15 of the most-watched events in history

Many can still clearly recall where they were on Tuesday morning when the first bits of news began to circulate. Media coverage started when American Airlines Flight 11 collided with the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 in the morning. Three more planes crashed in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania within an hour and fifteen minutes. The deadliest terrorist attack in human history was broadcast to a global audience of two billion people.