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Jamie Erdahl Opens 'Good Morning Football' With 9/11 Tribute on 25th Anniversary
Updated
Updated · Yahoo Sports · Sep 11

Jamie Erdahl Opens 'Good Morning Football' With 9/11 Tribute on 25th Anniversary

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · Sep 11

Summary

  • Jamie Erdahl opened Friday's "Good Morning Football" by marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, calling it a "heavy day" before the show turned to NFL Week 1.
  • Erdahl said the program would cover football while remembering those affected, adding that the day "changed our country forever" and honoring those who lost their lives.
  • The attacks killed 2,977 people after 19 al-Qaeda hijackers seized four commercial planes, striking the World Trade Center and Pentagon while United Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania.
  • NFL Week 1 had already begun with Seattle's 13-10 win over New England on Wednesday and San Francisco's 27-7 victory over the Rams in Melbourne on Thursday, with 13 more games set for Sunday.

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