Today, on a special 3-hour edition of The Brian Lehrer Show that begins at 9, we’ll have special guests, live reports, and your calls. Among our guests will be author Frank McCourt to reflect on today’s anniversary, and Dr. James Forbes, the Senior Minister of Riverside Church, who will discuss New Yorkers’ spiritual lives since the September 11 attacks. During the broadcast of our show on 93.9FM, you can tune in to AM820 for the continuing live broadcast of the 9/11 anniversary ceremony at Ground Zero.
Open Phones/Tributes and Reflections
Live Ceremony from Ground Zero
Music: Bruce Springsteen, “Into the Fire”
Your calls acknowledging people who helped on 9/11
Music: Bruce Springsteen, “Into the Fire”
Your calls acknowledging people who helped on 9/11
Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt, author, Angela's Ashes: A Memoir (Scribner, 1995), Tis: A Memoir (Touchstone Books, 2000), reflects on the second anniversary of 9/11
Open Phones/Tributes and Reflections
Live Ceremony from Ground Zero
Music: Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On”
More of your calls on this anniversary
Music: Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On”
More of your calls on this anniversary
Dr. James Forbes
Dr. James Forbes, Senior Minister of Riverside Church, on spirituality among New Yorkers 2 years after the September 11 attacks
Music: Jeff Buckley, “Hallelujah”
Music: Jeff Buckley, “Hallelujah”
Dr. Karen Zager
Dr. Karen Zager, psychologist practicing in New York, takes your calls on the psychological aftereffects of 9/11
Music: James Taylor, “Fire and Rain”
Music: James Taylor, “Fire and Rain”
Open Phones/Tributes and Reflections
More of your calls, and your readings.