Dick Oliver(1939-2016)
The son of a New York City firefighter, Dick Oliver started his career as a journalist as a copy boy for the New York Daily News. After attending Columbia University and working as a reporter for United Press International, he returned to the News as a reporter, working his way up through the ranks to assistant managing editor. He also was a fixture on local radio and television as a reporter and commentator; for almost thirty years he hosted the "Daily News Bulldog Edition" on WOR Radio, and he also appeared on the local Fox News affiliate "A.M. New York". On 11 September 2001, he was taping an interview at New York's City Hall near the World Trade Center when the attack commenced; he was the first reporter on the scene, narrowly missing death when told by a policeman not to get closer to the disaster just before the second plane hit the South Tower. His report showed some of the initial interviews with survivors as well as raw footage of the incident itself.