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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 2001
Page
3
Eyewitness accounts describe a chaos scene with workers and police amid a major terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Players include Edwin Cruz speaking of his brother Richard, Serena Mays recalling a boom and mass jumping, and Fire Marshal Mike Smith noting a war zone atmosphere as President Bush labels it a national tragedy.
New York and Washington were struck by coordinated plane crashes as financial centers halted trading. The SEC ordered the NYSE Nasdaq and AMEX closed for the day, with firms like Merrill Lynch Salomon Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter affected. Traders in Syracuse reported offices receiving closures and employees sent home amid fear and transportation shutdowns.
The World Trade Center comprised seven buildings including the twin 110 story towers. About 50,000 people worked in the two towers. Construction began with openings in 1970 and completion of the towers and plaza by 1976, with the last building finished in 1988. Each tower stood 1,350 feet tall with 21,800 windows and 104 elevators per tower, and an acre of rentable space per floor. The center housed 10 million square feet of office space, was dedicated in 1973, and owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It hosted commodity exchanges, two major investment firms, banks, law firms, a hotel, an underground shopping mall, and a subway stop.
Reportedly a hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston struck the World Trade Center shortly after dawn. A second plane hit the other tower about twenty minutes later, with both towers collapsing. A third aircraft hit the Pentagon before 10 am, and a Boeing 767 was said to crash north of Pittsburgh in unconfirmed reports.
Albany officials announced primaries were cancelled as coordinated terrorist attacks rocked New York City and Washington. Governor Pataki closed non emergency state offices in NYC, with Capitol buildings evacuated and legislature staff sent home. Senate session cancelled.
Banks of cameras captured the first plane striking the World Trade Center as a second jet hit the other tower. The Pentagon crash followed amid mass evacuations and a nationwide air shutdown. Officials described the incidents as coordinated terrorism and a major national emergency.
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