Here in Houston they have evacuated many downtown business like the Exxon, Shell, Chase buildings and many more. The Transco Tower has also been evacuated - it's the tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi. The office building I am in is right next to the Transco Tower and we have a voluntary evacuation of our building. I can't believe this is happening.
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(2001 Thread) Plane just crashed into the world trade center
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Palestinians in Lebanon fire with joy at anti-US attacks
AIN AL-HELWEH, Lebanon, Sept 11 (AFP) -
Dozens of Palestinian refugees fired into the air with joy Tuesday at news of apparent anti-US terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, AFP correspondents witnessed.
Guerrillas in military fatigues from various factions fired assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades into the air in the Ain al-Helweh refugee camp at the outskirts of the southern port city of Sidon, one correspondent said.
Camp residents, some still in pajamas, interrupted afternoon rests to rush down to the streets and fire assault rifles into the air, they said.
At the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Palestinian fighters also went out to the streets as soon as they heard the news from their television sets to fire into the air with joy, an AFP correspondent said.
AIN AL-HELWEH, Lebanon, Sept 11 (AFP) -
Dozens of Palestinian refugees fired into the air with joy Tuesday at news of apparent anti-US terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, AFP correspondents witnessed.
Guerrillas in military fatigues from various factions fired assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades into the air in the Ain al-Helweh refugee camp at the outskirts of the southern port city of Sidon, one correspondent said.
Camp residents, some still in pajamas, interrupted afternoon rests to rush down to the streets and fire assault rifles into the air, they said.
At the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Palestinian fighters also went out to the streets as soon as they heard the news from their television sets to fire into the air with joy, an AFP correspondent said.
This is such a travesty!! All I wanted to do this morning was cry when I heard the news. Now I am stuck here at work listening to the radio. I really wish I were home with my family at this point. The boss here thinks I'm nuts to want to go home, "There's no reason for them to attack us here in Utah... blah blah blah" It doesn't matter... this is an attack on everyone and it's such a solemn day! I just want to be home now!
Vlinder, if you're like me, you might as well be home. I can't concentrate on anything except the attacks. I've spent the whole morning surfing the news web sites and listening to the radio.
My thoughts go out to everyone who has been impacted by these horrorific events and to Anne and others who have to face terrorism on a daily basis.
Sigh.....can't we think of a better way to settle our differences.
My thoughts go out to everyone who has been impacted by these horrorific events and to Anne and others who have to face terrorism on a daily basis.
Sigh.....can't we think of a better way to settle our differences.
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There is no way that life will ever get back to normal after all of this. Not that it was normal to begin with.
Yes lotsocats, not only have I been surfing the web constatly since coming in this morning.. but now they've cancelled all courier deliveries and that basically puts my job at a stand-still. I can get file ready to go but I can't send anything. All I can do for the next 5 hours is answer phones and keep on listening to what may happen next.
Do you think something else will happen?? Perhaps later today, tomorrow etc, by this same group? I talked with my brother and you know what has impressed me SO much about this is the one brave statement Japan came forward with by declaring that "this act on the U.S. was cowardly!" Now I know the past is the past, and times have changed, but it was just so neat to see the light in this nation who once bombed us at Pearl Harbor in almost the same fashion! I am so proud of Japan's words, it really touched my soul.
Do you think something else will happen?? Perhaps later today, tomorrow etc, by this same group? I talked with my brother and you know what has impressed me SO much about this is the one brave statement Japan came forward with by declaring that "this act on the U.S. was cowardly!" Now I know the past is the past, and times have changed, but it was just so neat to see the light in this nation who once bombed us at Pearl Harbor in almost the same fashion! I am so proud of Japan's words, it really touched my soul.
Bush: U.S. Will Find Attackers
The Associated Press
Sep 11 2001 1:17PM
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AP) - As chaos unhinged New York and Washington, President Bush commanded the full force of the United States government to ``hunt down and to find'' the terrorists responsible.
``Terrorism against our nation will not stand,'' he declared Tuesday.
In Florida for a pair of education speeches, the president scrapped his schedule and said, at the first reports of attacks on New York's World Trade Center, that he was hastening back to Washington.
But, with the White House evacuated under threat of attack and his wife hunkered down in an unidentified secure location, the president and Air Force One were rerouted - under escort by military fighter jets - to this Louisiana air base.
In a conference room dotted by portraits of decorated Air Force officers, the commander in chief announced that the U.S. military was on ``high-alert status.''
``Freedom itself was attacked this morning and I assure you freedom will be defended. Make no mistake. The United States will hunt down and pursue those responsible for these cowardly actions,'' Bush said.
First lady Laura Bush spoke with her husband by a secure military phone line before he took off from Sarasota, Fla.
Mrs. Bush and a handful of aides were whisked by motorcade from Capitol Hill, where she was to have testified to a Senate committee on education, to a hide-out away from the White House. There, the sequestered group huddled around a single TV in their hide-out and channel-surfed for the latest news, according to one person in the group.
Mrs. Bush also checked with her twin daughters at college to make sure they were safe.
The Associated Press
Sep 11 2001 1:17PM
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AP) - As chaos unhinged New York and Washington, President Bush commanded the full force of the United States government to ``hunt down and to find'' the terrorists responsible.
``Terrorism against our nation will not stand,'' he declared Tuesday.
In Florida for a pair of education speeches, the president scrapped his schedule and said, at the first reports of attacks on New York's World Trade Center, that he was hastening back to Washington.
But, with the White House evacuated under threat of attack and his wife hunkered down in an unidentified secure location, the president and Air Force One were rerouted - under escort by military fighter jets - to this Louisiana air base.
In a conference room dotted by portraits of decorated Air Force officers, the commander in chief announced that the U.S. military was on ``high-alert status.''
``Freedom itself was attacked this morning and I assure you freedom will be defended. Make no mistake. The United States will hunt down and pursue those responsible for these cowardly actions,'' Bush said.
First lady Laura Bush spoke with her husband by a secure military phone line before he took off from Sarasota, Fla.
Mrs. Bush and a handful of aides were whisked by motorcade from Capitol Hill, where she was to have testified to a Senate committee on education, to a hide-out away from the White House. There, the sequestered group huddled around a single TV in their hide-out and channel-surfed for the latest news, according to one person in the group.
