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NEED TO KNOW
- Lara Spencer recalled being six months pregnant whereas she was overlaying the Sept. 11 terror assaults 24 years in the past
- Spencer mentioned that day with PEOPLE at Good Morning America’s fiftieth anniversary celebration on Nov. 3
- On the time, Spencer was pregnant together with her first youngster, son Duff Haffenreffer, who was born in 2002 and is now 23
Everybody remembers the place they had been on Sept. 11, 2001.
For Lara Spencer, a correspondent for Good Morning America on the time, she advised PEOPLE in an unique dialog that she was at a New York Trend Week present — however shifted gears as the 9/11 terror assaults began.
“It’s within the instances of breaking information the place we actually do come collectively, and I feel the present shines,” Spencer, 56, says of her GMA staff, from time to time, on the ABC morning present’s fiftieth anniversary celebration in New York Metropolis on Nov. 3 — 24 years after the tragic assaults that killed 2,977 individuals.
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She provides, “I used to be six months pregnant and overlaying [the fashion show] for GMA and to simply watch how we shifted gears from an everyday information day.”
Now, a mom of two, she remembers how she “simply took it on and knowledgeable the nation at a extremely pivotal second.”
”That’s loads,” she emphasizes.
On the time, Spencer was pregnant together with her first youngster, son Duff Haffenreffer, who was born in 2002. He’s now 23. Spencer shares Duff and daughter Katherine, who was born in 2004, with ex-husband David Haffenreffer.
Spencer is now married to Rick McVey, whom she wed in 2018.
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The longtime GMA star, who after 9/11 went on to co-anchor the morning present earlier than stepping again to be a contributor to deal with different endeavors, additionally advised PEOPLE when the magic of GMA actually hit her.
“Oh, my goodness, that’s onerous. I’ve been with the present for 20 years,” she remembers. “So many moments. I feel, in fact, of all of the enjoyable instances once we get to actually be ourselves and you actually do see the actual us.”
“Michael [Strahan] is Michael. Robin [Roberts] is Robin,” she provides. “Everyone’s very genuine, and I feel that’s why it interprets.”