As the United States marks 25 years since the September 11 attacks, people across New York, Washington and Pennsylvania are remembering where they were when passenger planes were turned into weapons of terror. Nearly 3,000 people were killed, leaving the country shocked and forever changed. The attacks also placed journalists on the front lines of an unprecedented breaking-news story, forcing them to report and make sense of unfolding events in real time. CGTN's Mike Walter speaks with fellow journalists who were there that day as they revisit their experiences and memories of September 11, 2001.

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