LISTEN: WCBS 880 reporter recalls witnessing 9/11 from chopper – and his report from the archive

Smoke billows toward the harbor after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
Smoke billows toward the harbor after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Photo credit Jason Nevader/WireImage

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- Tom Kaminski, WCBS 880's longtime chopper traffic reporter, began Sept. 11, 2001, like any other work day: Hopping into a helicopter and ascending several thousand feet to survey the landscape below and deliver weary commuters the best ways to navigate the tri-state.

But of course everything changed when the World Trade Center was attacked -- while he was in the air and near the planes' flight path -- as he recalls in the interview below with 880 anchor and reporter Paul Murnane.

And below, from the WCBS 880 archives, listen to Kaminski's report from Sept. 11, 2001:

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