Ngaphandle kokukhetha, iintsasa zangoMvulo zakhumbula uJennings ngedolophu yakhe, ubuntu bakhe bezizwe ngezizwe. Yayinguye lowo, enxibe ibhatyi yakhe esikwe kakuhle okanye ibhatyi yeflakisi: kuDonga lwaseBerlin, kwaye xa yehla; ngexesha lokubhukuqwa korhulumente wobukomanisi wasePoland; ngexesha lokuthimba abathinjwa kwiiOlimpiki zasehlotyeni zowe-1972 eMunich; njengokuba ucalucalulo luphela eMzantsi Afrika; njengoko i-Indiya nePakistan bejongana phantsi; eBosnia; ngobusuku bokhetho obungapheliyo ngo-2000.
Edolophini, uJennings wazama iindawo zokutyela ezintsha nje ukuba zivulwe zakhalaza ngelithi akukho kutya kwaneleyo kwiUpper West Side. Uzivolontiye noMdibaniso waBangenamakhaya, ehambisa ukutya kwaye eneneni eqhuba iveni yokuhambisa xa iye yonakala. Uza kuza kudibana nathi emva kosasazo, utshilo uMary Brosnahan Sullivan, umlawuli olawulayo woMdibaniso, kwaye asonge izandla.
NjengeNew Yorker, uJennings wakha wafaka isikhalazo esixekweni ngenxa yokuba umkhosi wezokhuseleko kaMongameli u-Al Gore wayevale indlela yokungena eCentral Park kangangeyure enye ngokuhlwa. Umnumzana Gore wayeyekile ukuba abe notywala kwigumbi lezopolitiko Umlawuli wezopolitiko u-Mark Halperin. UJennings wayengakhathali. Wayefuna ukuhamba nenja yakhe.
Ngayo yonke inkcazo endiza kuyisebenzisa, uPeter wayenguNew Yorker, utshilo uMnu. Halperin, owayehlala ngaphesheya kwesitalato ukusuka eJennings eCentral Park West. Njengoko ingxelo yakhe yangoSeptemba 11 yabonisa, wasithanda isixeko kwaye wenzakala ngo-Septemba 11, ngokuziva ukuba isixeko sihlaselwe.
UJennings wafika kwisitulo sakhe se-ankile emva nje kwentsimbi ye-9 ngo-Septemba 11, 2001. Kwisithuba seeyure ezingama-60, waqhuba ingxoxo ebalaseleyo nababhali beendaba, iingcali, amangqina okuzibonela kunye nabasebenzi bexesha likaxakeka, bethatha ikhefu lokuqokelela iingcinga zakhe. Ayisiyombambano eseleyo apha, ngokuphandle, uxelele uElizabeth Vargas xa emnika isitulo se-anchor ngo-2 kusasa, kwikhefu lakhe lokuqala, ngo-Septemba 12. Kubalulekile ukubaleka kwaye ujonge okwenzekayo kweli lizwe imbono ebanzi kunokuhlala apha.
Ngo-10 kusasa, wayebuyile.
Xa, ngezo ntsuku zokuqala, isiXeko saseNew York sasibonakala siyindawo ekhutshwe lihlabathi, uPeter Jennings wayebonakala ngathi yi-anch yendawo, exelela iindaba zasekuhlaleni.
Ibiyi yakhe isixeko ebesisongelwa, utshilo uMnu Halperin.
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UJennings uthathe usasazo apha, emva nje kwe-9 kusasa, kunye noCharles Gibson ebuza ukuba uyibonile na imifanekiso esezantsi yeManhattan.
IINJONGO: Sithi, Charlie, besikhe sayibukela kwasekuqaleni. Siya-sizakubukela le nto ixesha elininzi losuku. Kukho isiphithiphithi eNew York ngalo mzuzu. Akukabikho siganeko sinye kodwa zimbini, njengoko uCharlie noDiane bexelile, ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, owesibini uza ngo-9: 03 xa umabonakude wayephila kwaye ungabona ukuba yintoni ngokucacileyo eyinqwelomoya eyayibaleka ingena kwiTrade Tower yesibini . Zombini ezi Towers zoorhwebo ngoku, ezi nqaba zinemigangatho eli-110, sele zibethekile. Kukho isiphithiphithi apha. Okanye kukho isiphithiphithi kwindawo ekufutshane.
