FOX News Media will mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with extensive multiplatform special programming, the company announced Thursday. Anchors and correspondents will report live from New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania, with commemorative packages and interviews airing in the days leading up to and on the anniversary.
“FOX & Friends” will broadcast live throughout the week of Sept. 7 from locations tied to the attacks. Co-host Steve Doocy, who was on air with Brian Kilmeade on the morning of 9/11, will host the program’s “Breakfast with Friends” series from O’Hara’s Pub in New York City, just two blocks from Ground Zero. Doocy will then travel to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to interview Tunnel to Towers Foundation chairman and CEO Frank Siller, and the show will feature the Steel Across America tour arriving at the White House. On Thursday, Doocy will broadcast live from Shanksville, Pennsylvania, the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93.
On Friday, Sept. 11, special coverage will begin with “FOX & Friends” co-hosts Kilmeade, Ainsley Earhardt, and Lawrence Jones broadcasting from the Hyatt House in Jersey City, overlooking the New York City skyline, while Doocy contributes from Ground Zero. “America’s Newsroom” co-anchors Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino will broadcast from Brookfield Place overlooking the World Trade Center campus, and the reading of the victims’ names from the National September 11 Memorial & Museum is expected to air during that program.
Other Fox News programs will feature special segments and interviews. Martha MacCallum’s “The Story” will report live from the Hyatt House and include interviews with Cardinal Timothy Dolan and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. Senior correspondent Eric Shawn, who reported from Ground Zero on the day of the attacks, will contribute from downtown Manhattan, and correspondent Alexis McAdams will report from Shanksville. Chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin will be at the Pentagon, and senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy will be stationed at the White House.
On Fox Business Network, “The Claman Countdown” anchor Liz Claman will commemorate the 658 Cantor Fitzgerald employees lost in the attacks on Sept. 10. The following day, Claman will interview Silverstein Properties CEO Larry Silverstein from the World Trade Center, which he helped rebuild after the attacks.
Fox News Digital will publish retrospective and feature stories on survivors, first responders, victims’ families, and those carrying the legacy of 9/11 forward. It will also provide day-of coverage of the commemorations at Ground Zero, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, including livestream embeds from all three ceremonies. Interviews will include National September 11 Memorial & Museum CEO Elizabeth L. Hillman and former Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill. The platform will also publish a “Never Forget” archival photo retrospective showing how Ground Zero and the Manhattan skyline have changed.
FOX Nation will debut two new specials ahead of the anniversary. “Paul Mauro’s Notes from Ground Zero” airs Sept. 4 and follows former NYPD Inspector Paul Mauro, who worked on the morning of 9/11 and scribbled notes in the days after, as he returns to Ground Zero for the first time in 25 years. On Sept. 8, FOX Nation will launch “Born on 9/11: 25 Years with Harris Faulkner,” exploring the lives of people born on September 11, 2001. FOX Nation will also livestream the official ceremonies at the NYC memorial site and the Pentagon.
FOX News Audio and FOX News Podcasts will present an eight-part documentary series titled “FOX News Rewind: 9/11,” featuring various Fox News personalities. On YouTube, “The Brian Kilmeade Show” will provide access to some of Kilmeade’s most notable 9/11 interviews, and affiliates will be offered an anniversary special reflecting on how America has evolved over the last 25 years.