As We Watched - Episode Guide

9/11: As We Watched recounts the story of that day through the unflinching eye of ABC News, as the network's anchors and reporters rushed to the scenes of chaos – and embarked on what would become an extraordinary 83 hours of live coverage.

The LA riots of 1992 shocked the nation. It was the most deadly civil unrest in American history. Over 3000 fires were set; over 50 people died; nearly a billion dollars in property damage. For six days in 1992, the world watched as LA burned.

On April 19, 1993, FBI agents attacked a religious compound in Waco, Texas, occupied by a small obscure religious cult. 76 people, including 26 children, died. The repercussions of Waco are still being felt. What happened? How did it go so wrong?

America is shaken as the Oklahoma Federal Building is bombed. When Timothy McVeigh is convicted, questions surface as to why he carried out this act of terrorism.

The catastrophic Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine created the worst atomic energy accident in world history, endangering the lives of millions of people.

In this riveting hour we relive the high stakes drama of the Iran hostage crisis, from the terrifying moment when the American embassy is seized on November 4th, 1979, to the last minute negotiations that freed the hostages 444 days later.

In 1978, cult leader Jim Jones lures 1000 of his followers in The People's Temple to Jonestown, Guyana, where he commits a mass murder-suicide of 918 adults and children.