In this clip from the Today Show on September 11, 2001, live video shows smoke billowing from Tower 1 as host Matt Lauer reports on the damage and what little information was known at the time. Lauer, along with co-anchor Katie Couric, covered the 9/11 attacks for over four continuous hours followed by the NBC News Special Report: Attack on America with Tom Brokaw.

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