Covering catastrophe: broadcast journalists report September 11

Prelude : "A clear blue sky"

"We have breaking news" : the first plane

"We're being attacked" : the second plane

"This is all so unbelievable" : the Pentagon and the fall of the South Tower

"Fright and fear" : Pennsylvania and the fall of the North Tower

"High alert" : the nation shuts down

"This dark feeling" : the aftermath

"Sleep wouldn't come" : nighttime and late-night thoughts

Epilogue.