I Was at Ground Zero... The Taste of Death Still Haunts me 25 Years Later

Stinchfield with Grant Stinchfield · Sep 11, 2026 · 52m

Twenty-five years ago, America changed forever.

September 11, 2001.

I was there. I was one of the first reporters to reach Ground Zero, and there are things from that day that will never leave me.

The chalk-like debris that filled the air and coated my mouth. I could taste it for nearly two weeks.

It was the taste of death.

I remember the faces. The shock. The fear. The look of terror in people's eyes that I pray I never see again.

Nearly 3,000 innocent people were murdered that day by Islamic terrorists. They attacked our buildings, our people and our way of life.

But 9/11 was also a…