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. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write >your full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------