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Eyewitness News Vault: The WABC Archives

Rubik's Cube fever -- one man's swift solution | This Week in 1981

  • Jun 29

Vault: The death of Jackie Gleason in 1987 | This Week in History

  • Jun 23

News Vault: Remembering the Kennedy Assassination

  • Nov 22, 2025

Remembering 9/11: Coverage from Eyewitness News over the years

  • Sep 10, 2025

'Eyewitness to 9/11: Behind the Lens' | Watch Now

  • Sep 9, 2025

From Ground Zero to NY exodus: Eyewitness News coverage from 09/11/01

  • Sep 4, 2025

NY Carnival Parade: 1980s-1990s flashback | The Vault

  • Aug 30, 2025

'From lights out to lights on': The saga of the 2003 blackout

  • Aug 15, 2025

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O.J. Simpson chase, Knicks NBA finals, Rangers ticker-tape parade | This Week in History

  • Jun 18
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1993 World Trade Center bombing | Original Eyewitness News coverage

  • Feb 24, 2023
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From 1989: John Johnson interviews David Dinkins moments after he is elected NYC's first Black mayor

  • Mar 1, 2024
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From 1991: African Burial Ground uncovered in lower Manhattan | Black History Month

  • Feb 29, 2024
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Black History Month Vault: Toni Morrison wins Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993

  • Feb 27, 2024
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Apollo Theatre reopens in 1985 with Amateur Night extravaganza | Vault

  • Feb 13, 2024
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Night Before 9/11: WABC's late night newscast hours before attacks

  • Sep 3, 2020
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The death of Princess Diana: As It Happened (1997)

  • Sep 1, 2020

Latest Stories

'The Day After:' Nuclear-attack TV movie horrifies America in 1983

On Nov. 20, 1983, almost 100 million terrified Americans watched the horror of a nuclear war in the historic TV movie "The Day After," shown right here on ABC.

  • Nov 20, 2024

'Storm of the Century': Revisiting the March blizzard of 1993, more than 3 decades later

Known as the "Storm of the Century," the Category 5 storm began in the Gulf of Mexico on March 12, 1993 before heading up the East Coast.

  • Mar 13, 2024

Dick Clark and New Year's Rockin' Eve: His historic appearances on Eyewitness News | Vault

Dick Clark had a tradition of appearing on "Eyewitness News" to give us a sneak peek of his big New Year's show, and we've gone through the Eyewitness News Vault to share reports from 1985 through 2003.

  • Dec 29, 2023

Vault: Deadly Flight 587 crash stuns NYC 2 months after 9/11

22 years ago today, this is how Eyewitness News covered the tragic crash in Belle Harbor, Queens, that killed 265 people.

  • Nov 12, 2023

War of the Worlds: When Martians 'invaded' New Jersey!

On Oct. 30, 1938, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre broadcast the infamous "War of the Worlds" on the CBS radio network, reporting that aliens had invaded Grovers Mill, New Jersey.

  • Oct 30, 2023