Mrs. Bush also checked with her twin daughters at college to make sure they were safe.
Apparent Terror Attacks Hit D.C.
The Associated Press
Sep 11 2001 1:34PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon took a direct, devastating hit from an aircraft and the enduring symbols of American power were evacuated Tuesday as an apparent terrorist attack quickly spread fear and chaos in the nation's capital.
President Bush ordered the nation's military to ``high-alert status,'' and vowed to ``hunt down and punish those responsible'' for the attacks in Washington and New York, where the World Trade Center was devastated with a heavy loss of life.
The president was in Florida at the time of the attack, and was flown at midday to the safety of a military installation, Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. The top leaders of Congress were led to the safety of an undisclosed location, and military aircraft were reported patrolling the skies above the capital.
The nerve center of the nation's military burst into flames and a portion of one side of the five-sided structure collapsed when the plane struck in midmorning. Secondary explosions were reported in the aftermath of the attack and great billows of smoke drifted skyward toward the Potomac River and the city beyond.
At midday, local hospitals reporting receiving 40 victims of the attack, with seven patients in critical condition admitted to one facility for treatment of burns.
``The whole building shook'' with the impact, said Terry Yonkers, an Air Force civilian employee at work inside the Pentagon at the time of the attack. ``There was screaming and pandemonium,'' he said, but the evacuation ordered shortly afterward was carried out smoothly.
Vice President Dick Cheney was in Washington and he and first lady Laura Bush were taken to an undisclosed secure location, officials said. Congressional leaders were hustled away from the Capitol to safety.
``The leadership of the Defense Department is OK. The secretary (Donald H. Rumsfeld) is OK,'' Pentagon spokesman Glenn Flood told reporters.
Authorities immediately began deploying troops, including a regiment of light infantry, in response to an attack for which they said there had been no advance warning.
The departments of Justice, State, Treasury and Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency were evacuated - an estimated 20,000 at the Pentagon alone. Agents with automatic weapons patrolled the White House grounds.
And the FAA ordered the entire nationwide air traffic system shut down for the first time in history.
There was no attempt to minimize the impact.
``This is the second Pearl Harbor. I don't think that I overstate it,'' said Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., referring to the attack 60 years ago that surprised the nation's intelligence apparatus and propelled the country into World War II.
With Bush away from the capital, his advisers were preparing a list of options, including closing the nation's borders, according to a senior U.S. official.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was premature to discuss military options because investigators were still trying to determine who was responsible for the attacks.
Away from the Pentagon, unexplained explosions were reported in the vicinity of the State Department and the Capitol.
A torrent of people rushed from their office buildings throughout the nation's capital, eager to leave a city under siege. The cell phone networks were overloaded, clusters of people sprayed on the sidewalks and at least one suburban school district announced plans to close early.
The Pentagon was hit a short while after the World Trade Center was struck. a plane, described by witnesses as a jetliner, made impact in the portion of the building on side opposite from where Rumsfeld's office are located.
Paul Begala, a Democratic consultant, said he witnessed an explosion near the Pentagon, saying it sent a huge, orange fireball skyward.
AP reporter Dave Winslow also saw the crash. He said, ``I saw the tail of a large airliner. ... It plowed right into the Pentagon.''
Gen. Richard Myers, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that prior to the crash into the Pentagon, military officials had been notified that another hijacked plane had been heading from the New York area to Washington. He said he assumed that hijacked plane was the one that hit the Pentagon, though he couldn't be sure.
One of two planes that crashed into the World Trade Center was hijacked after takeoff from Boston and headed to Los Angeles with 92 aboard, American Airlines disclosed.
The second plane may have flown out of Newark, N.J., the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Asked if there was any possibility the crashes were anything other than deliberate, a government official said it appeared not to be an accident.
The Associated Press
Sep 11 2001 1:34PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon took a direct, devastating hit from an aircraft and the enduring symbols of American power were evacuated Tuesday as an apparent terrorist attack quickly spread fear and chaos in the nation's capital.
President Bush ordered the nation's military to ``high-alert status,'' and vowed to ``hunt down and punish those responsible'' for the attacks in Washington and New York, where the World Trade Center was devastated with a heavy loss of life.
The president was in Florida at the time of the attack, and was flown at midday to the safety of a military installation, Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. The top leaders of Congress were led to the safety of an undisclosed location, and military aircraft were reported patrolling the skies above the capital.
The nerve center of the nation's military burst into flames and a portion of one side of the five-sided structure collapsed when the plane struck in midmorning. Secondary explosions were reported in the aftermath of the attack and great billows of smoke drifted skyward toward the Potomac River and the city beyond.
At midday, local hospitals reporting receiving 40 victims of the attack, with seven patients in critical condition admitted to one facility for treatment of burns.
``The whole building shook'' with the impact, said Terry Yonkers, an Air Force civilian employee at work inside the Pentagon at the time of the attack. ``There was screaming and pandemonium,'' he said, but the evacuation ordered shortly afterward was carried out smoothly.
Vice President Dick Cheney was in Washington and he and first lady Laura Bush were taken to an undisclosed secure location, officials said. Congressional leaders were hustled away from the Capitol to safety.
``The leadership of the Defense Department is OK. The secretary (Donald H. Rumsfeld) is OK,'' Pentagon spokesman Glenn Flood told reporters.
Authorities immediately began deploying troops, including a regiment of light infantry, in response to an attack for which they said there had been no advance warning.
The departments of Justice, State, Treasury and Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency were evacuated - an estimated 20,000 at the Pentagon alone. Agents with automatic weapons patrolled the White House grounds.
And the FAA ordered the entire nationwide air traffic system shut down for the first time in history.
There was no attempt to minimize the impact.
``This is the second Pearl Harbor. I don't think that I overstate it,'' said Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., referring to the attack 60 years ago that surprised the nation's intelligence apparatus and propelled the country into World War II.
With Bush away from the capital, his advisers were preparing a list of options, including closing the nation's borders, according to a senior U.S. official.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was premature to discuss military options because investigators were still trying to determine who was responsible for the attacks.
