The veteran journalist won the Edward R. Murrow Award for his fearless coverage of the 2001 atrocity. Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown, who became a guiding light to millions of viewers with his tireless coverage of the 9/11 terror attacks, has died at the age of 76.
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Brown died on Sunday (December 29), his wife confirmed. No immediate cause of death was given. The veteran broadcaster became best known for breaking the news on the 2001 atrocity, which happened to fall on his first day with the network. The fateful day marked Brown’s first time on air with CNN. He wasn’t even scheduled to appear that morning, but he jumped on the news reporting from the roof of the network’s Manhattan office. Brown covered the attacks live for 17 hours.
Brown went on to win the Edward R. Murrow Award for his 9/11 coverage. During a 2009 appearance on NPR’s All Things Considered radio show, Brown reflected on his reporting of the terror attacks, saying: “It captures what television ought to capture — which is the totality of a story — and that one did it all.
“The strength of the country, the beauty of the day, and the horror of the moment,” he said. Before joining CNN, Brown spent years working in local journalism in Seattle before he was hired as the founding journalist for ABC’s World News Now. He also worked as a reporter for ABC’s World News Tonight with Peter Jennings and Nightline, as well as an anchor for World News Tonight Saturday and Good Morning America Sunday.
