FULL SHOW - Friday 9.11.2026 - The Charlie James Show - Host Charlie James and callers reflect on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and discuss current political events.

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Here is the requested 120-character summary, paragraph expansion, and full transcript for The Charlie James Show from Friday, September 11, 2026. Summary Host Charlie James and callers reflect on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and discuss current political events. (107 characters) Paragraph Expansion On the Friday, September 11, 2026, broadcast of The Charlie James Show, host Charlie James and several listeners spent the program commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Through personal memories and historical reflection, the show revisited the tragic events of that Tuesday morning in 2001, honoring the nearly 3,000 victims and the brave first responders who risked and lost their lives. Callers, including a former NYPD officer who worked at Ground Zero, shared firsthand accounts of the aftermath and expressed concern over how the memory and lessons of the tragedy are handled today. The discussion also turned to broader political and ideological topics, touching on radicalism, local governance, and upcoming local elections, with Charlie emphasizing the importance of remembering history accurately and standing firm in national values. Full Transcript - HOUR 1 Charlie James: And welcome to the program on your Friday afternoon. It was a Tuesday morning. It was just a Tuesday morning like so many other Tuesday mornings. I was on the air at WCOS in Columbia, South Carolina, and my program director, Ron Brooks, stuck his head into the studio and he said, "Did you see some idiot crashed his plane into the World Trade Center?" Now, from what he said, I was expecting a small private plane. So, because we had just gotten into the news break right at about 9 o'clock, I walked down to the newsroom, and I looked at the monitor. And having been at the World Trade Center about a year before, I realized that that was no small plane. That was a large aircraft. It was at that time something happened that my mind could not wrap itself around. You know how sometimes when you see something, and you just can't comprehend what you have just seen? I saw the second plane hit the World Trade Center at 9:03, United Airlines Flight 175. I saw the fireball from that explosion, but in my mind, I was seeing a replay of what had just happened, even though I was looking at two burning buildings now. It was hard for me to really comprehend what I had just seen. But when I realized what had happened, I went back into the studio, sat down, turned on the microphone, and I announced that the United States was under attack. That was the only explanation. If you were watching that, you knew that's exactly what was happening. Maybe you were watching Regis Philbin... [Audio Clip - Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa]: Regis: ...a plane has crashed into one of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. You can see it now on the screen right there. And don't know what the intent was, whether it was deliberate... Kelly: And if you can see those bits of debris, they're large. That's, if you can see it, it's large, because the World Trade Center is so immense... Regis: Bomber go in there... Kelly: It's such a target, because it is such a well-known symbol of America and New York City. And so it can become a target... Oh my gosh, something just exploded... Regis: Maybe that plane had something in it... Kelly: Are we getting... Regis: I guess it's being said that a second plane hit the other tower. Audience: [Gasp/Gasping] Regis: That looks, sounds like deliberate to me. I mean, I hate to say anything on live TV... Kelly: A third plane... Regis: Oh yeah, this is really something. Charlie James: Now, that was the replay of the second plane that Regis saw on that one, but that was the moment we knew. That was the moment that everything changed. Everything changed in this country when we first realized exactly what was going on. And then, later on, the Pentagon was hit. Flight 93 went down in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. All told, 2,977 innocent people we ...

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