http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k26nH6ZpWy0
this is an interesting video also recorded on september 11. It is dan rather on letterman. amazing
Everyone on FR attacked Rather for that one when it happened.
Wish everyone could see this, thanks for posting it.
I don't have time to watch it right now (I'm really sick with a cold and starting to doze off) but I remember Dan Rather on Letterman. Letterman was off air for about a week after the 9/11 attacks. What I remember of Rather's appearance was "America the Beautiful" and how he teared up, and I cried right along with him - that verse -
"O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!"
Ever since reading Peggy Noonan's books back in the early 90's ("What I Saw At The Revolution" in particular), I've had a kind of respect for Dan Rather... as though I see him through Noonan's eyes.