“Where were you when the world stopped turnin’ that September day?” —Alan Jackson

I don’t often talk about September 11, 2001. Even 24 years later, it still hurts.

At the time, I was a news producer for New York City’s top-rated all-news radio station, 1010 WINS — “You give us 22 minutes, we’ll give you the world” — charged with keeping the city informed in its darkest hour.

When the Twin Towers fell, so did most of New York’s local television signals, their transmitters perched atop the World Trade Center.

1010 WINS became a lifeline. Behind the scenes in our newsroom was chaos, fear, and heartbreak.

I still hear those moments in my head:

My then-husband, anchor Jim Faherty, now with iHeartMedia here in Alabama, breaking in with the words no one could believe: a plane had struck the

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