Away from the Pentagon, unexplained explosions were reported in the vicinity of the State Department and the Capitol.
A torrent of people rushed from their office buildings throughout the nation's capital, eager to leave a city under siege. The cell phone networks were overloaded, clusters of people sprayed on the sidewalks and at least one suburban school district announced plans to close early.
The Pentagon was hit a short while after the World Trade Center was struck. a plane, described by witnesses as a jetliner, made impact in the portion of the building on side opposite from where Rumsfeld's office are located.
Paul Begala, a Democratic consultant, said he witnessed an explosion near the Pentagon, saying it sent a huge, orange fireball skyward.
AP reporter Dave Winslow also saw the crash. He said, ``I saw the tail of a large airliner. ... It plowed right into the Pentagon.''
Gen. Richard Myers, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that prior to the crash into the Pentagon, military officials had been notified that another hijacked plane had been heading from the New York area to Washington. He said he assumed that hijacked plane was the one that hit the Pentagon, though he couldn't be sure.
One of two planes that crashed into the World Trade Center was hijacked after takeoff from Boston and headed to Los Angeles with 92 aboard, American Airlines disclosed.
The second plane may have flown out of Newark, N.J., the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Asked if there was any possibility the crashes were anything other than deliberate, a government official said it appeared not to be an accident.
New York Primary Election Called Off
Reuters
Sep 11 2001 12:31PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York City primary election was called off on Tuesday after an attack that collapsed both massive towers of the city's World Trade Center.
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani told local broadcaster NY1 that he called off the election after consulting with the governor of New York, and they will decide later when it will be rescheduled.
The mayor said that all available police and fire personnel have been deployed to Lower Manhattan to aid in rescue operations and it would be impossible to go ahead with the election in the immediate wake of the attack.
Among the key races in the poll where Democratic and Republican party primaries to elect candidates to replace Giuliani, who cannot seek re-election because of term limits.
Five candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination in a closely watched race that is likely to produce the next mayor in the predominantly Democratic city of 8 million people.
Two candidates, including media mogul Michael Bloomberg, are competing for the Republican nomination. Polls during the summer showed nearly all of the Democrats defeating either of the Republicans in a face-to-face contest.
After months of tepid campaigning among the candidates, who are promoting similar agendas to keep down crime rates and boost public education, both races heated up on Sunday during a final round of public debates.
Reuters
Sep 11 2001 12:31PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York City primary election was called off on Tuesday after an attack that collapsed both massive towers of the city's World Trade Center.
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani told local broadcaster NY1 that he called off the election after consulting with the governor of New York, and they will decide later when it will be rescheduled.
The mayor said that all available police and fire personnel have been deployed to Lower Manhattan to aid in rescue operations and it would be impossible to go ahead with the election in the immediate wake of the attack.
Among the key races in the poll where Democratic and Republican party primaries to elect candidates to replace Giuliani, who cannot seek re-election because of term limits.
Five candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination in a closely watched race that is likely to produce the next mayor in the predominantly Democratic city of 8 million people.
Two candidates, including media mogul Michael Bloomberg, are competing for the Republican nomination. Polls during the summer showed nearly all of the Democrats defeating either of the Republicans in a face-to-face contest.
After months of tepid campaigning among the candidates, who are promoting similar agendas to keep down crime rates and boost public education, both races heated up on Sunday during a final round of public debates.
Panic Reigns on Washington Streets
Reuters
Sep 11 2001 11:31AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Panic-stricken Washington pedestrians froze in their tracks when they heard the whir of a plane overhead on Tuesday after plane attacks demolished New York's World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon.
Washington workers flooded the streets near the White House and elsewhere after all federal buildings were ordered evacuated and other businesses shut down. But some people seemed bewildered about what to do next.
"I'm totally freaked out. Hearing the plane going over my head was frightening," Elissa Brainard, 29, told Reuters as she joined the 150 yard line to get her car from the parking garage.
But even with her car, Brainard faced a long wait to get home, as gridlock hit Washington's roads.
Drivers ran red lights and sped across intersections, sending pedestrians scattering. Police near the White House tried to direct traffic, but a few blocks away chaos reigned, thwarting the efforts of emergency vehicles.
Wailing sirens from fire engines, police patrols and ambulances mingled with car horns, whistles and human cries.
"Everything is going crazy. People are getting so stressed out," one office worker said.
CELLULAR TELEPHONE MELTDOWN
Pedestrians hurried away from the federal quarter and clutched cellular telephones to their ears, desperately trying to reach loved ones. But cellular telephone networks seemed to be disrupted and people began to line up at public phones.
"I'm terrified. We tried to call on the cellphone but they weren't working," office assistant Val Thornton said.
Thornton, whose commuter bus takes her past the Pentagon to her Virginia home, did not know how she would get out of the city.
But others seemed unfazed by the citywide panic.
When his building was evacuated, Roger Connor had been chairing a meeting of Christians, Jews and Muslims about how to help poor people in the United States.
But Connor, struggling up a street on crutches, said he refused to be deterred by the attacks.
"Our original meeting place was close to the White House so we had to evacuate but we're moving to a different office because our meeting is going to continue," he said.
And the Williams family from Atlanta, Georgia said their tourist trip was continuing as planned.
"We are carrying on with our Washington sightseeing, just with a little extra caution," Carl Williams said, standing alongside his wife and teen-aged sons. "We're headed to New York tomorrow but we're going to drive."
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Reuters
Sep 11 2001 11:31AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Panic-stricken Washington pedestrians froze in their tracks when they heard the whir of a plane overhead on Tuesday after plane attacks demolished New York's World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon.
Washington workers flooded the streets near the White House and elsewhere after all federal buildings were ordered evacuated and other businesses shut down. But some people seemed bewildered about what to do next.
"I'm totally freaked out. Hearing the plane going over my head was frightening," Elissa Brainard, 29, told Reuters as she joined the 150 yard line to get her car from the parking garage.
But even with her car, Brainard faced a long wait to get home, as gridlock hit Washington's roads.
Drivers ran red lights and sped across intersections, sending pedestrians scattering. Police near the White House tried to direct traffic, but a few blocks away chaos reigned, thwarting the efforts of emergency vehicles.
