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Watch: Second moment of silence in NYC at 9:03 a.m. when hijackers rammed plane into WTC South Tower

Hijackers crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower of the World Trade Center at 9:03 a.m. ET on Sept. 11, 2001. The second moment of silence is one of seven to commemorate the events 25 years ago that changed the U.S. forever.

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Coverage at a glance

  • First observed by CurrentWire: CBS News · Sep 11, 2026 at 9:11 AM ET
  • Coverage span: 36 min
  • Coverage: 2 reports from 1 independent publication
Watch: Second moment of silence in NYC at 9:03 a.m. when hijackers rammed plane into WTC South Tower
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Source mix

1 independent editorial domain

What coverage breadth measures

Coverage

2 reports from 1 publication.

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How coverage developed

  1. First report from CBS News

  2. Reported by CBS News

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Signal breakdown

CurrentWire ranked this story 74.5 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.

Freshness
31.5 of 35
Source authority
14 of 20
Coverage breadth
4 of 20
Geographic relevance
10 of 10
Story prominence
10 of 10
Velocity
5 of 5

Strongest signal: geographic relevance, 10 of 10. How each signal is calculated.

Filed under General · United States · News. Topics extracted from this report, with other live CurrentWire stories mentioning each: Trade (35), New York City (3), United States (93), WTC South Tower (none), WTC North Tower (none).

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