Ottawa Citizen sports reporter Bruce Garrioch was on assignment in Lake Placid, New York, covering Ottawa Senators forward Alexei Yashin when the September 11, 2001 terror attacks unfolded and reshaped the world in real time.
An Ottawa Newsroom Story, 25 Years Later
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Garrioch is sharing where he was and what it was like to be a Canadian sports writer far from home as the news broke. His piece is a personal look back rather than a hard news story, but it carries an Ottawa thread: a hometown reporter, on a Senators beat trip, watching history unfold from a hotel room hundreds of kilometres away.
Garrioch's full recollection runs in the Ottawa Citizen.
Source: Ottawa Citizen
