Article: A High-Profile Debut: Aaron Brown had barely started at CNN when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center. He's been a constant on-air presence ever since as the news network's lead anchor.(Interview)

Last spring CNN, losing ground in the increasingly competitive cable news wars, made a run at ABC News' Aaron Brown.

For a decade at ABC, Brown had worked as a weekend anchor and as a correspondent for "Nightline" and "World News Tonight." But CNN's offer was touch to refuse--and Brown didn't. He would launch a nightly news program at 10 p.m. called "NewsNight with Aaron Brown." More significant, when major news broke, he would serve as lead anchor on the network watched around the world.

"NewsNight" debuted November 5. But Brown moved into prime time two months earlier, when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. He has been a ...

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