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CNN producer Beth Goodman: "I saw something out of the
corner of my eye on one of those monitors. Something that
at that moment I -was simply unable to comprehend: the
unmistakable image of yet another passenger jet hurtling
into the side of the other World Trade Center tower."
On Guard
Watching myself has become standard fare. On Monday,
Oct. 29, Attorney General John Ashcroft issued a warn-
ing to every American citizen to be on high alert for sus-
pected terrorist attacks in the following week. I've lived
my life that way since the attacks.
How does a newsroom react to the seemingly constant
barrage of post-Sept. 11 threats, rumors and scares?
Well, a newsroom is full of individuals, and each indi-
vidual reacts in his or her own way.
For example, the day after the World Trade Center
atrocities, I sat at my desk skimming the wire stories of
the day when, suddenly, I heard, "Get out, get out.
Everybody, out. That means you."
I picked up my purse, stood up and ran toward the
stairwell, where I literally bumped into the executive pro-
ducer of our show. "I'm sure it's a false alarm," she said.
When I reached the street and walked about two
blocks east, I found one of my co-workers. When I spoke
to him about the bomb threat, he had one immediate
concern, and it did not concern my psychological well
being.
"Beth, I need to get my hands on a Time magazine
photograph from December 1941, after the Japanese
attacked Pearl Harbor."
We proceeded to call the archive house, located the
photograph, picked it up and called Jeff Greenfield on a
crackling cell phone. We let him know we were evacuated
from CNN's offices because of a bomb scare, and that we
picked up the Dine magazine photograph.
"Oh, God, again," he said through the noise. "Call me
when we can get back in the building."
The specific responses of my associates are emblematic
of the psychic state of people at CNN in general.
Their focus remains on getting out the story, doing the
best possible job and getting back to do a day's work.
Simply, it is imperative to keep a cool head, one that
allows you to think rationally while gleaning information
that will eventually be used in a report given on the air.
But that ethos has been put to the test by the wave of
anthrax incidents that brought the terror that much clos-
er to home. On the morning of Oct. 12, an assistant to
NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw was confirmed to have
cutaneous anthrax.
The anxiety in the newsroom was palpable. One col-
league proceeded to make calls to her physician to ask for
a prescription for Cipro.
I sent an e-mail to our bureau chief, first asking when
we'd get our latex gloves and masks, and second, when
the newsroom would be tested for the presence of
anthrax.
Four days later, a fellow producer walked over to my
desk to tell me that the 7-month-old son of an ABC
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Suddenly, the attackers weren't just targeting Americans.
They were targeting our offices, our mail, us. We were sud-
denly on the front lines of this strange new war.
On Thursday morning, Oct. 18, I was listening to the
news while dressing for work, when I heard Paula Zahn
report that an assistant to CBS News anchor Dan Rather
was diagnosed with cutaneous anthrax.
"That's it," I said to myself. "I'm getting tested."
I spent the morning calling the New York City health
department, physicians and hospitals to find out where
the most efficient place to get tested would be.
At 11 a.m., I found myself in the emergency room of
the New York University Medical Center, getting ready
to get swabbed. The test came back negative and my anx-
iety dissipated, though it has become a constant compan-
ion.
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B
eth Goodman is a producer in New York City
for CNN. She was raised in Southfield by her
father, the late Ozzie Goodman.
After obtaining a degree in psychology and social
work from the University of Michigan, she worked at
Maplegrove Youth Treatment Center and the Oakland
County Court.
In 1994, she left her home in Birmingham to pur-
sue graduate studies in American history at Columbia
University. While•there,-she-began working at ABC
News, where she met her future husband, Michael
Plante.
In 1998, Goodman switched networks to work for
CNN senior analyst Jeff Greenfield, whose show, Greenfield
At Large, airs 11 p.m. Mondays-Fridays on CNN.
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