American journalist and CNN news anchor Aaron Brown delivers the news from CNN headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, October 9, 2001. Brown died on Sunday at the age of 76. (Photo by Eric S. Lesser/Getty Images)
Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown, the veteran broadcaster who won widespread acclaim for his coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks, died Sunday at the age of 76, according to CNN.
Brown's television career began in Seattle, first as assistant nighttime assignment editor on KING 5 starting in 1976, then anchoring the 11pm newscast on KIRO 7 in 1986. In 1991, he hosted a national overnight news program for ABC.
A decade later, he joined CNN to host NewsNight. The show hasn't started yet September 11, 2001When a group of terrorists hijacked planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
But Brown jumped into action, reporting calmly, decisively and truthfully from the rooftop of CNN's Manhattan office. He became a guiding figure for millions of viewers during one of the most important days in American history, reporting live for 17 hours, according to CNN.
Aaron Brown, former CNN anchor and veteran journalist, received widespread accolades for his coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States. His family told CNN that he died on Sunday at the age of 76. (Photo by Eric S. Lesser/Getty Images)
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CNN anchor John Vose, who also reported from New York on 9/11, recalls that Brown took off his reporter's hat when the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.
“When he was live, he stopped and looked at it. And he paused. And he shared this moment that everyone was thinking: Oh my God. There are no words,” Vause said in his speech. CNN report Brown's death announcement.
Brown won the Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of the attacks.
Brown's colleagues praised him as “a writer and craftsman first and foremost” with a “bitter sense of humour.” He also stressed the importance of empathy in reporting, according to former CNN producer Amanda Turnbull.
“His storytelling was driven by facts, but his delivery was always very human,” Turnbull told CNN.
American journalist and CNN news anchor Aaron Brown delivers the news from CNN headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, October 9, 2001. (Photo by Eric S. Lesser/Getty Images)
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Brown was born and raised In Minnesota. He hosted a radio talk show in Minneapolis before attending the University of Minnesota for about a year in 1966, according to the university, and then joined the US Coast Guard Reserve.
Brown's departure from ABC was to lead CNN's prime-time news program “NewsNight,” but in 2005 the network changed its lineup and Anderson Cooper replaced Brown's show.
Brown later taught journalism at the Cronkite School at Arizona State University.
