Reminiscences of Kristin Sebastian : oral history, 2002.

Biographical Note

Northeast Bureau Chief, ABC News.

Scope and Contents

Career: ABC News; 9/11: witness to airplane over West Village, description of scene near St. Vincent's Hospital, conflicting responsibilities to work and daughter; 9/11 professional response: formulas for news coverage, situation in newsroom, conflicts as New Yorkers and journalists; post-9/11: explanation of death to children, desire to help widows, parents' reactions and associations with Cuban Missile Crisis, role of broadcast media during crises, discussion of flag displays.

Subjects

• Frenkel, Karen, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Sebastian, Kristin--Interviews.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

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