10 Most Memorable News Moments on Television

No. 1: Sept. 11 attacks ( Associated Press / September 11, 2001 ) No. 1: The twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York. In a horrific sequence of destruction, terrorists crashed two planes into the Trade Center and the twin 110-story towers collapsed. No. 2: Hurricane Katrina ( Associated Press / August 30, 2005 ) No. 2: A man trapped on the roof of his house tries to get the attention of a helicopter to be rescued after flood waters rose as a result of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. No. 3: OJ Simpson verdict ( Associated Press / October 3, 1995 ) No. 3: O.J. Simpson reacts as he is found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles. At left is defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey and at right, defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. Defense attorney Robert Shapiro is in profile behind them. No. 4: Challenger disaster ( NASA / January 28, 1986 ) No. 4: Main engine exhaust, a solid rocket booster plume and an expanding ball of gas from the external tank is visible seconds after the space shuttle Challnger accident. All seven crew members were killed in the incident, which occurred 73 seconds after launch. No. 5: Death of Osama bin Laden ( White House / May 1, 2011 ) No. 5: U.S. President Barack Obama, second from left, and Vice President Joe Biden, left, watch with members of the national security team the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House. Also pictured are Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, second from right, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right. No. 6: White Bronco chase ( Reuters / June 17, 1994 ) No. 6: Al Cowlings leads Los Angeles police on a long, slow chase through to counties while driving O.J. Simpson back to his Brentwood, Calif. home in a white Ford Bronco. No. 7: Earthquake in Japan ( Kyodo / March 12, 2011 ) No. 7: A woman who was trapped in her home is carried by a Japan Self Defense Force soldier in Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan. Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast on Saturday, with fires raging and parts of some cities under water after a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed at least 1,000 people. No. 8: School shooting in Columbine ( Reuters / April 20, 1999 ) No. 8: Columbine high school students run from the school after gunmen opened fire on terrified students, killing up to 25 people before taking their own lives, police said. Jeff Stone, sheriff of Jefferson County, said the gunmen, students at the school, were found dead in the library on what he called a "suicide mission." No. 9: Gulf of Mexico oil spill ( U.S. Coast Guard / April 21, 2010 ) No. 9: Fire boats battle a fire at the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. No. 10: Funeral of Princess Diana ( Associated Press / August 31, 1997 ) No. 10: A mourner places more flowers on a pile outside the gates of Buckingham Palace in London following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. The Princess, along with her companion Dodie Fayed, and a driver, were killed in a crash in Paris, earlier Sunday while being chased by photographers on motorcycles. VIA:http://www.chicagotribune.com