Fox News’ Lauren Green Remembers Being on Air as the Horror of 9/11 Unfolded
Sept. 11, 2001, is, without a doubt, one of the most horrible, agonizing and painful days in the history of the United States of America. It's a day, much like in the words of the 32nd President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, while referencing the deadly attack on Pearl Harbor, that will "live in infamy."
While that is and will forever be the case, given the deadly and horrific events that took place in mid-town Manhattan on that day, now a quarter century ago, everyone will always remember where they were when they first learned that the United States had been attacked. Lauren Green, Fox News' chief religion correspondent, looked back on that day, where she was and how it changed her.
Green came to Fox News 30 years ago; she can still remember being the first on-air anchor to be hired.
For Green, Sept. 11, 2001, is a day like many for Americans, one she too will never forget. Green was on the air that terrible day and remembers everything about it, as the nation reflects upon that day and those events that took place 25 years ago.
“I can remember being on the air that morning, and as I was anchoring," she said. "My co-anchor was interviewing a pilot trying to understand what was going on when it came to why someone would fly a plane into a building. I can remember the second plane hitting.”
For Green, as it was with the rest of the nation, she knew that we were under attack. Green, who lives in the Manhattan area, can remember having to walk home that day along with her colleagues who lived further away, who couldn’t drive that day because everything was shut down.
Green, given her role and position at Fox News as their top religion correspondent, looks back at the deadly 9/11 attacks through a spiritual lens.
“It made me more understanding of the spiritual forces around us," she added.
Green’s faith is unwavering, and because of that, she believes that even on one of America's darkest days, we can still have hope, faith and trust in God.
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Originally published September 11, 2026.