Wailing sirens from fire engines, police patrols and ambulances mingled with car horns, whistles and human cries.
"Everything is going crazy. People are getting so stressed out," one office worker said.
CELLULAR TELEPHONE MELTDOWN
Pedestrians hurried away from the federal quarter and clutched cellular telephones to their ears, desperately trying to reach loved ones. But cellular telephone networks seemed to be disrupted and people began to line up at public phones.
"I'm terrified. We tried to call on the cellphone but they weren't working," office assistant Val Thornton said.
Thornton, whose commuter bus takes her past the Pentagon to her Virginia home, did not know how she would get out of the city.
But others seemed unfazed by the citywide panic.
When his building was evacuated, Roger Connor had been chairing a meeting of Christians, Jews and Muslims about how to help poor people in the United States.
But Connor, struggling up a street on crutches, said he refused to be deterred by the attacks.
"Our original meeting place was close to the White House so we had to evacuate but we're moving to a different office because our meeting is going to continue," he said.
And the Williams family from Atlanta, Georgia said their tourist trip was continuing as planned.
"We are carrying on with our Washington sightseeing, just with a little extra caution," Carl Williams said, standing alongside his wife and teen-aged sons. "We're headed to New York tomorrow but we're going to drive."
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World Goes on Alert After Massive Attacks on U.S
Reuters
Sep 11 2001 1:39PM
BERLIN (Reuters) - Governments tightened security at U.S. embassies and public buildings Tuesday and planes bound for the United States were recalled as the world braced for more terror attacks.
France called a general security alert, Germany convened its national security council and airlines canceled flights to the United States after two hijacked U.S. planes slammed into the World Trade Center and a third hit the Pentagon.
German airline Deutsche Lufthansa said some 5,000 passengers were affected when it recalled or diverted 22 of its flights across the Atlantic. Nine flights were re-routed to Canada and the others turned back.
All European flights to the United States were suspended.
The hijacked planes destroyed both of New York's mighty twin towers and plunged the Pentagon in Washington into flames in an unprecedented assault on key symbols of U.S. military and financial power.
FRANCE IMPLEMENTS CRISIS PLAN
French measures, implemented under a plan code-named Vigipirate, involve the deployment of armed troop patrols at airports and metro stations as well as increased street and border controls.
Vigipirate was first introduced in 1995 following a series of bombings in Paris that were blamed on Algerian guerrillas of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA).
The U.S. military European Command said it had increased security at bases in Europe but gave no details.
The American University in Cairo said the Egyptian government was providing it with extra security.
In Washington, foreign embassies closed down or sent American personnel home. New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani ordered the evacuation of the lower part of Manhattan and said there had been an enormous loss of life.
In Germany, police, some with dogs and others on horseback, stepped up their presence around the Reichstag parliament building, where a session debating the 2002 budget was canceled.
The German Federal Chancellery put up its automatic security gates. The government said it would step up protection of U.S. and Israeli interests in the country.
Undercover police outside the U.S. embassy in Berlin pointed pistols at the rooftops of nearby buildings and crouched behind cars in front of the building when American Ambassador Daniel Coats returned to the embassy.
The new Jewish museum in Berlin canceled its public opening, set for Tuesday night.
The U.S. embassy in Rome sent its staff home early, while Spain threw cordons around the U.S. and Israel embassies and around the Palestinian representation.
Romanian special forces cordoned off the U.S. embassy in Bucharest, which shut down for two days last week after unspecified threats to security, as well as the Israeli embassy.
'HORRIFYING REMINDER'
In the Kenyan capital Nairobi, scene of a massive bomb attack on the U.S. embassy in 1998, a spokesman for the U.S. ambassador said he was not aware of any increased security precautions but was awaiting instructions from Washington.
"What I can say is that judging from the reaction of my staff, this is a horrifying reminder of what happened in Nairobi three years ago," he said.
Simultaneous bomb attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7, 1998, killed 224 people, including 12 Americans, and injured more than 4,000 people.
Kenyan police spokesman Peter Kimanthi said security forces would tighten security in the wake of the attack.
"We are going to do everything possible to make sure nothing like that happens again here," he said. "We are not taking any chances. Every security agency is busy trying to put in place its plans."
Four people have been found guilty in a U.S. court of conspiring with Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden to kill Americans, and two have already been given life sentences for their roles in the bomb attacks.
Greece, criticized by Washington over its anti-terrorism record, ordered a security alert at the U.S. embassy in Athens and other U.S. targets, including schools.
A Reuters photographer saw busloads of special police forces taking positions around the central Athens embassy building.
Reuters
Sep 11 2001 1:39PM
BERLIN (Reuters) - Governments tightened security at U.S. embassies and public buildings Tuesday and planes bound for the United States were recalled as the world braced for more terror attacks.
France called a general security alert, Germany convened its national security council and airlines canceled flights to the United States after two hijacked U.S. planes slammed into the World Trade Center and a third hit the Pentagon.
German airline Deutsche Lufthansa said some 5,000 passengers were affected when it recalled or diverted 22 of its flights across the Atlantic. Nine flights were re-routed to Canada and the others turned back.
All European flights to the United States were suspended.
The hijacked planes destroyed both of New York's mighty twin towers and plunged the Pentagon in Washington into flames in an unprecedented assault on key symbols of U.S. military and financial power.
FRANCE IMPLEMENTS CRISIS PLAN
French measures, implemented under a plan code-named Vigipirate, involve the deployment of armed troop patrols at airports and metro stations as well as increased street and border controls.
Vigipirate was first introduced in 1995 following a series of bombings in Paris that were blamed on Algerian guerrillas of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA).
The U.S. military European Command said it had increased security at bases in Europe but gave no details.
The American University in Cairo said the Egyptian government was providing it with extra security.
In Washington, foreign embassies closed down or sent American personnel home. New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani ordered the evacuation of the lower part of Manhattan and said there had been an enormous loss of life.
In Germany, police, some with dogs and others on horseback, stepped up their presence around the Reichstag parliament building, where a session debating the 2002 budget was canceled.
The German Federal Chancellery put up its automatic security gates. The government said it would step up protection of U.S. and Israeli interests in the country.
