More on the WTC Disaster (Updated) [Sep 11, 2001, 8:30 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.
You sir, are an a$$hole. I know a good handful of Europeans, and it seems they don't share your sentiments. In fact, it seems like the only people that do are Bin Laden and Iraq.
I'd like to see some hijackers take over and kill 20k of your people, some personally known and related to you, then see how joyous you are.
There has been no credible evidence that our air force shot down our own civilian plane. In fact, evidence now points that a handfull of the people on board flight 93 struggled to retake the plane from the COWARDLY and DESPICABLE terrorists. They seem to have retaken the plane, and knowing they were going to die, decided to crash the plane in an unpopulated region instead.
Oh, and for being pussies, after they slit a couple stewardess' necks, you see how inclined you are to fight back. And most hijackers don't crash the plane intentionally; most just want the pilot to fly to a certain destination.
And now that Article 5 has been passed, the US has all of NATO's backing, I guess all of Europe isn't laughing at us. They're actually backing us. "An attack against one is an attack against all."
I'd like to see some hijackers take over and kill 20k of your people, some personally known and related to you, then see how joyous you are.
There has been no credible evidence that our air force shot down our own civilian plane. In fact, evidence now points that a handfull of the people on board flight 93 struggled to retake the plane from the COWARDLY and DESPICABLE terrorists. They seem to have retaken the plane, and knowing they were going to die, decided to crash the plane in an unpopulated region instead.
Oh, and for being pussies, after they slit a couple stewardess' necks, you see how inclined you are to fight back. And most hijackers don't crash the plane intentionally; most just want the pilot to fly to a certain destination.
And now that Article 5 has been passed, the US has all of NATO's backing, I guess all of Europe isn't laughing at us. They're actually backing us. "An attack against one is an attack against all."
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