http://www.msnbc.com/news/627028.asp

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 — Two aircraft slammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center on Tuesday, causing one to collapse, while another aircraft hit part of the Pentagon. The Pentagon, the West Wing of the White House and the Capitol building were being evacuated. In addition, the FAA grounded all civilian aircraft nationwide. President Bush called the tragedies “an apparent terrorist attack on our country.”

NBC’S JIM MIKLASEWSKI, reporting from the Pentagon, said eyewitnesses saw a third aircraft crash into part of the Pentagon.

In New York, the aircraft struck minutes apart, starting fires and sending smoke billowing out of the skyscrapers. The first crash happened shortly before 9 a.m. ET.

MSNBC.com reporter Martin Wolk, who was inside one of the towers, said the lights flickered and then a loud bang was heard. People panicked and started to flee the building.

When they reached the lobby, smoke started to fill the building and people could see debris falling and many cars outside were damaged. “It was sheer pandemonium, people were screaming and crying, afraid to go outside because of the falling debris,” Wolk said. “We looked up and it looked like the top 20 floors were in flames.”

Another bystander described a barrage of debris raining down on the sidewalk below.
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Shortly after 9 a.m., a second aircraft was seen crashing into the other tower. Broadcast cameras already watching the scene filmed the second plane as it slammed into the tower and exploded in a huge fireball.

A half hour later, President Bush made a brief statement to reporters, calling the disaster a “national tragedy” and attributing it to terrorists. He did not cite any specific terrorist groups.

In the wake of the crashes, New York airports and the Lincoln Tunnel were closed as precautionary measures. The stock exchanges in New York also did not open.

Large holes were visible in sides of the 110-story buildings. The tops of the twin towers were obscured by the smoke.

Thousands of pieces of what appeared to be office paper came drifting over Brooklyn, about three miles from the tower, one witness said.

In an earlier terrorist attack, the center was bombed on Feb. 26, 1993, killing six people and injured more than 1,000 others. Terrorist Ramzi Yousef and three others were convicted of orchestrating the attack. Three other indicted co-conspirators remain at large.

The FBI said it was investigating reports of a hijacking. A United Airlines employee said he had heard reports that an American Airlines jet had been hijacked and was one of the two aircraft that flew into the center.

Sources told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell that the jet was flying from Boston to Los Angeles when it apparently was hijacked.

Traffic entering New York City from New Jersey was at a standstill approaching the Holland Tunnel as motorists stood outside their cars watching the fire.

In Chicago, the Sears Trade tower was being evacuated as well.

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MORE NEWS -

FAA grounds all flights. Current flights ordered to land immediately.

Chicago's Tower evacuated as precaution.

Tower collapsed.

Major traffic jams.

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RUMORS(?)
Palestinian group claimed responsibility?
3rd plane was on it's way?
3rd plane hit Pentagon?

9/11/2001 10:18:24 AM

They've confirmed the third plane hitting the Pentagon.

Postscripts
- Wall St has been shut down
- The South building collapsed due to a third explosion

9/11/2001 10:25:13 AM

Car bomb just exploded in front of the capitol building.

9/11/2001 10:28:04 AM

Both Towers of the WTC are now rubble...

9/11/2001 10:32:31 AM

FUCK BIN LUAND AND ALL THE OTHER FUCKING CRAZY NUTS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WHO LIKE TO BLOW UP OTHER FOR FUN...AND IF ONE OF OUR OWN DID THIS THEN FUCK THEM TOO AND THE OTHER GODDMAN CRAZY MILITIAS OUT IN THE MIDWEST

9/11/2001 10:33:43 AM

BIN LADEN

9/11/2001 10:47:09 AM

http://www.msnbc.com/news/627028.asp

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 — Two aircraft slammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center on Tuesday, causing one to collapse, while another aircraft hit part of the Pentagon. The Pentagon, the West Wing of the White House and the Capitol building were being evacuated. In addition, the FAA grounded all civilian aircraft nationwide. President Bush called the tragedies “an apparent terrorist attack on our country.”

NBC’S JIM MIKLASEWSKI, reporting from the Pentagon, said eyewitnesses saw a third aircraft crash into part of the Pentagon.

In New York, the aircraft struck minutes apart, starting fires and sending smoke billowing out of the skyscrapers. The first crash happened shortly before 9 a.m. ET.

MSNBC.com reporter Martin Wolk, who was inside one of the towers, said the lights flickered and then a loud bang was heard. People panicked and started to flee the building.

When they reached the lobby, smoke started to fill the building and people could see debris falling and many cars outside were damaged. “It was sheer pandemonium, people were screaming and crying, afraid to go outside because of the falling debris,” Wolk said. “We looked up and it looked like the top 20 floors were in flames.”

Another bystander described a barrage of debris raining down on the sidewalk below.
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Shortly after 9 a.m., a second aircraft was seen crashing into the other tower. Broadcast cameras already watching the scene filmed the second plane as it slammed into the tower and exploded in a huge fireball.

A half hour later, President Bush made a brief statement to reporters, calling the disaster a “national tragedy” and attributing it to terrorists. He did not cite any specific terrorist groups.

In the wake of the crashes, New York airports and the Lincoln Tunnel were closed as precautionary measures. The stock exchanges in New York also did not open.

Large holes were visible in sides of the 110-story buildings. The tops of the twin towers were obscured by the smoke.

Thousands of pieces of what appeared to be office paper came drifting over Brooklyn, about three miles from the tower, one witness said.

In an earlier terrorist attack, the center was bombed on Feb. 26, 1993, killing six people and injured more than 1,000 others. Terrorist Ramzi Yousef and three others were convicted of orchestrating the attack. Three other indicted co-conspirators remain at large.

The FBI said it was investigating reports of a hijacking. A United Airlines employee said he had heard reports that an American Airlines jet had been hijacked and was one of the two aircraft that flew into the center.

Sources told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell that the jet was flying from Boston to Los Angeles when it apparently was hijacked.

Traffic entering New York City from New Jersey was at a standstill approaching the Holland Tunnel as motorists stood outside their cars watching the fire.

In Chicago, the Sears Trade tower was being evacuated as well.

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MORE NEWS -

FAA grounded all flights. Current flights ordered to land immediately.

Chicago's Sears Tower evacuated as precaution.

Both towers collapsed.

Major traffic jams.

Subways shut down. Phone lines jammed. Clouds of smoke
cover New Jersey from NY.

3rd plane crashed onto Pentagon property causing fire to
part of building.

4th plane crashed outside of Pittsburgh (80 miles) reported
to be Boeing 767.

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RUMORS

Palestinian group claimed responsibility?

9/11/2001 11:00:55 AM