin towers.
The whole south side of the building is going up in flames literally before our eyes.
Four million people driven from their homes by war.
The Oklahoma governor`s office says at least 19 people are dead, hundreds of other injured,
and rescuers continue to search for survivors in the rubble of the AP Murrah Federal Building
in Oklahoma City.
The bombing at Centennial Olympic Park this morning was an evil act of terror.
French government has informed all of us that Princess Diana has died.
Earlier today, two masked gunman wearing all black begun shooting at least 18 people.
What the election law hopefully hanging chair (ph).
The hand count is expected to begin shortly here in the room behind me.
A plane has crushed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center.
Saw a plane crashed into --
This was described to me, the size of a 747 --
We have unconfirmed reports this morning that a plane has crashed into one of the towers
of the World Trade Center.
My producer called, he said, "You listen to the radio". And I said, "No". He said, "You
should".
He said, a plane just crashed into the World Trade Center.
I didn`t know if it`s a big plane or a small plane, or it was an accident or it was deliberate
--
But when the second plane hit the South Tower, I think we all knew it`s the act of terrorist.
At the Pentagon, a plane or a helicopter has crashed and the Pentagon is being evacuated.
The Boston Airport, like airports now across the entire country is closed.
All air traffic in United States has come to a halt.
And then we heard that there is another plane, maybe going towards the Capitol, another plane
wanted to go the White House. People were running out of the White House, people were
running out of Capitol.
There has just been a huge explosion we can see, a bellowing smoke rising and I can, I`m
telling you that I can`t see that second tower, but there was a cascade of sparks and fire
and now, this -- it looks almost like a mushroom cloud explosion --
United Flight 93, Newark to SFO, has crashed in Pennsylvania for United Airlines.
Some very brave passengers attempted to take control of that plane because they knew, from
phone conversations, that they had had with family members at the World Trade Center had
been attacked -- can you imagine the courage?
Good Lord. There are no words.
It`s 1:00, 2:00 in the morning, it was late, and I was tired, and I was crying, and I was
thinking about my daughter was sort of middle school.
And I thought, "God, her world is going to be totally different, is going to be totally
different".
9/11 forever altered the soul of our nation. We could never again take for granted our
sense of security, and life has never been the same since then.
I reported a few minutes ago about a second wave of attacks, they`re being described as
more intense.
On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes in Afghanistan.
I`ve got a little problem on the Space Shuttle Columbia. It has been out of communication
now for the past 12 minutes.
My fellow Americans, this day has brought terrible news, the Columbia is lost. There
are no survivors.
More explosions have rock Baghdad after an unprecedented bombardment a few hours ago.
U.S.-led forces had unleashed their long awaited and punishing air assault.
In Spain, at this moment, they are still counting the bodies. At least 190 people are dead.
Hundreds are reported dead in Sri Lanka as a powerful earthquake of Indonesia triggers
devastating tidal waves across parts of Asia.
Four separate yet simultaneous explosions, striking the transit system there.
The real concern is the wind, and the rain, and any flooding that may cause.
A powerful hurricane appears to be setting its sights into the Central Gulf Coast.
The winds are just incredible here in New Orleans. We can see the roof of the Superdome
has been shredded.
This is maybe the easy side of the storm but it does not feel very easy right here on the
banks of the Mississippi River. I just want to show you a little bit --
It`s a very strange feeling covering a hurricane, particularly one that was this size, got there
really just as the first kind of rainfall was starting.
The winds are really big up here.
I had a satellite truck with me. I had a crew with me and we were kind of on our own.
Because as you can see, it`s coming apart as we speak.
And people just come up to you in the Walmart and they`re like, have you heard about my
town?
A woman at the Walmart said to me, you should to Gulf Coast of Mississippi, because we haven`t
able to touch with our relatives in Waveland and no one is reporting from there.
When I got to Waveland, that was unlike anything I`ve seen before. It`s just block after block
was gone. People were starting to return and see their lives gone.
It`s devastating, I mean, after this.
A levee break the size of a football field is slowly flooding New Orleans.
I am looking over a scene of utter devastation and the entire neighborhood, this water has
come up to the east of the houses.
When we got out there, you could hear screams of people still being trapped in the attics.
As we came across, people punching holes in the attic spaces because the water is filled
up all the way up to their attics.
What are we doing now, doc, where are we going?
We`re going to Charity Hospital.
Is this really safe? And we heard about the snipers earlier today.
No. Not really.
We had to get a row boat and essentially row across from the parking deck across the street
and to the ramp at Charity Hospital.
OK. Well, we made it.
Yes.
Safely.
So, this is what a Charity Hospital looks like in the middle of the natural disaster.
When you get into Charity Hospital, you sort of immediately realize that it is as bad if
not worst as has been described. It was completely crowded.
There was a smell in the air. When we started to walk around the hospital and realize that
the staircase is not becoming filled with bodies as a result of what was happening there,
that you needed to start reporting.
One of the images that really struck with me the most was these people bagging patients,
with been on ventilators who no longer had power, and they would take shifts. And you
couldn`t fall asleep and they have to just keep doing it and sometimes the patients would
still be awake and are at least cognizant enough to know that literally in my entire
life right now is dependent on where this guy can keep bagging this bag of air into
my lungs.
Some of these people had been waiting outside now for more than three days.
No food. No water. Helicopter is flying all over here. It`s ridiculous.
You know, someone actually said this to me in the days after Katrina. They said to me,
"You know man, this is all going to be forgotten. It`s all going to be cleaned up and washed
away and forgotten".
But I certainly would never forget what I saw, and I don`t think a lot of people who
were there, I don`t think any of them will forget either.