Inside a New Jersey Town That Lost Several Residents to 9/11 Terror | 60 Minutes Archive
In the days following the tragic events of September 11, 2001, 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley took viewers to a grieving New Jersey town profoundly marked by loss. This poignant segment from the acclaimed news program shines a light on a community coping with the absence of loved ones who once worked in or near the fallen Twin Towers.
Bradley’s visit captures the desperate search of families, torn apart and haunted by uncertainty as they confront the realization that many of their husbands and brothers were still missing. Through intimate interviews and powerful storytelling, the segment reflects the raw emotional landscape of a community that was forever changed in an instant.
For over five decades, “60 Minutes” has been a pillar of American journalism, delivering hard-hitting investigative reports and compelling human interest stories. Its exploration of grief and resilience in the aftermath of 9/11 remains a testament to the strength of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable loss.
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So many lives lost that day. Probably the biggest tragedy America has ever faced.
as much as im probably going to be ridiculed for saying this, These sisters seem like the first people to start Blaming and Naming with Lawsuits against everyone and everything for something THOUSANDS of other families werent able to do as they didnt have the help of 60 minutes…. P.S…..I still wholeheartedly stand with 60 minutes!… Love them even 60 mins AU!
The way Ed Bradley took that woman's hands and tried to comfort her brought me to tears.
What’s 9/11?
It’s been 25 years.
Such a horrible day it was just to much seeing planes going to buildings fire and smoke everywhere people jumping to their deaths it messed with peoples minds i know it messed with mine it didnt seem real i was angry i was sad i was scared i cried it was just to much!!
i am crying for debbie's husband but I am heartbroken for her. i know debbie hard time and question for debbie, she get remarried or children? I want know her
I went to new york after the attacks and ill never forget the smell it was very strange and it was all over the city it smelled like gasoline and burnt meat and a burned paper then as i walked closer to ground zero i seen a fence that was filled with missing peoples pictures and personal items of victims then i pulled back a tarp on a fence and i seen the rubble pile i couldnt believe what i was seeing
🕊🌿No day shall erase you from the memory of time💓
Never forget ❤
She knew he was gone, i respect the effort though
Glen Ridge lost beloved residents too. 😔
Ridgewood. Cars were all left on the train lot.
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Wow I was born in Summit, NJ 1 month and 6 weeks after 9/11 and I can’t believe the 25th anniversary will be next week
So many towns in Bergen County NJ lost residents. I can think of a handful of kids in my school that lost parents in my that day. It was so terrible to see the kids back in school. It was such a profound impact on my childhood. I remember my mom waiting all day for my dad and uncles to return home from Manhattan. The cell towers were overloaded because of all the calling going on. No one could get in touch with each other. I think my dad and his brothers had to walk over the GW to get back home.
Interesting that the current administration on the 25th year memorializing the lost souls have chosen to start nuclear operations with that nation from whom every hijacker and mastermind were.
Project Hail Mary made money in the streaming, it's a rewatchable movie and has legs. Apple didn't even need to cover the budget and marketing which they probably did.
The ice rink as a temporary morgue hurts
Basking Ridge. Seeing all the cars of my train station’s parking lot collecting dust in the weeks and months that followed is something that will NEVER leave me.
NJ lost over 700 residents on 9/11, between commuters who worked at the WTC and Flight 93 which took off from Newark. NJ is famously ignored, ridiculed, and in the shadow of NYC and even within the 9/11 context I don't think people always realize the toll and extent this incident reached outside city and state lines. The Port Authority of NY and NJ was and is actually the owner of the WTC site. Port Authority offices were in the WTC buildings, the Port Authority Police had and have jurisdiction there and lost members alongside the FDNY and NYPD.
Rest in Peace Todd Rancke 🕊 🕊
Mr Ranckes name is on the list of deceased on 9/11 😢
Heartbreaking
25 years later never forget 🙏🏻❤️🇺🇸✝️
It's the 25th Anniversary, I'm creating a lesson for my 7th Grade students on 9/11. It's been begged of me for the 5 years i've been teaching and we finally got the green light. (I know, I should've been able to teach it way before. It's not in our curriculum though 🙄) Please give me any story you would like taught to these kids!
First time after WW2, America came to know sorrow…
Ed Bradley was an American treasure…
RIP to all of those that perished almost 25 years ago today..
Still can't get a day off work for 9-11 or pearl harbor SO I DON'T CARE.
I live in Middletown NJ, our town lost 37 people
Sadly fascinating to watch in retrospect now as after 25 years we enter the Legacy Era of 9/11, and can reflect back at the atrocity of the day with every human emotion you could feel with some peace
So sad! I hope the family was able to support each other and get through it. I know grief never really ends, but I hope they were able to find their new normal.
I am pretty young. Before i ever really dug into what happened on 9/11,i thought that the Nightclub Station incident was the worst incident ever caught on camera. Then as I really learned about 9/11,I can to the conclusion that NOTHING will ever come close to the severity of 9/11. But the thing about it is that ive come to Learn that 100s of people jumped from the twin towers,because they would rather leave that way,then die a slow agonizing death by burning alive. Going back to the Nightclub station video,to hear people saying “Those people are on fire!”,seeing someone walk out completely engulfed in flames,seeing a entire building engulfed in flames with 100+ people still inside,truly makes you think about the level of pain that those people went through that night. RIP to everyone who died that night,and RIP to everyone who lost thier lives on 9/11. 2 extremely unfortunate situations!
His poor wife, i never want to experience that kind of loss and pain, 😢
They should make a movie about a lonely man who had nobody only his dog and worked in the towers, but the man died in the towers and the movie follows the dog waiting for him until his passing. And the landlord found him 3 months later. Hit me up hollywood i have the script ready.
Debbie lost the love of her life and didnt want to lose hope 🙁
My mom took us out of. School back. 2001