Undercover police outside the U.S. embassy in Berlin pointed pistols at the rooftops of nearby buildings and crouched behind cars in front of the building when American Ambassador Daniel Coats returned to the embassy.
The new Jewish museum in Berlin canceled its public opening, set for Tuesday night.
The U.S. embassy in Rome sent its staff home early, while Spain threw cordons around the U.S. and Israel embassies and around the Palestinian representation.
Romanian special forces cordoned off the U.S. embassy in Bucharest, which shut down for two days last week after unspecified threats to security, as well as the Israeli embassy.
'HORRIFYING REMINDER'
In the Kenyan capital Nairobi, scene of a massive bomb attack on the U.S. embassy in 1998, a spokesman for the U.S. ambassador said he was not aware of any increased security precautions but was awaiting instructions from Washington.
"What I can say is that judging from the reaction of my staff, this is a horrifying reminder of what happened in Nairobi three years ago," he said.
Simultaneous bomb attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7, 1998, killed 224 people, including 12 Americans, and injured more than 4,000 people.
Kenyan police spokesman Peter Kimanthi said security forces would tighten security in the wake of the attack.
"We are going to do everything possible to make sure nothing like that happens again here," he said. "We are not taking any chances. Every security agency is busy trying to put in place its plans."
Four people have been found guilty in a U.S. court of conspiring with Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden to kill Americans, and two have already been given life sentences for their roles in the bomb attacks.
Greece, criticized by Washington over its anti-terrorism record, ordered a security alert at the U.S. embassy in Athens and other U.S. targets, including schools.
A Reuters photographer saw busloads of special police forces taking positions around the central Athens embassy building.
Two United Airlines Jetliners Crash
The Associated Press
Sep 11 2001 2:14PM
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP)- A United Airlines jetliner crashed Tuesday morning in western Pennsylvania, the airline said. Minutes earlier, a man who said he was a passenger on the plane told an emergency dispatcher in a cell phone call: ``We are being hijacked, we are being hijacked!''
United said 45 people were aboard Flight 93 from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco. The fate of the passengers was not immediately announced. The Boeing 757 crashed north of Somerset County airport, about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
The crash was one of four reported Tuesday by United and American Airlines. United said a second jet crashed at an undisclosed location. American Airlines initially said two of its planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York but later said that was unconfirmed.
In Pennsylvania, an emergency dispatcher received a cell phone call at 9:58 a.m. from a man who said he was a passenger locked in a bathroom aboard United Flight 93, said dispatch supervisor Glenn Cramer in neighboring Westmoreland County. The man repeatedly told officials the call was not a hoax.
``We are being hijacked, we are being hijacked!'' Cramer quoted the man from a transcript of the call.
The man told dispatchers the plane ``was going down. He heard some sort of explosion and saw white smoke coming from the plane and we lost contact with him,'' Cramer said.
According to Somerset County dispatchers, Flight 93 crashed about 10 a.m. about 8 miles east of Jennerstown.
``It shook the whole station,'' said Bruce Grine, owner of Grine's Service Center in Shanksville, about 2 1/2 miles from the crash. ``Everybody ran outside, and by that time the fire whistle was blowing.''
Michael R. Merringer was out on a mountain bike ride with his wife, Amy, about two miles away from the crash site.
``I heard the engine gun two different times and then I heard a loud bang and the windows of the houses all around rattled,'' Merringer said. ``I looked up and I saw the smoke coming up.''
The couple rushed home and drove near the scene.
``Everything was on fire and there was trees knocked down and there was a big hole in the ground,'' he said.
United said Flight 93 left Newark, N.J., at 8:01 a.m. with 38 passengers, two pilots and five flight attendants.
In Chicago, United CEO James Goodwin said the airline is working with authorities including the FBI. United said it was sending a team to Pennsylvania to assist in the investigation and to provide assistance to family members.
``Today's events are a tragedy and our prayers are with everyone at this time,'' Goodwin said.
After the crashes the three passenger terminals at Newark International Airport were evacuated. At 11:30 a.m., several hundred people were still clustered at the Terminal A baggage carousel, while shotgun-toting officers patrolled. Ticket counters were deserted.
Because of the attacks in New York, the Federal Aviation Administration had ordered all departing flights canceled nationwide, and any planes already in the air were to land a the nearest airport. The Pennsylvania crash came after the order was issued.
The Associated Press
Sep 11 2001 2:14PM
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP)- A United Airlines jetliner crashed Tuesday morning in western Pennsylvania, the airline said. Minutes earlier, a man who said he was a passenger on the plane told an emergency dispatcher in a cell phone call: ``We are being hijacked, we are being hijacked!''
United said 45 people were aboard Flight 93 from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco. The fate of the passengers was not immediately announced. The Boeing 757 crashed north of Somerset County airport, about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
The crash was one of four reported Tuesday by United and American Airlines. United said a second jet crashed at an undisclosed location. American Airlines initially said two of its planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York but later said that was unconfirmed.
In Pennsylvania, an emergency dispatcher received a cell phone call at 9:58 a.m. from a man who said he was a passenger locked in a bathroom aboard United Flight 93, said dispatch supervisor Glenn Cramer in neighboring Westmoreland County. The man repeatedly told officials the call was not a hoax.
``We are being hijacked, we are being hijacked!'' Cramer quoted the man from a transcript of the call.
The man told dispatchers the plane ``was going down. He heard some sort of explosion and saw white smoke coming from the plane and we lost contact with him,'' Cramer said.
According to Somerset County dispatchers, Flight 93 crashed about 10 a.m. about 8 miles east of Jennerstown.
``It shook the whole station,'' said Bruce Grine, owner of Grine's Service Center in Shanksville, about 2 1/2 miles from the crash. ``Everybody ran outside, and by that time the fire whistle was blowing.''
Michael R. Merringer was out on a mountain bike ride with his wife, Amy, about two miles away from the crash site.
``I heard the engine gun two different times and then I heard a loud bang and the windows of the houses all around rattled,'' Merringer said. ``I looked up and I saw the smoke coming up.''
The couple rushed home and drove near the scene.
``Everything was on fire and there was trees knocked down and there was a big hole in the ground,'' he said.
United said Flight 93 left Newark, N.J., at 8:01 a.m. with 38 passengers, two pilots and five flight attendants.
