Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
Jennings recalls being emotionally struck by family safety messages during a crisis.
In plain terms
Family check-ins brought relief and shock.
What can you take from it?
Personal news can hit harder than public events.

Where it applies

  • emergency situations
  • family updates
  • reporting stress

Putting it to work

  • check on loved ones
  • manage emotional load

Questions to consider

  • How do you stay connected in crisis?
  • What news hits hardest?

Another view

It reflects one person’s experience during a specific event.

More from Peter Jennings

  1. The truth of the matter is - and I'm always a bit reluctant to say this because people think you're a bit unfeeling. The truth of this, on 9/11, people who - m…

    Permalink to quote #14
  2. I think no matter what we cover, people tend to see what we cover through their own particular political or personal prisms. I always ask people to be specific…

    Permalink to quote #16
  3. On 9/11, those of us who do the jobs that I do, flew without a net for hour and hour and hour after end. And then you hope and pray that you've had the experie…

    Permalink to quote #13

Related quotes

  1. And my tears, too, have stained this heirloomed ground, When reading in these treatises some weird Miracle, I turned a leaf and found A white hair fallen from …

    A.M. KleinA.M. Klein quote #2
  2. He was like twitching and frothing and it was my father, ... I went like all pale. I felt all the blood leave my body. And then my father was like, 'How dare y…

    John LeguizamoJohn Leguizamo quote #4
  3. There it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.

    Howard CosellHoward Cosell quote #5