Hello, everyone...  Just another point, I don't think you can amke overseas
calls because of this either...
Not that itmatters, but I thought you guys should know just in case anyone
is trying to call The Gamiba...  You might not be able to do it...
Take care all...
Ginny
At 09:59 AM 9/11/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Update: An aircraft has crashed into the Pentagon, witnesses say. White
>House, Capitol and Treasury all evacuated.  FAA is grounding all planes
>across the country.
>
>Witnesses: Plane Crashes Into World Trade Center
>
>
>
>NEW YORK (Sept. 11) - Two planes crashed into the upper floors of both World
>Trade Center towers minutes apart Tuesday in what the President Bush said was
>an apparent terrorist attack, blasting fiery, gaping holes in the 110-story
>buildings. There was no immediate word on deaths or injuries.
>
>The president ordered a full-scale investigation to ''hunt down the folks who
>committed this act''
>
>The twin disasters which happened shortly before 9 a.m. and then right around
>9 a.m.
>
>The Federal Aviation Administration has shut down all aircraft takeoffs
>nationwide.
>
>The first plane to hit World Trade Center was hijacked after takeoff from
>Boston, U.S. official says.
>
>In Washington, officials said the FBI was investigating reports of a plane
>hijacking before the crashes.
>
>Heavy black smoke billowed into the sky above the gaping holes in the side of
>the 110-story twin towers, one of New York City's most famous landmarks, and
>debris rained down upon the street, one of the city's busiest work areas.
>When the second plane hit, a fireball of flame and smoke erupted, leaving a
>huge hole in the glass and steel tower.
>
>''Today we've had a national tragedy,'' Bush said. He called it ''an apparent
>terrorist attack.''
>
>Ira Furber, former NTSB spokesman, discounted likelihood of accident.
>
>''I don't think this is an accident,'' he said on CNN. ''You've got
>incredibly good visibility. No pilot is going to be relying on navigational
>equipment.''
>
>''It's just not possible in the daytime,'' he added. ''A second occurrence is
>just beyond belief.''
>
>The towers were struck by terrorist bombers in February 1993, killing six
>people and injuring more than 1,000 others.
>
>All New York City-area airports were shut down, and several subway lines were
>immediately shut down. Trading on Wall Street was suspended.
>
>''The plane was coming in low and ... it looked like it hit at a slight
>angle,'' said Sean Murtagh, a CNN vice president, the network reported.
>
>''I was watching TV and heard a sonic boom,'' Jeanne Yurman told CNN. ''The
>side of the World Trade Center exploded. Debris is falling like leaflets. I
>hear ambulances. The northern tower seems to be on fire.''
>
>Thousands of pieces of what appeared to be office paper came drifting over
>Brooklyn, about three miles from the tower.
>
>A senior government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the
>agency is pursuing reports that one or both of the planes were hijacked and
>that the crashes may have been the result of a suicide mission.
>
>The source stressed that the reports are preliminary and officials do not
>know the cause of the crashes.
>
>''It certainly doesn't look like an accident,'' said a second government
>official, also speaking on condition of anonymity.
>
>In 1945, an Army Air Corps B-25, a twin-engine bomber, crashed into the 79th
>floor of the Empire State Building in dense fog.
>
>In Sarasota, Fla., Bush was reading to children in a classroom at 9:05 a.m.
>when his chief of staff, Andrew Card, whispered into his ear. The president
>briefly turned somber before he resumed reading. He addressed the tragedy
>about a half-hour later.
>
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