Syracuse Herald Journal (Newspaper) - September 11, 2001, Syracuse, New York Syracuse September 2001 U.S. ATTACKED Attack paralyzes Wall St Trading One local brokerage closes for Staff and news service reports NEW YORK The U.S. markets came to a halt Tuesday after two separate planes crashed into the World Trade Center and similar saults occurred in The Securities and Exchange Commission said all exchanges had decided to The an- followed a sion of trading on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock The American Stock Exchange had already de- to close for the a safety precaution while the tragic events of today are sorted the securities kets have decided not to open for trading SEC man Harvey Pitt said in a strongly port that It was unclear when trading would Many of the investment firms have at least some of their operations in the World Trade Center or rounding possibly limiting their ability to restart And the New York Mercantile where energy futures are is in the nearby World Brokerages in Syracuse were answering calls from in- this Merrill Lynch and Salomon Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter were among the companies with ofi ices in the center and its Local brokers said they know people employed Other markets around the world remained open as of 11 Joanne managing tor of the Syracuse complex of Merrill said that the complex offices including Binghamton and Ithaca re- ed notice from Boston that offices around the Northeast would be closing for the Paralysis and fear gripped the New York financial Many companies sent their employees home for the putting thousands of New ers into the streets after public transportation was shut down for fear of more two explosions were in- credible and at the point of ex- plosions all you could see out- side were personal belongings and office supplies raining out- said Bob an American Stock Exchange whose office is down the block from the staying We think it's safer to stay inside then go outside at this The Associated Press and staff writer Dee Klees to this The Associated Press AN at Is seen as it is about to crash into the World Trade Center in New York City The craft was the second to hit the which later is perhaps the most audacious terrorist attack that's ever taken place in the It takes a logistics operation from the terror group involved that is second to Only a very small handful of terror groups is on that mother is going I just hope alright He's my He's my hangout I'm just in shock Edwin whose works in the World Trade we've had a national President from Fla. a People were jumping off the building They were just Serena a construction worker on the which leads into Manhattan from Brooklyn was It's like a war There are many Mike a New York fire About the World Trade Center Center included seven including the twin 110-floor towers that were the world's second tallest people worked in the two 9 First buildings opened in towers and plaza not completed until 1976. Last building completed in 1988. The towers were feet Each had 104 and an acre of rentable space per Center had 10 million square feet of off ice Dedicated in the center is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New It was home to commodity two major investment law a hotel and an underground shopping mall and subway o 100 miles Ottawa N Luke Syracuse Pittsburgh 9 Washington New York Attack on the U.S. American Airlines Fl ight 11 from Boston then crashes into World Trade Center around a.m. Second aircraft crashes into the other tower of the World Trade Center about 20 minutes Both towers later IBF Third aircraft crashes at the Pentagon in D.C. shortly before 10 a.m. Boeing 767 crashes north of Pittsburgh after 10 according to unconfirmed News reports Syracuse Newspapers Local primaries cancelled Albany Bureau Albany The County Board of Elections an- today the governor's office had cancelled primaries scheduled for State legislative employees at the state Capitol were being sent home late this morning in the wake of apparent terrorist attacks in New York City and Gov. George Pataki closed all state government offices in New York It remained unclear whether state Capitol and other tive offices in the Capitol would be evacuated Pataki press secretary seph Conway said the nor was on his way to New York City when airplanes slammed into the World Trade Conway said Pataki was helping to coordinate the state's response to the dent late this and he said the governor's New York City office remained horrific incident at the World Trade Center which appears to be part of a coordinated terrorist attack is a tragedy of unspeakable proportions and a crime against all Americans and all decent people around the Pataki said in a statement Conway delivered to reporters at the be- fore officials there evacuated the have been in contact with President Bush and York Mayor Giuliani to ensure that the emergency response is as effective and as Pataki a precautionary we have closed all related state government offices in New York State legislature offices in the Capitol and the tive Office located across the were being closed and legislative ees were being sent of- The Senate canceled its scheduled session for Legislature officials said a privately owned building at 250 Broadway in lower in which numerous lawmakers have was Senate Majority Leader Joseph Assembly Speaker Sheldon and the legislature's and reapportionment operation all have offices in the evacuated Planes crash into World Trade Center and Pentagon PLANES Continued from Page Al a bookstore on the World Trade first floor when the first explosion rocked ihe plane was coming in low and it looked like it hit at a slight said Scan a CNN vice ihe network In an Army Air Corps a crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in dense In Bush was reading to dren in a classroom at a.m. when his chief of Andrew into his The president ly turned somber before he resumed He addressed the tragedy about a half-hour against our nation will not vowed President He spoke moments after two planes had flown directly into the twin World Trade Center towers in New shows what an uncontrollable world we live This is wild and said Sen. Herb as the disruptions hit Washington within an hour after two planes flew directly into the World Trade Center towers in New Bush termed the disaster in New York apparent terrorist attack on our He said he would return immediately to In a senior government speaking on condition of said the FBI suspects events in New York and Washington were part of an organized terrorist was a huge a orange Begala said in an in- on his cell Each moment seemed to bring fresh He another witness told him a evidence of I helicopter AP reporter Dave Cameras catch crash A chaotic scene of devastation un- folded on national television today with just just It just shows how vulnerable we really It kind of makes you want to go home and spend time with your It puts everything in Keith in Ohio A car bomb exploded outside the State senior law ment officials A loud explosion was reported in the vicinity of the The departments of Treasury and Defense were among those ordered as were the Capitol and the While In a re- markable security guards dishing automatic weapons could be seen outside the White The FAA ordered the entire air traffic system shut A senior U.S. intelligence speaking on the condition of don't know who's doing it. it's terrorism a fully coordinated It's not the work of an unsophisticated It's too soon to say Paul a Democratic said he witnessed an explosion near the X Winslow also saw the He saw the tail of a large It plowed right into the Gen. Richard vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of said that prior to the crash into the military officials had been notified that another hijacked plane had been ing from the New York area to He said he assumed that jacked plane was the one that hit the though he couldn't be one of two planes that crashed into the World Trade Center was hijacked after takeoff from a U.S. official citing a transmission from the The second plane may have flown out of the official speaking on condition of Asked if there was any possibility the crashes were anything other than the official said it appeared not to bo an the official 1 cameras catching a plane crashing into the World Trade Center and the quent collapse of both of the Television networks began live of a morning of terrorism at the time the first plane hit the New York City With cameras trained on the smoking television caught the second plane crashing into the other footage replayed eral As the terror CNN showed a view of the smoking World Trade Center and also the where smoke billowed from another plane Reports spread as fast as television could detail them planes grounded across the the White House planes unaccounted for while commentators tried to keep is the most serious attack on the United States since Pearl said Tom A producer from Rose reported people jumping from the World Trade Center and described the chaos gripping lower Cameras then caught the collapse of both of the twin showing white smoke billowing throughout the streets of lower A shaken leigh Banfield reporting on MSNBC de- scribed debris showering never seen anything like a breathless and sobbing Banfield whole place looks like a war When the cloud came out I could feel the force of Fox News Channel ran a continuous crawl of news bulletins summarizing the series of C-SPAN took phone calls from ken One caller from California is a sign to We think we are the strongest country and they hit they knew where to hit Other television networks suspended normal The ESPN sports networks showed ABC News re- showed CBS News TNT showed CNN News networks dispensed with commercials for continuous The shopping networks and network went saying the tragedy had forced them to pend share with our customers and our sadness as well as our thoughts and in a A