Kukho ukudideka eWashington kuba ngoku wonke umntu uyabandakanyeka koku. IPentagon iyabandakanyeka koku, zonke iinkonzo zobuntlola ziyazibandakanya koku ekuseni, kwaye njengoko sijonga ezo nqaba, masiqhubeke ngokulula sijonge ezi nqaba ngale ntsasa. Kwaye ukuba unokutya ekhaya-eneneni andinako apha, ke ukuba kukho umntu onokuthi oncede aqiniseke ukuba ndinayo ifoto-imifanekiso yento eyenzekayo.
Izikhululo zeenqwelo moya ezahlukileyo kule ndawo-iNewark neLaGuardia, ngakumbi-sele ziyimisile imisebenzi. Isixeko sicele i-Federal Aviation Administration imvume yokuvala indawo yomoya kuyo yonke iNew York, hleze kubekho inqwelomoya yesithathu okanye esinye isiganeko esibi.
Emva nje kwe-10 kusasa, uJennings kunye nababhaleli uJohn Miller noDon Dahler babukele njengoko inqaba yokuqala yawa.
IJENNING: Makhe siye kwiTrade Towers kwakhona kuba, John, ngoku sine-esinayo? Asi….
MILLER: Ijongeka njengeplume entsha — umsi omtsha omkhulu womsi.
IZIBONELELO: Ewe, kusenokwenzeka ukuba kukho into eye yawa kwisakhiwo. Kungenzeka ukuba kukho into eye yawa-kodwa asazi, ukunyaniseka ngokugqibeleleyo. Kodwa yile nto uyijongileyo, yangoku-nguloo mboniso ngalo mzuzu kwiZiko lezoRhwebo leHlabathi.
UDon Dahler osuka kwiABC Molo waseMelika elungileyo iphantsi — kwindawo ekufutshane ngokubanzi. Don, ungasixelela ukuba kwenzeke ntoni nje?
UMLAWULI: Ewe, Peter. UDon Dahler. Ndikwiibhloko ezine emantla eWorld Trade Center. Isakhiwo sesibini esabethwa yinqwelomoya siwile nje kwaphela. Isakhiwo sonke sele sidilikile nje, ngokungathi liqela elidiliziweyo elihambileyo-xa ubona ukudilizwa okudala kwezi zakhiwo zakudala. Isongelwe yodwa, kwaye ayisekho kwakhona.
MILLER: kufanele ukuba ibenjalo.
IINJONGO: Enkosi kakhulu, Don.
ULAWULO: Liwe ngokupheleleyo.
IINKONZO: Icala lonke liwile?
ULAWULO-MALI: Isakhiwo sonke siwile. Andikwazi….
IJENNING: Isakhiwo sonke siwile?
ULAWULO: Isakhiwo siwile.
IJENNING: Leyo yinqaba esemazantsi othetha ngayo.
UMLAWULI: Ngqo. Isakhiwo sesibini esikubone ukungena kweenqwelomoya bekukho-isiqingatha esiphezulu besibandakanyeke ngokupheleleyo kwilangatye. Ivele yawa nje. Kukho uvalo ezitratweni. Amawakawaka abantu abaleka kwisitalato iChurch, yile nto ndiyijongileyo, ndizama ukubaleka. Kodwa yonke — ubuncinci ngokokubona kwam, isiqingatha esiphezulu sesakhiwo, ubuncinci isiqingatha saso — andiboni ngaphantsi kwaso — isiqingatha saso saqala ngengxolo enkulu, sigoqwa sodwa sadilika kumsi omkhulu womsi nothuli.
IJENNING: Sithetha ngokwenzakala okukhulu apha ngalo mzuzu kwaye sinayo-yinto engaqhelekanga leyo.
UJennings kwathi cwaka xa kwawa inqaba yesibini.
MILLER: Inqaba esemantla ibonakala ngathi iyehla.
IINJONGO: Owu, Thixo wam.
MILLER: Eyesibini-inqaba yesibini.
IINKONZO: (Ixesha elide kakhulu Kunzima ukuyibeka ngamagama, kwaye mhlawumbi umntu akadingi njalo. Zombini i-Trade Towers, apho amawaka abantu asebenza khona, ngalo mhla, ngolwe-Lwesibini, ngoku bahlaselwe batshatyalaliswa ngamawaka abantu nokuba bakuloo ndawo okanye kufutshane nabo.
Emva kwentsimbi ye-12:
IJENNINGS: Ndikhumbula i-30-enye okanye i-30-ethile-engaqhelekanga kwiminyaka eyadlulayo ndize kuqala eNew York, kwaye bekukho isakhiwo esiwile kwaye, uyazi, abacimi-mlilo ekugqibeleni ngabo abaza kufa, phantse ngobusuku bokuqala apha eABC, yonke loo minyaka idlulileyo. Njengoko usitsho, wonke umntu uhamba ngapha nangapha, kwaye bayahamba-baya kwelinye icala.
