TUESDAY SYRACUSE VOL. NO. 2001 The Herald Company SEPTEMBER devastation in New Washington World Trade Centers Collapse Story Below Pentagon on fire Story below U.S. airports Stock markets shut down suspended White House evacuated Local schools help kids cope Page A8 Page A4 Page A7 Page A8 The Associated Press THE SOUTHERN TIP OF MANHATTAN is shrouded in smoke after the collapse of the second World Trade Center this Terrorist planes crashed into both both 110-story eventually crashing to the New York streets the Pentagon was hit by a terrorist destroying part of the defense hub in D.C. The attacks spread fear and chaos across the nation and no one could even begin estimating the death New York Mayor Guiliani have a sense it's a horrendous number of lives Worst attack on nation in history The Associated Press In a horrific sequence of destruction terrorists crashed two planes into the World Trade and the twin 110-story towers collapsed this the Pentagon was struck by a car bomb exploded outside the State Department and agents patrolled outside the White House with automatic weapons as an apparent coordinated terrorist attack spread fear and chaos in the nation's The enduring symbols of American power were the White House and more shut and the nation's air traffic system ordered shut Billows of smoke drifted from the Pentagon over the Potomac River toward the have a sense it's a horrendous number of lives New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani don't know Right now we have to focus on saving as many lives as Authorities had been trying to those who work in the twin but many were thought to have been About people work at the Trade is perhaps the most audacious terrorist attack that's ever taken place in the said Chris an tion expert at Jane's Transport in takes a logistics operation from the terror group involved that is ond to Only a very small handful of terror groups is on that I would name at the top of the list Osama bin President Bush ordered a full-scale investigation to down the folks who committed this Within the an aircraft crashed on a helicopter landing pad near the and the White the Pentagon and the Capitol were In a large be- to be a Boeing crashed about 80 miles southeast of The fate of those aboard was not known and it was not clear if the crash was related to the disasters Authorities went on alert from coast to halting all air ing high-profile buildings and ing security at strategic The Situation Room at the White House was in full was said Mike a fire like a war just saw the building I work in come said businessman Gabriel shaking in shock outside City a cloud of smoke and ash from the World Trade Center behind just saw the top of Trade Two come Nearby a crowd mobbed a man on a pay screaming at him to get off the phone so that they could call Dust and dirt flew Ash was 2 to 3 inches deep in People wandered dazed and Evacuations were ordered at the United Nations in New York and at the Sears Tower in Los Angeles mobilized its and security was intensified around the naval facilities in Hampton Va. One of the planes that crashed into the Trade Center was American lines Plight hijacked after takeoff from Boston en route to Los the airline The planes blasted gaping holes in the upper floors of the twin HOME CALL A witness said he saw bodies falling and people jumping About an hour the southern tower col- lapsed with a roar and a huge cloud of the other tower fell about a half-hour after covering lower Manhattan in heaps of gray rubble and broken Firefighters trapped in the rubble radioed for we've had a national Bush said in Fla. airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our He said he would be returning immediately to The crashes at the World Trade ter happened minutes beginning just before 9 a.m. Heavy black smoke billowed into the sky above one of New York City's most famous and debris rained down on the one of the city's busiest work When the second plane a fireball of flame and smoke leaving a huge hole in the glass and steel John who was getting off a commuter train to the World Trade said he saw falling of the He said he ran and watched people jump out of the first Then there was a second and he felt heat on the back of citing an FBI said five or six people jumped out of the Witnesses on the street screamed every time another person People ran down the stairs in panic and fled the Thousands of pieces of what appeared to be office paper drifted over about three miles Several subway lines were ately shut Trading on Wall Street was New York's mayoral primary election was All bridges and tunnels into Manhattan were closed David Reck was handing out ture for a candidate for public advocate a few blocks away when he saw a jet come in and then it made a slight twist and dove into the Terrorist bombers struck the World Trade Center in February killing six people and injuring more than second occurrence is just beyond said Ira former al Transportation Safety Board I Page A4