Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Usborne's 9/11

I liked Usborne’s article on 9/11, it really puts it into perspective on what happened right there on ground zero. I know there has been a lot of coverage on 9/11 but what separates this from other stories and articles is that he gives you his thoughts, and as reporter how he deals with the information that is presented to him. I like that he can focus more on his own emotions, and the raw detail, like when he said that September 11th was a high definition day . I liked the fact that he being a reporter never left his mind and you know that when he was talking about “I can’t get the story out; I’m not going to make my deadline”. He talked about how he always thought he would be in this situation but he never thought he would not be able to get his story out. When Usborne talks about not believing the man who told him about the large plane hitting the tower, he wanted to see for himself what happened. It’s like Usborne is telling us to go and find the story yourself. He also talked about how he has a reporter wanted to get as close as possible to what is happening. Usborne really gets you involved as a reader.