On the morning of September 11 , 2001 , the program broadcast some of the first live images of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center . The program interrupted a commercial for the 2001 Ben Stiller comedy film '' Zoolander '' at 8:48 a.m. , to show video from tower camera atop the Empire State Building and its news helicopter " Chopper 5 " ( now " SkyFox HD " ) of the WTC 's North Tower on fire after the first plane hit . Kai Simonsen reported from " Chopper 5 " , which captured the second plane crashing into the South Tower
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