JOHN HOLLIMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This is the best job of anybody. I mean, nobody on Earth has a job as good as mine.</s>BERNARD SHAW, CNN ANCHOR: John's greatest contribution to the world of journalism was bringing the kind of honest, caring journalism that was underpinned by integrity. He is a very honest man. He really upheld the pillars of journalism.</s>MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: There was nothing that was fake about John Holliman. He was genuine to the core. Everything about him was real.</s>SHAW: He was itching to report on John Glenn's return to space travel, especially since Walter Cronkite had agreed to team up with him.</s>JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN MIAMI BUREAU CHIEF: John always brought this wonderful, gee whiz, by golly, kind of approach to the space program and to covering the space program that, you know, nobody will ever, ever duplicate. He wanted to be the first journalist in space, and had he lived, I'm convinced he would have done it.</s>HOLLIMAN: Looks to me like the average guy can do this.</s>SHAW: Of course, the most intense time we had together was in the Al-Rasheed Hotel.</s>HOLLIMAN: Are you able to hear the sound?</s>SHAW: Those experiences are bonds that will always keep John Holliman alive in my heart and in my mind.
CNN 20: CNN's John Holliman Dies, September 12, 1998