Desert Storm Begins During News Broadcast 2/2

[JRJOSH83]

R.I.P PEter Jennings! The best anchor ever

[TheBoneRanger1968]

Peter Jennings was the real deal.

[DJFG85]

Baghdad streets are more well lit than American streets. America is so cheap with its infrastructure despite all these taxes!

[hilarioph]

I remember back in 1/17/91 when i watch the

coverage on FEN by the live board cast from

ARM FORCES RADIO AND TELEVISION here in the

Philippines and they transfer to CNN after ABC.

What a day to remember

[ericsantiago011]

@hilarioph i remember that new... i heard a gun firing... im still inside in my mothers woumb hahha

[JAMISONS]

Sucks to be in Baghdad at that time!

[1schwererziehbar1]

garry isn't very responsive to questions from the studio.

[LucasJodoKast]

@hucklebuckle1990 ahhh news legend? does that even make sense

[San47di]

Actually CNN "OWNED" this War & broke the story 1st. I remember this day well as I unintentionally had my TV tuned in to CNN & then couldn't believe my eyes & what I was hearing when Bernard Shaw's Special Report broke in to announce the begining of this campaign.

[chino1922]

@San47di ....I remember when Peter Jennings said that CNN used to be the little network that could, they are not that little network anymore! Basically gave them there respect and reconized them as a major network!

[ewd76]

My birthday!

[pakreecekennedy]

Americans really should lynch there media....

[theblue64]

R.I.P. Peter Jennings. Evidence of the damage of cigarette smoking

[WestVirginiaRebel]

I think it showed the difficulty that network news had in keeping up with CNN who were the big dogs on the cable news block back then.

[jaytolbert]

This happened just 10 days after my 9th birthday and I remember watching this with my mom and telling her how weird I thought it was that the war actually broke out during the newscast.

[imaginator09]

@jaytolbert Ever read/listened to War of the Worlds? Compare it to this. It's creepy...

[paddyandy72]

i remember this on CNN....I was watching live.I thought WW3 would break out,but never happened

[GreenGreenMauvePink]

Special Report graphics during a newscast. Interesting.

[David9788]

brit hume was a news anchor on abc before he joined fox

[snoops71]

Yes, he is. Very well said. He was brilliant.

[Waycooljr2270]

I'll never forget this... I was there.....Turned 21 in Iraq....A country you cannot drink alcohol in..So much for my 21st birthday...... 2nd Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery.....I also missed the superbowl... Damn Saddam! At least we kicked his ass outta there in 100 hrs.....How many times you gonna see that?

[Crisgo3d]

I will never forget Jennings saying, "This is no longer Operation Desert Shield, It is now Operation Desert Storm" I was 11 at the time

[videocircus]

Same here I was 11 years old when I was watching the news and saw this happen live right before my eyes.

[snoops71]

I remember him saying that, too. Thanks for reminding me.

[spokeshole]

The consumate professional.

PETER JENNINGS.

[tubedan2006]

When people talk about how to relay the news, the discussion starts and ends with "Peter Jennings".

[SailorCallie]

I was in the 7th grade when Desert Storm happened. And I agree about Peter Jennings because I was once a journalism student in high school and the news of his death from Lung Cancer in 2005 took me by surprise.

[Abdullab]

Oh really? That's devastating! I mean I wanted to watch Fred Savage as well but there were Iraqi soldiers killing, raping, torturing my people so I could't really watch it. Stupid Peter Jennings and Iraqi soldiers ruining our show ...

[ksol1460]

I remember seeing Jennings break into his own newscast.

[StingrayZO6427]

Peter Jennings was this generation's Walter Kronkite. RIP, Pete.

[tubedan2006]

wow, you said it!

He was one of the best...If not THE BEST.

[HUSKY57887]

@StingrayZO6427 Peter was good,I liked him,but no one could ever even come close to Walter.

[tjmick1992]

@StingrayZO6427

he's dead????

[Panchitolionman]

haha fuck brit hume. Peter jennings kicks ass.