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WEdNEsdAy.OcTobeR 10, 2001
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September 11,2001- A new day of infamy
A summary of some of the events that shook the nation
News Editor
into a 60-foot high pile of rubble,
spreading billows of gray ash and
fumes throughout lower Manhat
tan in New York City.
The following is a recap of some
of the major news events that have
occured since Sept. 11. Sources of
some of this material have been
extracted from major news maga
zines and newspapers.
At 10:28 a.m., the north tower of
the World Trade Center follows its
neighbor to the south, collapsing
and burying hundreds of rescue
workers.
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Hijackers commandeer four do
mestic airliners, and in suicide at
tacks, crash the jumbo jets.
American Airlines Flight 11,
leaves from Boston’s Logan Air
port and slams into the north tower
of the World Trade Center in New
York City at 8:45 a.m.
United Airlines Flight 175, which
also departs from Boston, crashes
into the south tower of the World
Trade Center at 9:03 a.m.. Major
television networks capture all of
the gruesome footage on tape.
American Airlines Flight 77, de
parting from Dulles International
Airport in Washington D.C.,
crashes into the Pentagon in
Washington at 9:43 a.m.
United Airlines Flight 93 departs
from Newark International Airport
and sees its flight abruptly end in
a Pennsylvania field around 10:00
a.m. Rumors surface that that flight
was headed for Washington D.C.,
to either the White House or the
U.S. Capitol.
At 10:05 a.m., the south tower of
the World Trade Center collapses
The Federal Aviation Adminis
tration orders all airliners still fly
ing to land at the nearest airfields.
All inbound international flights
are diverted to locations outside
of the U.S. This is the first time
that the FAA has ever taken this
course of action in U.S. aviation
history.
President Bush orders U.S. bor
ders closed and sealed.
The U.S. military is ordered to
ThreatCon Delta worldwide, its
highest level of alert.
President Bush addresses the
nation at 6 p.m. PDT, reminding
Americans that “we are a democ
racy, and our strength as a coun
try will not allow America to be
weakened by such cowardly acts.”
The Securities and Exchange
Commission closes the U.S. finan
cial markets immediately after the
attacks, and the markets will remain
closed until Monday, Sept. 17.
Reaction around the world is one
of shock and disbelief. Many U.S.
allies put their security forces on
high alert, some U.S. embassies
around the world are evacuated.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair
interrupted a major policy speech
to give heartfelt comments con
cerning the events taking place in
the United States “This mass ter
rorism is the new evil in our world
today. It is perpetrated by fanatics
who are utterly indifferent to the
sanctity of life.”
D.C. Many.firefighters, police of
ficers and manual laborers begin
the laborious task of trying to res
cue those who may be trapped in
the rubble. To date, only five
people have been pulled out alive
after the initial collapse of the
World Trade Center.
Americans react with stunned
silence, shock and disbelief. But
shortly after the tragedy, many are
seen lining up at blood banks
around the country, and many start
contacting relief and disaster ser
vices, offering any help that they
can.
The FAA gave the go-ahead to
open all airports nationwide that
have passed new guidelines for
security. Many airports report long
lines and tighter security.
Saudi millionaire Osama bin
Laden, linked to terrorist acts
throughout the world, is immedi
ately linked to the events of Sept.
11. Bin Laden denies any role in
the tragedy, although he is unre
pentant about what happened, and
believes that the United States is
mostly to blame for what hap
pened.
Sept. 12- The Federal Bureau of
Investigation reveals that they
have discovered the identities of
many of the hijackers involved,
saying that many of them had prob
ably been in the country for some
time, planning their activities of
terror.
Bin Laden is believed to be holed
up in Afghanistan, where his loca
tion and identity is being hidden
by the Taliban regime in power in
this Asian country.
Major relief efforts begin almost
immediately after the attacks in
New York City and Washington
President Bush orders approxi
mately 35,000 military reservists to
active duty. Most of the reserv
ists called up are to perform duties
relating to airport security and
homeland defense. However, some
reservists will be supporting mili
tary operations at home and over
seas.
All major athletic events are can
celled on Sept. 11 and will not re
sume until Monday, Sept. 17. Ma
jor League Baseball postpones six
days worth of games and made
them up at the end of the season.
The National Football League
postponed the weekend schedule
ofSept. 16-17 and will make those
games up on the weekend of Jan.
6,2002. The Super Bowl is moved
to the first weekend in February.
All NCAA Division I and I-AA
college football games are post
poned.
The stock markets reopen on
Sept. 17 and the Dow Jones Aver
age loses 580 points on the first
day. Trading will shave almost 14
percent of the value off the Dow
Jones in the first week.
Major airline companies an
nounce severe cutbacks and flight
reductions due to lost revenue from
the grounding of flights after the
attacks. The president announces
that plans are in the works to help
bail out the airlines with 15 billion
dollars in aid.
The United States says that it
has “irrefutable evidence” that
Osama bin Laden and members of
the al-Qaida terrorist organization
was behind the attacks of Sept. 11,
and will launch a long and relent
less campaign to rid the world of
these evil-doers.
The United States enters into
diplomatic discussions with its al
lies and the nearby neighbors of
Afghanistan, to gain support for
U.S. military operations against ter
rorist organizations.
On Oct. 7, the United States, us
ing Tomahawk cruise missiles and
aircraft, attack selected command
and control targets in Afghanistan.
The United States, along with help
from Great Britain, attacked com
munication centers, terrorist train
ing facilities and other locations
within Afghanistan. Major airports
in Kandahar, Jalalabad and Kabul,
the capital, are attacked. The
United States had ordered the rul
ing Taliban regime in Afghanistan
to “hand over Osama bin Laden
and close down the terrorists’
trainipg facilities.” When the
Taliban refused to comply, Presi
dent Bush ordered the bombings.
“None of these demands were met,
and now the Taliban will pay a
price,” Bush said.
Dramatic before-and-after pictures taken of the World Trade Center site by satellites in space. Hijacked commercial airliners flown by terrorists crashed into both the
north and south towers on Sept. 11. The collapse of the 110-story towers created enormous piles of debris, which by some estimates may take up to a year to clean up.