World News Tonight....without Peter Jennings? It has taken me days to get over that.....where do I get my news now? Who do I trust? I grew up with Peter Jennings...he WAS ALWAYS there for me....When Sept 11 happened and I was totally devastated and scared...I had been to New York only a week before and like a spoiled brat, demanded at the Statue of Liberty to have me picture taken with the "Twins" in the background! Suddenly they were gone, we were under attack and the ONLY person I completed trusted that day was Peter. He got me through. He was so calm. He was there for me. He never left America that day and night.
On News Year Eve....with no date that night and a house full of family....who was there for me?...Well, that would be Peter and he took me everywhere...all over the entire globe....who would have believed it!!
Every night I watched him...my son, now 15 grew up with him and me saying....he get's it right son, he will give the straight skinny.
It's my son who told me to write this e-mail to say what I had to say...that maybe it would make me feel better.
I swear....it's like losing family, to me.
Now he is not there and I was totally shocked...I still am.
I want to turn on the TV and hear is great voice welcoming me to the evening news.
But it won't ever happen again....the news has lost such a terrific person. Such a great news man. Such a great American who wanted to get the news "right."
If I feel this way....my god, his wife and kids must be tortured.
That sense of loss and no more..."Darling...guess where I am?" My god, that made me love him even more. To know he loved his wife and called her Darling...That just endeared him more to me.
I just can't get over it....Someone needs to tell me I can trust Charlie Gibson...because let me tell you, I am watching him....as hard as it is...but he is growing on me.
Charlie, make me trust you.....make me believe you the way I believe Peter.
Charlie....make Peter proud.
Lori