Carol Lin

Carol Lin anchors CNN Newsroom on Saturday and Sunday evenings on CNN. She is based in Atlanta. On December 18, 2006, the media industry website TVNewser reported that Lin would be leaving CNN as of December 31, 2006. Image File history File links Carol_Lin. ... Image File history File links Carol_Lin. ... CNN Newsroom is a American television news program that airs on CNNUS. The program replaced CNN Live Today and Live From. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... In the Gregorian Calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), at which point there will be 13 days remaining to the end of the year. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Starting her career at CNN in 1998, Lin anchored CNN Early Edition, CNN Live at Daybreak and the former news-magazine program CNN NewsStand. Before joining CNN, Lin was with ABC News. Lin was one of the few journalists brought to the network by former CNN president Rick Kaplan after he left ABC News. Earlier, Lin was a weekend news anchor for KTTV in Los Angeles. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... KTTV, channel 11, is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, based in Los Angeles, California. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

She covered the shootings at Columbine High School, the rebuilding of Kosovo, CNN's Millennium night coverage from New York City's Times Square (and did a chat with CNN.com users) and the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. Staff and students evacuate Columbine High School shortly after the shooting. ... For other uses of the name Kosovo, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Times Square For other uses, see Times Square (disambiguation) Times Square is the name given to a principal intersection, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue, and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... Flag flown by the Taliban. ... This article is about the year 2001. ...

However, Lin will be most remembered as the first anchor to break the news of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. She broke into a commercial at 8:49 a.m. ET, 3 minutes after the first plane hit and said: A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...

"Yeah. This just in. You are looking at obviously a very disturbing live shot there. That is the World Trade Center, and we have unconfirmed reports this morning that a plane has crashed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center. CNN Center right now is just beginning to work on this story, obviously calling our sources and trying to figure out exactly what happened, but clearly something relatively devastating happening this morning there on the south end of the island of Manhattan. That is once again, a picture of one of the towers of the World Trade Center."

Among other recognition, Lin was the first recipient of the National IMAGE Award by the Organization of Chinese Americans. 1 World Trade Center redirects here. ... The CNN Center is the world headquarters of the Cable News Network (CNN). ...

Lin earned a bachelor's degree in political science from UCLA. Lin was a dorm mate with actress Heather Locklear at UCLA, mentioned by Locklear while a guest on Larry King Live in 1999.^{[citation needed]} Political science is the field of the social sciences concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ... Heather Deen Locklear (born September 25, 1961 in Westwood, California) is an American actress, best known for her role as the vixen Amanda in Melrose Place. ... Larry King Live is a nightly CNN interview program hosted by broadcaster and writer Larry King. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Lin's husband, Will Robinson, died of cancer on May 23, 2003 at the age of 54. They had a daughter together named Chloe Lin Robinson, born on March 8, 2003.

External links

• Carol Lin Bio at CNN.com