Emva kwengxelo yasemini emaqanda evela kuDiane Sawyer kwiTimes Square :
IJENNING: Ndikhumbula ndisebenza noDiane kusasazo lwemillennium ngoNyaka oMtsha kaEva ka-2000. UDiane wayenexesha elimyoli kwi-Times Square. Yiyo, nokuba ucinga ntoni ngeNew York ngokubanzi, yindawo apho abantu abavela kwihlabathi liphela bahlangana khona ukuze bazibonakalise. Kwaye ke siza kubuyela apho ngamanye amaxesha ukuya-ukufumana ezinye-ufumane ingqiqo yelizwe kwi-Times Square.
Ngaphambi nje kwentsimbi yesi-6 emva kwemini, umbhaleli weendaba ze-ABC uBill Blakemore uxele ukusuka emazantsi eManhattan malunga nokuwa kwesinye isakhiwo ecaleni kwendawo yeWorld Trade Center. Ukuzama ukuqonda ukuba kwenzeka ntoni- kunye nokuma imizuzwana embalwa-uJennings ubonise iNew York:
IINKONZO: Enkosi, Bill. Ukuba sinokuhlala neli foto-okanye lo mzobo umzuzwana nje. Ewe, kukho uNombolo 7 oza ezantsi…. Ndiyathetha, oku kuyamangalisa ukubona ezi zinto zisihla ngaphakathi-kwimeko yezo zimbini- iinqaba zasemantla nezasemazantsi apho zeZiko loRhwebo leHlabathi, uyazi, zehle ngaphakathi kweeyure ezimbalwa ngenxa yolwakhiwo umonakalo owenziwe xa ezi nqwelo-moya zibabetha, kwaye ngoku uNombolo 7, liZiko lezoRhwebo leHlabathi eli-elinamabali angama-47 ubude.
Sithetha neZiko lezoRhwebo leHlabathi, emantla nasezantsi, amabali ali-110 ubude-amava othusayo okuba kuwo ngamaxesha amahle. Bajikeleza emoyeni, kwaye-kwaye abantu kudala banamava nabo. Kodwa ezo — nanjengoko uBill Blakemore watsho mzuzwana nje, i — i — imbonakalo yeSixeko saseNew York itshintshile kwakhona. Kwaye kulo mzekelo, ayisosiXeko saseNew York, ayisosiXeko saseNew York -nguye wonke umntu kwisixeko selizwe ngalo mzuzu, kuba oku yayikukuhlaselwa kwe - eUnited States, akukho mbuzo ngako.
Wonke umntu wayithetha yonke le mini, isibhengezo-semfazwe, isenzo semfazwe nxamnye ne-United States. Naliphi na inani lezopolitiko kunye nabahlomli, nathi siquka, abaye bakhunjuzwa ukuba ixesha lokugqibela kuhlaselwa ngolu hlobo e-United States yayiyi-Pearl Harbour eyathi-eyathi yanyanzelisa i-United States ukuba ibandakanyeke ngokupheleleyo kwi-World War-kwi-World War II .
Sizakuhamba imini yonke, kwaye sizakuqhubeka ubusuku bonke sizama ukuqonda oku.
Kwakusemva kwentsimbi yethoba kuphela. ngo-Septemba 11, kwaye wayehleli kwisitulo se-ankile iiyure ezili-12. Kwaye waba novakalelo olukhulu apha, engawachazeli amazwi akhe, kanye njengoWalter Cronkite xa wabhengeza ukusweleka kukaMongameli John F. Kennedy.
Iya kuba zezinye iiyure ezintlanu ngaphambi kokuba athathe ikhefu lakhe lokuqala lokwenyani.
IJENNING: Asisoloko senza izindululo malunga nokuziphatha kwabantu kwesi sihlalo, kodwa njengoko uLisa wayethetha, ndangena nabantwana bam, kwaye-ngubani okhathazeke kakhulu, njengoko ndicinga ukuba abantu abancinci baseMelika. Ke ukuba ungumzali, unomntwana kwenye indawo yelizwe, babize. Ukutshintshiselana.
UMnu Jennings wayebuyile kwisitulo sakhe se-ankile nge-10 kusasa ngo-Septemba. Wavula ngokucacileyo:
IINJONGO: Molweni kwakhona, wonke umntu. NdinguPeter Jennings kwikomkhulu leendaba ze-ABC, nanjengoCharlie Gibson osandula ukukhankanya nje ixeshana elifutshane elidlulileyo Molo waseMelika elungileyo , Iindaba ze-ABC ’zokugubungela ukuhlaselwa kwelaseMelika kuzakuqhubeka nje.
