Curriculum Vitae Part I
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“We Have Breaking News” the First Plane
CHAPTER 1 “We Have Breaking News” The First Plane “‘Man, he’s really low’” Eric Shawn, Senior Correspondent, Fox News Channel, New York Since the morning was so bright and crisp, I caught a bus down Fifth Avenue instead of taking the subway. I thought I would be spend- ing the day investigating a new and curious development with TWA Flight 800. It had been five years since a fuel-tank explosion brought the plane down just off Long Island, but a nagging mystery had sur- faced, which I intended to investigate. After I got off the bus on Fifth Avenue near Fifty-first Street, I heard the echo of a jet—louder than usual, closer than expected. Its 7 8 “We Have Breaking News” sudden appearance caused a few of us on the street to crane our necks toward the sky. It was heading south. As the plane passed over me I thought, “Man, he’s really low.” “Loud, low, and very determined” Tom Flynn, Producer, CBS News, New York As I sat in my garden in Greenwich Village, having coffee, reading the paper, ready to go to work, I heard what seemed to be an airplane. It was loud, low, and very determined. You know the sound of a plane that’s trying to save itself: it whines and screeches. There was none of that with this plane. “Sounded really close” Joan Fleischer, Account Executive, WINS-AM, New York I was up on the roof of my six-story apartment building in Tribeca with my dog. I was really relaxed, peaceful, sort of daydreaming, soak- ing up the rays, and enjoying this time when I heard an incredibly loud plane that sounded really close. -
REPRESENTING 9/11 in the SOPRANOS a Thesis by VITO V
“SPEAK ABOUT DESTRUCTION”: REPRESENTING 9/11 IN THE SOPRANOS A Thesis by VITO V. PETRUZZELLI Submitted to the Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies Appalachian State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS December 2015 Department of English “SPEAK ABOUT DESTRUCTION”: REPRESENTING 9/11 IN THE SOPRANOS A Thesis by VITO V. PETRUZZELLI December 2015 APPROVED BY: Craig Fischer, Ph.D. Chairperson, Thesis Committee Germán Campos-Muñoz, Ph.D. Member, Thesis Committee Başak Çandar, Ph.D. Member, Thesis Committee Carl Eby, Ph.D. Chairperson, Department of English Max C. Poole, Ph.D. Dean, Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies Copyright by Vito V. Petruzzelli 2015 All Rights Reserved Abstract “SPEAK ABOUT DESTRUCTION”: REPRESENTING 9/11 IN THE SOPRANOS Vito V. Petruzzelli B.A., Rutgers University M.A., Appalachian State University Chairperson: Craig Fischer Broadly definable as an interdisciplinary study of televisual texts, literature, and history, this thesis analyses David Chase’s The Sopranos (1999-2007) and its engagement of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. Tracing the show’s narrative and aesthetic roots to its pilot episode, I explore how narrative and aesthetic elements contained in 9/11 television newscasts elicited both an alteration and an exaggeration of the show’s structural and symbolic elements. Furthermore, I illustrate the impact of televisual mediation on the act of viewership, demonstrating the manner in which The Sopranos and 9/11 newscasts employed authoritative narrative perspectives as a means of disseminating vital information to viewers. Methodologically, I employ a narratological approach to show through close textual analysis how elements of location and sequential ordering inform the creation of unique story worlds, and how these story worlds operate symbiotically with viewers in creating meanings beyond the texts. -
Timeline for the Day of the September 11 Attacks 1 Timeline for the Day of the September 11 Attacks
Timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks 1 Timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks of 2001, in addition to being a unique act of aggression, constituted a media event on a scale not seen since the advent of civilian global satellite links, round-the-clock television news organizations and the instant worldwide reaction and debate made possible by the Internet. As a result, most of the events listed below were known by a large portion of the planet's population as they occurred.[1] Significant events 6:00 a.m. 6:00: Mohammed Atta travels Colgan Air from Portland International Jetport in Portland, Maine to Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, along with Abdulaziz al-Omari. 6:45: Atta and al-Omari arrive at Logan International Airport. 6:52: Marwan al-Shehhi calls Atta from another terminal at Logan to confirm that the plans for the attack are set. 7:00 a.m. 7:35: Atta and al-Omari board American Airlines Flight 11. 7:40: The rest of the Flight 11 hijackers board the airplane. 7:59: American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 carrying 81 passengers and 11 crew members, departs 14 minutes late from Logan International Airport in Boston, its destination being Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California. 8:00 a.m. 8:13: Flight 11 has its last routine communication with the FAA's Boston Center. 8:14: Flight 11 is hijacked when hijackers Waleed and Wail al-Shehri rise from seats 2A and 2B and stab two flight attendants.