In Chicago, United CEO James Goodwin said the airline is working with authorities including the FBI. United said it was sending a team to Pennsylvania to assist in the investigation and to provide assistance to family members.
``Today's events are a tragedy and our prayers are with everyone at this time,'' Goodwin said.
After the crashes the three passenger terminals at Newark International Airport were evacuated. At 11:30 a.m., several hundred people were still clustered at the Terminal A baggage carousel, while shotgun-toting officers patrolled. Ticket counters were deserted.
Because of the attacks in New York, the Federal Aviation Administration had ordered all departing flights canceled nationwide, and any planes already in the air were to land a the nearest airport. The Pennsylvania crash came after the order was issued.
Bush Says He's Taken Steps to Protect Americans
Reuters
Sep 11 2001 1:26PM
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, Louisiana (Reuters) - President Bush said on Tuesday the United States had taken all appropriate steps to protect the American people and would hunt down and punish those responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
"We have taken all appropriate security precautions to protect the American people," Bush, facing the first big test of his eight-month presidency, told reporters at a hastily arranged appearance at Barksdale Air Force Base.
"Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts."
Bush said the U.S. military had been put on "high alert status" and said he had taken security precautions to ensure the proper functioning of the U.S. government.
"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faithless coward," Bush said. "Freedom will be defended."
Offering his prayers for the victims, the president added: "I want to reassure the American people that the full resources of the federal government are working to assist local authorities to save lives and to help the victims of these attacks."
"Our military at home and around the world is on high alert status and we have taken the necessary security precautions to continue the functioning of your government," Bush said.
"We have been in touch with the leaders of Congress and with world leaders to assure them that we will do whatever is necessary to protect America and Americans."
Bush said that he had been in contact with the vice president, the secretary of defense, his national security team and members of his Cabinet.
He spoke after departing Florida upon word that three hijacked planes crashed into major U.S. landmarks, destroying both of New York's mighty twin towers and plunging the Pentagon outside Washington into flames -- an unprecedented assault on key symbols of U.S. military and financial power.
Loss of life was expected to be catastrophic from the destruction of the giant towers of the World Trade Center where some 50,000 people work. The two 110-story towers collapsed one at a time in a huge cloud of smoke and fire two hours after the initial impacts. Desperate people were seen jumping out of the burning towers before they collapsed.
Bush cut short his trip to Florida and flew at high altitude to the Air Force base in Louisiana for a brief stop before taking off again for an undisclosed destination.
The attacks, the worst on the U.S. mainland in modern history, plunged the country into chaos and panic, paralyzing communications, forcing the evacuation of key buildings, closing markets, schools and even theme parks.
American Airlines said two of its jets carrying a total of 156 people were lost. United Airlines said two of its planes had crashed, one in Pennsylvania, with unknown loss of life.
RTR
Reuters
Sep 11 2001 1:26PM
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, Louisiana (Reuters) - President Bush said on Tuesday the United States had taken all appropriate steps to protect the American people and would hunt down and punish those responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
"We have taken all appropriate security precautions to protect the American people," Bush, facing the first big test of his eight-month presidency, told reporters at a hastily arranged appearance at Barksdale Air Force Base.
"Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts."
Bush said the U.S. military had been put on "high alert status" and said he had taken security precautions to ensure the proper functioning of the U.S. government.
"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faithless coward," Bush said. "Freedom will be defended."
Offering his prayers for the victims, the president added: "I want to reassure the American people that the full resources of the federal government are working to assist local authorities to save lives and to help the victims of these attacks."
"Our military at home and around the world is on high alert status and we have taken the necessary security precautions to continue the functioning of your government," Bush said.
"We have been in touch with the leaders of Congress and with world leaders to assure them that we will do whatever is necessary to protect America and Americans."
Bush said that he had been in contact with the vice president, the secretary of defense, his national security team and members of his Cabinet.
He spoke after departing Florida upon word that three hijacked planes crashed into major U.S. landmarks, destroying both of New York's mighty twin towers and plunging the Pentagon outside Washington into flames -- an unprecedented assault on key symbols of U.S. military and financial power.
Loss of life was expected to be catastrophic from the destruction of the giant towers of the World Trade Center where some 50,000 people work. The two 110-story towers collapsed one at a time in a huge cloud of smoke and fire two hours after the initial impacts. Desperate people were seen jumping out of the burning towers before they collapsed.
Bush cut short his trip to Florida and flew at high altitude to the Air Force base in Louisiana for a brief stop before taking off again for an undisclosed destination.
The attacks, the worst on the U.S. mainland in modern history, plunged the country into chaos and panic, paralyzing communications, forcing the evacuation of key buildings, closing markets, schools and even theme parks.
American Airlines said two of its jets carrying a total of 156 people were lost. United Airlines said two of its planes had crashed, one in Pennsylvania, with unknown loss of life.
RTR
but I know that not everyone has access to a television right now, and our overseas members may not have the same access to the news stories. I just wanted to make sure that the people who can't access the information are able to get it here.
Anne (or any other moderators), if all the threads are a problem, please feel free to delete them and I will understand.
Anne (or any other moderators), if all the threads are a problem, please feel free to delete them and I will understand.
1:04 p.m.: President Bush, speaking from an undisclosed location, says that all appropriate security measures are being taken, including putting the U.S. military on high alert worldwide. He asks for prayers for those killed or wounded in the attacks and says: "Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts."
12:30 p.m.: The FAA says 50 flights are in U.S. airspace, but none are reporting any problems.
12:15 p.m.: The Immigration and Naturalization Service says U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico are on the highest state of alert, but no decision has been made about closing borders.
12:15 p.m: San Francisco International Airport is evacuated and shut down. The airport was the destination of American Airlines Flight 77, which was one of the aircraft to strike the World Trade Center.
12:04 p.m.: Los Angeles International Airport, the destination of two of the hijacked American Airlines flights, is evacuated.
11:59 a.m.: United Airlines confirms that Flight 175, from Boston to Los Angeles, has crashed with 56 passengers and nine crew members aboard. Emergency personnel at the scene say there are no survivors.
