BOB FURNAD, PRESIDENT, HEADLINE NEWS: I think one of the most terrifying moments for me on the air was the night that the war began in the Gulf, and we had been hearing the boys in Baghdad do their reporting, Bernie Shaw and Peter Arnett and John Holliman, and, so they were talking to us and they were on the air. And the circuit went dead, total silence.</s>PETER ARNETT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Now the sirens are sounding for the first time. The Iraqis have informed us...</s>FURNAD: Our greatest fear was that something bad had happened, that a missile or a bomb had hit the building and they were at worst all dead. David French, who was the anchor in Washington, was on the air instantly.</s>DAVID FRENCH, CNN ANCHOR: ...this is probably just a technical glitch...</s>FURNAD: We were silent for maybe 30-40 seconds.</s>FURNAD: Peter, it's Bob Furnad, do you hear me?</s>FURNAD: And then we could here a voice over the speakers, John Holliman.</s>JOHN HOLLIMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Atlanta. Atlanta, this is Holliman.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Baghdad right now.</s>FURNAD: And I mean it was a collective sigh of relief as everybody just finally let the tension out of their bodies because they were OK.
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