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Only 29 minutes passed between the two World Trade Center towers falling. CBS News photojournalist Mark LaGanga captured the eerie scene up close
The children left behind, the World Trade Center site frozen in time, the band accompanying endless funerals: A look back at the memorable 9/11 stories told on 60 Minutes.
From 2018, Scott Pelley's report on falconry, the art of hunting with birds of prey. Pelley traveled to the Mongolian steppe with Lauren McGough, a woman from Oklahoma who devoted herself to mastering the traditional ways of hunting with eagles.
In 2007, Anderson Cooper reported on research into brain injury survivors who have been misdiagnosed as "vegetative" and may actually have more awareness than previously thought. Last week, a research study published in the New England Journal of Medicine discovered brain activity patterns similar to healthy individuals in 25% of unresponsive patients tested.
In 2010, Bob Simon traveled to a remote clearing in Central Africa for an up-close look at forest elephants, whose complicated and sophisticated language – most of which can't be heard by the human ear – is an object of fascination for researchers attempting to decipher their calls.
From 1974, excerpts from 60 Minutes' hour-long retrospective of former President Richard Nixon's political career. Mike Wallace and Morley Safer reported on Nixon's campaign, presidency, and the Watergate scandal that led to his historic resignation.
In 2018, Steve Kroft reported on the immense power of Google, which had captured 90% of the market share for internet search and search advertising. At the time, Google's business practices were criticized by some as anticompetitive conduct. On Monday, a federal judge ruled in a landmark antitrust decision that Google has maintained an illegal monopoly over online search.
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with 60 Minutes' Bill Whitaker in October about Israel, Ukraine, and the 2024 presidential election. At the time, Harris said she had "no doubt" that she and President Joe Biden would win the race against former President Donald Trump. On Sunday, President Biden announced that he was exiting the race and formally endorsed Harris to be the Democratic Party's presidential nominee.
In 2020, Scott Pelley reported on the investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. The passenger jet was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 people. In 2022, a Dutch court found two Russians and one Ukrainian guilty for the shootdown and murder of the passengers and crew.
In 2000, Scott Pelley reported on U.S. Secret Service research aimed at stopping presidential assassins before they strike.
