September's Camera

By Jeffrey Scarborough

Book Overview

Jeff Scarborough was the only cameraman on duty at WNBC's newsroom in New York when the attacks of 9/11 began. Armed with privileged information from the '93 attack on the World Trade Center-realizing both towers were doomed-Jeff pulled out of an emergency convoy just short of the WTC as he and reporter Rob Morrison approached the burning towers. Taking charge at the scene, Jeff ordered live-truck engineer Eddie Alonzo to stay 500 feet away and told all responding crews to back-off-dangerously becoming NBC's sole cameraman broadcasting live from Ground Zero. He permitted only the live-shot reporter to join him at his camera position-and during their live broadcast, the South Tower collapsed. They ran for their lives; Jeff rescued Eddie and stayed to videotape the panic and the North Tower collapse. September's Camera is the story of that fateful day, and of a career lived on the edge of danger-as Jeff's lens captured conflict, urban riots, blackouts, serial killers, plane crashes and human frailty in all its forms.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595427758
• ISBN13: 9780595427758
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Jeff's story

I couldn't put the book down, once I started it. It was hard to get such a sad story out of my mind. I felt like I lived through the tragedy again with the first hand account of Jeff. Good work Jeff!! I am sure it was a hard story to tell for you, but it needed to be told. S Claps