Best of CASE District IV Award
 

Institution: Texas Tech University

Title of entry: Scott Pelley: A Witness to 9/11

About this entry: Veteran journalist Scott Pelley has hunkered down beside American soldiers while enemy mortar shells exploded overhead. He’s experienced the ferocity of Mother Nature, the wind lashing his body and rain stinging his eyes as he urged people to evacuate ahead of deadly hurricanes. He’s had his face pressed into the asphalt by the muzzle of a loaded pistol. But only once in his nearly 40-year career has this Texas Tech University alumnus thought, “I’m not going to make it out of this alive.” It was Sept. 11, 2001, and he was at the World Trade Center in New York City.
This story was shared for the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and featured Scott Pelley, the longtime CBS Evening News correspondent and Texas Tech alumnus who not only witnessed the terror attacks at the World Trade Center firsthand but stayed to cover them in the days and weeks after. Even given the high volume of news and featured related to 9/11 that were being shared at the same time as this article, our community responded to this through our social media. On Facebook, it had 118 reactions and 10 shares; on Twitter, 65 likes and 9 retweets.