BONNIE ANDERSON, V.P. OF RECRUITING & TALENT DEVELOPMENT: I can't recall the first newscast without feeling how our stomachs were all tight, how we were very, very anxious, very, very nervous. It was a moment of absolute fear for most of us. After all, starting a 24- hour network from one moment to the next is an incredible challenge. When the open started, when we could see the anchors on the air, when the first live shots took place, there was a tremendous amount of pride in the room. You could just feel it.</s>PATRICIA JANIOT, CNN EN ESPANOL ANCHOR: I remember me being very nervous before going live, before 8:00. And once we were there live, I really enjoyed it.</s>JORGE GESTOSO, CNN EN ESPANOL ANCHOR: As I remember that we were, for the first time in years, an American-based network. We were having a direct live shot with Lucia Newman from Havana, Cuba.</s>ANDERSON: And by the time we had gone to numerous places of the globe with live broadcasts, doing what CNN in English has done for many, many years, we were showing our viewers that they were going to get global live coverage in Spanish. At the end of that newscast, I can tell you that, virtually, every single person on staff was in tears.
CNN 20: CNN en Espanol Launches, March 17, 1997