More on the WTC Disaster (Updated) [Sep 11, 2001, 9:30 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Of course this is not game related (we do not expect to be doing any further
game coverage today), but with the legit news sites being almost impossible to
access at times today, we've been getting loads of requests for more information
about what's been going on. Here is the latest as of about 9:00 PM EDT:
- President Bush addressed the nation 8:30 PM EDT. Here's a wire report: WASHINGTON (AP) - A grim-faced President Bush condemned ghastly attacks in Washington and New York on Tuesday and vowed to "find those responsible and bring them to justice." In the second Oval Office address of his presidency, Bush said the United States would retaliate against ``those behind these evil acts,'' and any country that harbors them.
To recap:
- In two separate attacks, hijacked planes struck both main towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan this morning, and both of the "twin towers" subsequently collapsed.
- A hijacked plane struck the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and part of it has collapsed as well.
- A hijacked plane crashed in western Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. Reports indicate the hijackers planned to crash this plane into Camp David in Maryland.
- 47 Story WTC building seven, one of the five (relatively) smaller buildings in the World Trade Center also later collapsed from ancillary damage.
- The White House, the Pentagon, and the Capitol Building were all evacuated, all domestic flights in the US have been grounded through at least noon tomorrow.
- Other closings include most federal offices, the stock markets, the Disney theme parks, and the cancellation of today's Major League Baseball schedule. The President's speech announced that all federal agencies will be open for business tomorrow.
- Broadcasts out of Afghanistan showed evidence of missile attacks and antiaircraft fire, but what connection this has to today's apparent terrorist attacks in the US is not clear at this point. The US has denied involvement in these attacks.
- In the first hints of any sort at the scope of casualties, the New York City Fire Department has estimated that as many as half of the 400 firefighters dispatched to the scene are missing. CNN has said that 78 Police officers are missing. Also, the death toll from those on the four hijacked planes has been placed at 266. The number of dead and injured at the Pentagon has been widely reported as about 100. No estimates of the number of victims from the World Trade Center have been made.
- People throughout the United States have are being urged to donate blood to help offset significant shortages in New York and Washington. The American Red Cross in Greater New York or the American Red Cross are places to contact about donating blood or money, or both.
- Some news sites seem to be back online. Here are some links that have been more reliable: CNN.com; CNET.com; Yahoo; The New York Times; washingtonpost.com; usnews.com; ABCNEWS.com; FOXNews.com; MSNBC; and BBC News Online.
All of our thoughts go out to the victims of these attacks and their families and friends in what must be an incredibly difficult time.
Let me begin by sending out sympathies to victims and those others who have been damaged by this atrocity.
I wish to point out that all of us should not jump to conclusions and that blatantly making assumptions is not a healthy thing to do. A lot of posts have already listed a myriad of scape goats - countries, organizations, races, and even class. For those of you who are doing just that - you have already fallen for the plans of those suicide terrorist: this is exactly what they was hoping for. They want their hatred, if any, to spread like a plague.
Well, it doesn't surprise any bit to see these kinds of posts: posts preaching for a war (or even reiterating the history of our wars for some strange reasons); posts debating over nuclear weapons; or any other post for a great change in our society---afterall, Bluesnews is indeed a site for many diehard FPS fans.
Everybody seems to be angry, chanting things like "we must do something" or "let's get our revenge". Oh, you wish to get some justice out of this? And how would you do that when the ones who brought about this atrocity are now dead? They are suicide terrorists and they carried out their wishes. I guess it's a little too late to make them suffer for these injustices. Now there are others who are saying that there are some other individuals who helped harbor this act - that is something that should not be existing in your minds as a fact. And if there really is no target to place all the blame upon, what will you then do? Cower in your corners and weep away, knowing that there is nothing you can do? Knowing that there's nobody or no country to blow up and unleash your anger upon?
The only thing left to do is to hope that the worst is already over. Hope that there won't be any upcoming war, which many of you seem to be overly excited about, and hope that no more lives will be lost in the near future.
A young student told me that even though the word, war, has only three letters - it is still an incredibly huge word.
Remember that.
I wish to point out that all of us should not jump to conclusions and that blatantly making assumptions is not a healthy thing to do. A lot of posts have already listed a myriad of scape goats - countries, organizations, races, and even class. For those of you who are doing just that - you have already fallen for the plans of those suicide terrorist: this is exactly what they was hoping for. They want their hatred, if any, to spread like a plague.
Well, it doesn't surprise any bit to see these kinds of posts: posts preaching for a war (or even reiterating the history of our wars for some strange reasons); posts debating over nuclear weapons; or any other post for a great change in our society---afterall, Bluesnews is indeed a site for many diehard FPS fans.
Everybody seems to be angry, chanting things like "we must do something" or "let's get our revenge". Oh, you wish to get some justice out of this? And how would you do that when the ones who brought about this atrocity are now dead? They are suicide terrorists and they carried out their wishes. I guess it's a little too late to make them suffer for these injustices. Now there are others who are saying that there are some other individuals who helped harbor this act - that is something that should not be existing in your minds as a fact. And if there really is no target to place all the blame upon, what will you then do? Cower in your corners and weep away, knowing that there is nothing you can do? Knowing that there's nobody or no country to blow up and unleash your anger upon?
The only thing left to do is to hope that the worst is already over. Hope that there won't be any upcoming war, which many of you seem to be overly excited about, and hope that no more lives will be lost in the near future.
A young student told me that even though the word, war, has only three letters - it is still an incredibly huge word.
Remember that.
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