Tomorrow starting at 14.30 CET, CNN.com will replay its TV coverage from September 11, 2001, on its Pipeline service (usually a paid service, now for free against registration – hat tip to Teknotum).
This also creates an opportunity to have a look at CNN’s other web coverage of 9/11 five years later. One of the items is especially intriguing if you’re interested in how the web related history: a timeline of how the CNN home page changed (scroll down to “Timeline: September 11, 2001, on CNN.com” – opens as pop-up) at intervals during the morning. Note how other stories (“Michael Jordan will return to NBA?”) are still presented more than half an hour after the first plane hit the World Trade Center. Then the surge in traffic led to the page being stripped to the bare essentials.
There are many websites dedicated to portraying 9/11, such as the screenshot archive of online news sites. Also one from Netzeitung.de, though that screenshot is taken more than 12 hours after the first plane hit.
