Thanks for posting this. I found it fascinating. 

Probably the biggest story of my lifetime was the 9/11 attack in the U.S, which changed much of our world forever. I wasn't due in the station until 11 AM that morning and normally had the TV and radio going at home before I went in. But on that fateful day, for probably the only time ever, I had everything turned off. The phone call came from one of our producers saying a plane had just hit the World Trade Center. 

I rushed downstairs, turned on the TV and saw the second plane hit, and everyone instantly realized it wasn't an accident. I rushed into work as fast as I could from North York to downtown where we were located. It seemed to take forever and I remember listening to Bill Carroll on CFRB trying to get as many facts out as possible - except no one knew anything then. 

People sometimes ask me what it was like to be in a TV newsroom that day, as we went on air non-stop. But the sad truth is I really don't remember. There was so much going on - the coverage from New York, The Pentagon, Shanksville, Pa., rumours of the CN Tower being a target, flights grounded worldwide, speculation about who could have done this and why, etc. etc. that I sat down at my desk at 10 AM and when I looked up again it was 11 o'clock at night. We were so busy that it was and remains a bit of a blur. 

So I can partially relate to some of those ITV and BBC newscasters who literally lived in the moment for hours on end trying to figure out what was happening - and how best to tell people about it.