9/11 News Story Scripting

Scene #1: ESTABLISHING SHOT- WORLD TRADE CENTERS
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Women Reporter: This just in, you are looking at a very disturbing live shot. That is the world trade centers, and we have unconfirmed reports this morning…

Scene # 2: CLOSE UP-WORLD TRADE CENTERS
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Women Reporter: A plane has crashed into one of the towers of the world trade centers. CNN center is just starting to work on this story. Obviously calling our sources and trying to figure out what happened. But clearly something relatively devastating happened on the south end of the island of Manhattan. That is once again a picture, of one of the towers, of the world trade center. Scene #3: CLOSE UP- WORLD TRADE CENTER ON FIRE
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Male Reporter: When you can see these pictures it’s obviously something devastating has happened and again, unconfirmed reports that a plane has crashed into of the towers. We are efforting more information on this subject as it comes available to you.Women Reporter: Right now we got Sean Merton a CNN producer on the telephone. What can you tell us about what you know?
Male Reporter: Sean, were on the air right now. What can you tell us about this situation?

Scene #3: ZOOM OUT-WORLD TRADE CENTERS SMOKING
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Sean Murton: I just witnessed a plane that appeared to be cruising at lower altitude, and it appears to have crashed into, I don’t know which tower, but it directly hit into one of the world trade towers…
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