11:26 a.m.: United Airlines reports that United Flight 93, en route from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, has crashed in Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh. The airline also says that it is "deeply concerned" about United Flight 175.
11:18 a.m.: American Airlines reports it has lost two aircraft. American Flight 11, a Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles, had 81 passengers and 11 crew aboard. Flight 77, a Boeing 757 en route from Dulles Airport near Washington to Los Angeles, had 58 passengers and six crew members aboard. Flight 11 is believed to be one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center.
11:16 a.m.: CNN reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing bioterrorism teams to respond to the incidents in a precautionary move. The preparation is not based on any known bioterrorism threat.
11:02 a.m.: New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani urges citizens to stay at home and orders an evacuation of the area south of Canal Street.
10:57 a.m.: New York Gov. George Pataki says all state government offices are closed.
10:54 a.m.: Israel evacuates all diplomatic missions. 10:53 a.m.: New York's primary elections scheduled for today are postponed.
10.48 a.m.: Police confirm the crash of a large plane in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
10.46 a.m.: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell cuts short his trip to Latin America to return to the United States.
10:45 a.m.: All federal office buildings in Washington are evacuated.
10:28 a.m.: The World Trade Center's north tower collapses from the top down as if it were being peeled apart, releasing a tremendous cloud of debris and smoke.
10:24 a.m.: The FAA reports that all inbound transatlantic aircraft flying into the United States are being diverted to Canada.
10:22 a.m.: In Washington, the State and Justice departments are evacuated, along with the World Bank.
10:13 a.m.: The United Nations building evacuates, including 4,700 people from the headquarters building and 7,000 total from UNICEF and U.N. development programs.
10:10 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh.
10:10 a.m.: A portion of the Pentagon collapses.
10:08 a.m.: Secret Service agents armed with automatic rifles are deployed into Lafayette Park across from the White House.
10:05 a.m.: The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses, plummeting into the streets below. A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and slowly drifts away from the building.
9:57 a.m.: Bush departs from Florida.
9:45 a.m.: The White House evacuates.
9:43 a.m.: An aircraft crashes into the Pentagon, sending up a huge plume of smoke. Evacuation begins immediately.
9:40 a.m.: The FAA halts all flight operations at U.S. airports, the first time in U.S. history that air traffic nationwide has been halted.
9:30 a.m.: Bush, speaking in Florida, says the country has suffered an "apparent terrorist attack."
9:21 a.m.: New York City Port Authority orders all bridges and tunnels in the New York City area closed
9:17 a.m.: The FAA shuts down all New York City area airports.
9:03 a.m.: A second plane, apparently a passenger jet, crashes into the second World Trade Center tower and explodes. Both buildings are burning.
8:45 a.m.: A large plane, possibly a hijacked airliner, crashes into one of the World Trade Center towers, tearing a gaping hole in the building and setting it afire.
12:30 p.m.: The FAA says 50 flights are in U.S. airspace, but none are reporting any problems.
12:15 p.m.: The Immigration and Naturalization Service says U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico are on the highest state of alert, but no decision has been made about closing borders.
12:15 p.m: San Francisco International Airport is evacuated and shut down. The airport was the destination of American Airlines Flight 77, which was one of the aircraft to strike the World Trade Center.
12:04 p.m.: Los Angeles International Airport, the destination of two of the hijacked American Airlines flights, is evacuated.
11:59 a.m.: United Airlines confirms that Flight 175, from Boston to Los Angeles, has crashed with 56 passengers and nine crew members aboard. Emergency personnel at the scene say there are no survivors.
11:26 a.m.: United Airlines reports that United Flight 93, en route from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, has crashed in Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh. The airline also says that it is "deeply concerned" about United Flight 175.
11:18 a.m.: American Airlines reports it has lost two aircraft. American Flight 11, a Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles, had 81 passengers and 11 crew aboard. Flight 77, a Boeing 757 en route from Dulles Airport near Washington to Los Angeles, had 58 passengers and six crew members aboard. Flight 11 is believed to be one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center.
11:16 a.m.: CNN reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing bioterrorism teams to respond to the incidents in a precautionary move. The preparation is not based on any known bioterrorism threat.
11:02 a.m.: New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani urges citizens to stay at home and orders an evacuation of the area south of Canal Street.
10:57 a.m.: New York Gov. George Pataki says all state government offices are closed.
10:54 a.m.: Israel evacuates all diplomatic missions. 10:53 a.m.: New York's primary elections scheduled for today are postponed.
10.48 a.m.: Police confirm the crash of a large plane in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
10.46 a.m.: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell cuts short his trip to Latin America to return to the United States.
10:45 a.m.: All federal office buildings in Washington are evacuated.
10:28 a.m.: The World Trade Center's north tower collapses from the top down as if it were being peeled apart, releasing a tremendous cloud of debris and smoke.
10:24 a.m.: The FAA reports that all inbound transatlantic aircraft flying into the United States are being diverted to Canada.
10:22 a.m.: In Washington, the State and Justice departments are evacuated, along with the World Bank.
10:13 a.m.: The United Nations building evacuates, including 4,700 people from the headquarters building and 7,000 total from UNICEF and U.N. development programs.
10:10 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh.
10:10 a.m.: A portion of the Pentagon collapses.
10:08 a.m.: Secret Service agents armed with automatic rifles are deployed into Lafayette Park across from the White House.
10:05 a.m.: The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses, plummeting into the streets below. A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and slowly drifts away from the building.
9:57 a.m.: Bush departs from Florida.
9:45 a.m.: The White House evacuates.
9:43 a.m.: An aircraft crashes into the Pentagon, sending up a huge plume of smoke. Evacuation begins immediately.
9:40 a.m.: The FAA halts all flight operations at U.S. airports, the first time in U.S. history that air traffic nationwide has been halted.
9:30 a.m.: Bush, speaking in Florida, says the country has suffered an "apparent terrorist attack."
9:21 a.m.: New York City Port Authority orders all bridges and tunnels in the New York City area closed
9:17 a.m.: The FAA shuts down all New York City area airports.
9:03 a.m.: A second plane, apparently a passenger jet, crashes into the second World Trade Center tower and explodes. Both buildings are burning.
