Why so long before coverage "from the scene"

Originally posted by infinityoreilly
There was alot action at street level, you know the heros showing up to do their job. This would have been a great story to cover in my book.

Also how about eyewitness accounts, wouldn't those be something newshounds would be pushing each other out of the way to get?

This is exactly the point I am getting at. There was a lot of things news worthy on the ground in those first 20 minutes. But I guess, since I have never been to New York, I don't really understand the gridlock issue that time of day. I guess that would explain the lack of ground crews so early on. Thank you for pointing that out.