Tom Mintier

Tom Mintier is a correspondent for CNN who has covered a number of historic events.^[1]

In 1986, Mintier was the only TV broadcaster live on-air when the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred.^[2] While still a correspondent for CNN, he was also located at the United States Central Command near Doha, Qatar, at the start of the Iraq war. He appeared in the 2004 film Control Room. In November 1989 he reported live from the "Brandenburger Tor" at the "Berliner Mauer" (The Wall).

He was hired by CNN in 1980.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b (21 March 1992) CNN's man on the scene does it again, Atlanta Journal Constitution
^ Sharbutt, Jay (30 January 1986). TV ROUTINE SHIFTED TO A TRAGEDY, Los Angeles Times ("Then, Cable News Network anchorman Tom Mintier, watching the television monitor in his Atlanta studio with growing horror ...")

External links

Tom Mintier at the Internet Movie Database

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