8:45 a.m.: A large plane, possibly a hijacked airliner, crashes into one of the World Trade Center towers, tearing a gaping hole in the building and setting it afire.
Recent terrorism attacks targeting the United States
The United States has been the target of several terrorist attacks in recent years.
October 12, 2000: A suicide bomber attack on the USS Cole in Yemen's Aden harbor kills 17 American sailors and wounds 39 others.
August 7, 1998: Twin bombings at the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, kill 224 people and wound thousands of others.
June 1996: A bomb at U.S. barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, kills 19 Americans and injures 500 people.
November 13, 1995: A bomb at U.S. military headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, kills five U.S. service personnel.
April 19, 1995: A truck bomb at the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, kills 168 and wounds more than 500 others.
February 26, 1993: Terrorist bombers strike the World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others.
December 21, 1988: The bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, kills 270, mostly Americans.
September 5, 1986: Hijackers take over a Pan Am jet at Karachi Airport. Twenty people are killed when security forces storm the plane.
September 20, 1984: A bombing at the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, Lebanon, kills 16 and injures the ambassador.
October 23, 1983: The bombing of U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, kills 241.
April 18, 1983: A car bomb at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, kills 17.
The United States has been the target of several terrorist attacks in recent years.
October 12, 2000: A suicide bomber attack on the USS Cole in Yemen's Aden harbor kills 17 American sailors and wounds 39 others.
August 7, 1998: Twin bombings at the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, kill 224 people and wound thousands of others.
June 1996: A bomb at U.S. barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, kills 19 Americans and injures 500 people.
November 13, 1995: A bomb at U.S. military headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, kills five U.S. service personnel.
April 19, 1995: A truck bomb at the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, kills 168 and wounds more than 500 others.
February 26, 1993: Terrorist bombers strike the World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others.
December 21, 1988: The bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, kills 270, mostly Americans.
September 5, 1986: Hijackers take over a Pan Am jet at Karachi Airport. Twenty people are killed when security forces storm the plane.
September 20, 1984: A bombing at the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, Lebanon, kills 16 and injures the ambassador.
October 23, 1983: The bombing of U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, kills 241.
April 18, 1983: A car bomb at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, kills 17.
Wall Street paralyzed by Trade Center catastrophe
CNBCâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s Maria Bartiromo reports from the scene
By Roland Jones
MSNBC
New York, Sept. 11 — Wall Street was thrown into chaos Tuesday after two planes crashed into both World Trade Center towers in New York City, toppling the 110-story buildings, located in the worldâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s financial center.
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE and the Nasdaq Stock Market were both closed for trading, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Other U.S. financial markets also closed. It was not known when trading would resume.
President Bush called the episodes an apparent terrorist attack and said the United States “will hunt down and punish those responsible.â€
Day of terror in N.Y., Washington
The World Trade Center, the World Financial Center and other buildings in the Wall Street area were being evacuated as the twin towers collapsed. The area is home to many brokerages and investment firms. Other large office buildings and financial centers in the United States — and around the world — were evacuated.
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, a major Wall Street firm that had offices in the World Trade Center, has converted its main sales lines to an employee hotline. A spokesperson said sales employees were taking names and trying to locate employees. (The number to call is 1-800-584-6837).
WORLD MARKETS PLUNGE
Trading came to a virtual halt on Europeâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s stock and commodities exchanges following the incident. Londonâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s FTSE 100 index closed 5.72 percent lower at 4,746. Frankfurtâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s DAX fell 8.49 percent to 4,274 and the CAC 40 in Paris fell 7.39 percent to 4,060.
Japan has no plans to close the Tokyo Stock Exchange after Tuesdayâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s incidents, said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda told a news conference. Canadaâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s Toronto Stock Exchange closed at 11 a.m. ET. The 300 index fell 4.03 percent to 7,049.
The U.S. dollar fell Tuesday against other major currencies. The dollar was trading at 91.24 cents to the euro and 119.16 yen to the dollar, compared with 89.87 cents and 120.98 yen late Monday in New York. The euro recorded strong gains
Federal Reserve officials who were attending a meeting in Switzerland said the nationâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s banking system will be protected following the disaster. It said it stood ready to provide additional money to banks if needed.
CNBCâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s Maria Bartiromo reports from the scene
By Roland Jones
MSNBC
New York, Sept. 11 — Wall Street was thrown into chaos Tuesday after two planes crashed into both World Trade Center towers in New York City, toppling the 110-story buildings, located in the worldâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s financial center.
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE and the Nasdaq Stock Market were both closed for trading, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Other U.S. financial markets also closed. It was not known when trading would resume.
President Bush called the episodes an apparent terrorist attack and said the United States “will hunt down and punish those responsible.â€
Day of terror in N.Y., Washington
The World Trade Center, the World Financial Center and other buildings in the Wall Street area were being evacuated as the twin towers collapsed. The area is home to many brokerages and investment firms. Other large office buildings and financial centers in the United States — and around the world — were evacuated.
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, a major Wall Street firm that had offices in the World Trade Center, has converted its main sales lines to an employee hotline. A spokesperson said sales employees were taking names and trying to locate employees. (The number to call is 1-800-584-6837).
WORLD MARKETS PLUNGE
Trading came to a virtual halt on Europeâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s stock and commodities exchanges following the incident. Londonâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s FTSE 100 index closed 5.72 percent lower at 4,746. Frankfurtâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s DAX fell 8.49 percent to 4,274 and the CAC 40 in Paris fell 7.39 percent to 4,060.
Japan has no plans to close the Tokyo Stock Exchange after Tuesdayâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s incidents, said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda told a news conference. Canadaâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s Toronto Stock Exchange closed at 11 a.m. ET. The 300 index fell 4.03 percent to 7,049.
The U.S. dollar fell Tuesday against other major currencies. The dollar was trading at 91.24 cents to the euro and 119.16 yen to the dollar, compared with 89.87 cents and 120.98 yen late Monday in New York. The euro recorded strong gains
Federal Reserve officials who were attending a meeting in Switzerland said the nationâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s banking system will be protected following the disaster. It said it stood ready to provide additional money to banks if needed.
Vlinder, I too worry that this is not the end, and there is more devastation on the way....
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