Kuninzi kakhulu esinokuthetha ngako, kwaye sidibene sonke-njengokuba besisenza ngoku kumabonakude, kwaye nakwezinye i-intanethi kunye ne-imeyile-kule yokugqibela engama-25 okanye kangangeeyure enye yeendlela ekuthi, njengelizwe -Njengoko sisazi kwiintlekele zangaphambili- ukuba sikwazile ukudlula kule nto, sonke, nokuba siyaligubungela ibali, siyabandakanyeka ebalini, abanye bayasusa ebalini kwaye bafuna ngamandla ukwazi, kwaye kukho isixa esikhulu sokuthetha.
Ukuphendula i-imeyile kwenye endiyifumene emfazini ngale ntsasa: Uxolo, nkosikazi, ibingengombono umbi; xa uvuka ngale ntsasa kwaye ukholelwa ukuba amawele eTrade Towers kwisiXeko saseNew York azakubakhona, awakho, kwaye ndicinga ukuba wonke umntu kweli lizwe ngoku uyayazi loo nto.
Kwaye wonke umntu elizweni uyazi iziseko zebali, iziseko zale ntlekele ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Ke sizakuzama ukusebenzela iiyure ezilandelayo kumanqanaba ngamanqanaba awahlukeneyo. Siza-siya kwenza konke okusemandleni ethu, njengoko besesenzile ngaphambili, ukukuxelela okwenzekayo nangawuphi na umzuzu. Kwaye kuninzi okwenzekayo elizweni namhlanje, kokubini, ngokwaseburhulumenteni, ukukhangela, kwaye ngethemba ukuba umsebenzi wokuhlangula uyaqhubeka ngenzondelelo engaqhelekanga. USodolophu waseNew York, uRudolph Giuliani, uthe ngale ntsasa bayakwazi ukucinga ukuba ngabantu abangama-41 abaswelekileyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, kodwa siyaqhubeka, njengoko nisazi nonke, ukuba sikhathazeke ngekamva lamawaka abantu.
Ngentsasa yangoSeptemba 12, incoko kunye nomrhwebi wezinto eziphathekayo uMarvin Jackson, owayesebenza kumgangatho wama-36 kwenye yeenqaba kwaye wayesandula ukugqiba ukuxelela uJennings ukuba kwakunjani ukuba sesakhiweni xa siqala ukubethwa:
IINKONZO: Yintoni oza kuyikhumbula kakhulu ngezolo njengosuku, ngaphandle kwenyani, enkosi ngokulunga, usindile?
UMnu JACKSON: Kulungile, ndicinga-ewe, ngoku, bendicinga ngabo bacimi-mlilo. Bonke abo bacimi-mlilo abenyukayo, ngakumbi xa ndibona izakhiwo-ndibone eyokuqala, uyazi, iNqaba 1 isihla, into yokuqala ethe yafika engqondweni yam, Owu, Thixo wam. Bonke abo bacimi-mlilo mhlawumbi basesekho kweso sakhiwo.
IJENNING: Ndiyazi ukuba kunzima kangakanani, kwaye ndicinga ukuba-ndiqinisekile ukuba wonke umntu uphendula ngendlela efanayo, xa ucinga ngabacimi-mlilo. Njengoko besesitshilo amaxesha amaninzi ngaphambili, ubuzama ukuphuma, kwaye bezama ukungena….
UMnu JACKSON: Bebezama ukungena, ewe.
IINKONZO:… ukunceda abantu.
Iindaba ze-ABC zeHlabathi ngokuhlwanje , Sep 12:
IJENNING: Kwaye isixeko saseNew York sinamandla amakhulu ngokungaqhelekanga, kwaye abo kuthi balapha baqaphela izinto ezimbini ngayo-siqaphela izinto ezininzi ngayo namhlanje. Enye yeenzame ezingaqhelekanga ezenziwa ngabantu ukunceda; enye sisiphithiphithi, isidubedube esilungelelanisiweyo ngeendlela ezininzi, esiqhubeka emazantsi esixeko kwicala lasentshona kwisiqithi saseManhattan.
Kwaye ngokwemigaqo ngokubanzi, naphina apho uya khona esixekweni, ukuba kungenjalo phakathi kwezixeko ezinengxolo emhlabeni kuthe cwaka.
