Chelsea Talks to Tina: Former First Daughter To Write on Trade Center Attack

The New York Observer ^ | September 26, 2001 | Gabriel Snyder

[aculeus]

Tina Brown finally got a Clinton on her payroll.

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton, 21, has agreed to write a story for Talk Magazine about her experiences during the World Trade Center attack, a source at the magazine said.

"Chelsea Clinton is pursuing a piece for us related to the World Trade Center disaster," the Talk source said.

The story is expected to run in the November issue of the magazine, though the publication date has not been finalized. Ms. Clinton’s piece is assigned at roughly 1200 words.

A spokesperson for Talk did not immediately return a phone call.

It appears that Talk approached Ms. Clinton, a Stanford graduate who is set to enter Oxford University in England later this fall to study international relations.

Though Ms. Clinton has typically kept a distance from the media, she was so troubled by the World Trade Center tragedy – and by the fact that friends of hers lost loved ones – she decided to go public with her thoughts, a friend of the former First Daughter said.

"She was so moved by the events," the friend said. The friend added that Ms. Clinton didn’t intend to give any more interviews related the tragedy.

Chelsea Clinton was in New York City September 11, the day of the attack. In an interview with NBC’s Jane Pauley, Ms. Clinton’s mother, New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, said her daughter had planned to go jogging that morning around the World Trade Center plaza, but opted to go to a coffee shop instead.

"She was going to go around the towers," Senator Clinton said. "She went to get a cup of coffee and that's when the plane hit."

Senator Clinton said she wasn’t able to reach Chelsea for two hours after the attack, and was afraid to tell her husband, former President Bill Clinton, who was traveling at the time.

"Bill was in Australia and he was so upset by what he was seeing on television that I didn’t want to tell him that I couldn’t find her until I found her," Senator Clinton said. "I told him, everything’s fine, don’t worry."

Chelsea Clinton has subsequently visited Ground Zero, the site of the demolished World Trade Center, and talked to rescue personnel on the scene.

Reached by The Observer, a spokesperson for former President Bill Clinton declined comment on anything related to Ms. Clinton and Talk magazine. The spokesperson reiterated a standing policy of not discussing anything related to Chelsea Clinton.

This is not the first courtship of a member of the Clinton family by Talk Magazine, which is edited by Tina Brown and funded in part by Miramax, the film company co-chaired by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

The first issue of Talk, which premiered in September 1999, included an exclusive cover story and interview with then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Last year, the company’s book division, Talk Miramax Books, pursued the rights to publish Senator Clinton’s autobiography, but lost out to Simon & Schuster, which paid nearly $8 million.

Mr. Weinstein is among the most public supporters of the former First Family, having raised thousands of dollars for the former President and Senator Clinton, as well as former Vice-President Al Gore.

Ms. Brown and Mr. Weinstein also co-hosted a victory party in New York City for Senator Clinton in November 2000 along with Michael Bloomberg.

-- additional reporting by Sridhar Pappu

[Irma]

From here:

“She’d gone on what she thought would be just a great jog,” says Sen. Clinton. “She was going to go down Battery Park. She was going to go around the Towers. She went to get a cup of coffee and that’s when the plane hit.”

Remember this?  We thought she HAD gone on the jog.   

Now we have this:

New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, said her daughter had planned to go jogging that morning around the World Trade Center plaza, but opted to go to a coffee shop instead.

Hmmmmmm..is this story "evolving"?
 

[chatham]

It figures, Her old man helped weaken this country and made us more vulnerable to this kind of attack.. She will make money from the suffering of other people. New York deserves the whole bunch. Could someone please post a list of the things BJ Clinton and his administration did which weakened America.. I would like to post such a list everytime this Horrible Clinton name shows up..

[the Deejay]

"IS SHE WEARING HER MOTHER'S BLACK PANTSUIT IN THAT PHOTO??????"

Could someone TELL her that hairstyle went out YEARS ago??? Please! And she should NOT be wearing 1940's RED-RED LIPSTICK, with a mouth that HUGE??

[Paul Atreides]

Notice Obubba's expression...he is behind Chels....she MUST be wearing mommy's pantsuit. It's burning his nose.

[537 Votes]

This reminds me of the people who say, "You know? I took flight 93 once five years ago."

I was in the World Trade Center plaza and have pictures to prove it. Moments later -- give or take thirteen years -- the towers collapsed . . . .

(1176 words to follow.)

[Lib Buster]

Let's nail this down. Where are the Starbucks in Manhattan in relation to the WTC?

[UB355]

Laura Bush was on 60 Min Sunday Night. She was asked about her daughters in the interview.

[asneditor]

you mean the thing can write?

[fleebag]

#36....I thought this little twerp had already left for Oxford. Was surprised when she showed up with "Daddy". Sheesh! What a classless clymer family.

[Serb5150]

Chelsea Clinton was in New York City September 11, the day of the attack. In an interview with NBC’s Jane Pauley, Ms. Clinton’s mother, New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, said her daughter had planned to go jogging that morning around the World Trade Center plaza, but opted to go to a coffee shop instead.

Hmmmm... so she was supposed to go jogging, but decided to stop in for some coffee and a few pastries. Sounds like her butt is going to look like her mother's in no time.

[AnnO]

Good thinking....that is not an area where people jog especially at 8:45 on a Tuesday morning when people were streaming into those Towers to get to work. It just is not logical to me....Battery Park is logical but jogging around the World Trade Center is illogical. I have not lived there for a few years and perhaps it has changed but could it be another Arkansas Black Church burning adventure that occurs between the ears and comes out the mouth. The acorn does not fall from the Family Tree is more likely.

[afraidfortherepublic]

...has anyone actually heard Chelsea speak even one word? <p.Arafat and Barak had to listen to her. It broke up the last Camp David peace conference.

[Osinski]

Nose.

[Reaganesque]

Well, given her parent's multi-million dollar book deals to write books that are guaranteed to be truth free, Chelsea should get in the $5 million range. Here's a preview: "Um, like, you know, I was, like, going to, you know, like, jog around the Trade Center and junk but like, there was this totally b*tchin guy in Starbucks..."

[Osinski]

Obubba Been Laiden

That is the first real laugh I've had in weeks. I'm still laughing.

[1 FELLOW FREEPER]

She will skip most of her classes at Oxford too...just like daddy.

[Lower55]

I'd love to see a picture of Webster and Chelsea Hubble together.

[ar10]

I can just imagine the pure tripe she will write for the "People Magazine Generation". Will she feel their pain (that her parents actually caused)? Isn't it about time this crowd of wacko's left us alone and just fade away. Chelsea, please go away.

[Paul Atreides]

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton, 21, has agreed to write a story for Talk Magazine about her experiences during the World Trade Center attack, a source at the magazine said.

A story?! Shouldn't that say "write an article detailing her experiences...."? A story makes it all sound so.....made up. We all know the Clintons don't make up stuff.....don't we?

[Paul Atreides]

I'd love to see a picture of Webster and Chelsea Hubble together.

Why?! Isn't seeing photos of the WTC disaster shocking enough?!