Suspected Terrorist Attack on World Trade Center
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Latest reports from AP and CNNBush urges states to call up Guard to protect airports
WASHINGTON -- President Bush urged governors Thursday to call up National Guard units to protect U.S. airports while he implements a long-term plan to secure airlines from terrorist attack. The package includes putting the federal government in charge of airport security. 09/27/01
Jackson might meet with Taliban about jailed relief workers
WASHINGTON -- Jesse Jackson said Thursday he was considering whether to accept an invitation from the ruling militia in Afghanistan to take a "peace delegation" to neighboring Pakistan. The White House was urging him not to go and the Taliban said it had not asked him to. 09/27/01
Photos of suspected hijackers released
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General John Ashcroft on Thursday released photographs of the 19 suspected hijackers, saying that it is part of "a national neighborhood watch" in which investigators hope Americans might recognize some of the hijackers. 09/27/01
Swiss gunman invades state parliament, kills 13, then himself
ZUG, Switzerland -- A Swiss man in an orange police vest sprayed assault rifle fire and set off an explosive during a session of a state parliament Thursday, killing 13 people before turning the gun on himself, officials said. 09/27/01
 Kathy Willens / Associated Press Firefighters hose down a smoldering fire in the ruins of the World Trade Center on Wednesday. Crews are almost done dismantling the symbol of the Sept. 11 attacks.  |
NEW YORK -- While rising, the World Trade Center was widely reviled as ugly, overbearing, banal. In falling, it has transcended to holy ground, its many detractors transformed into devotees. All of which further complicates touchy questions about what to do next -- rebuild or not -- and who will decide. 09/27/01
N.Y. helps victims' families
NEW YORK -- Hundreds of people, some sobbing, filtered into a building on a Hudson River pier Wednesday, many to begin the heartbreaking process of applying for death certificates for loved ones still missing in the smoking ruins of the World Trade Center. 09/27/01
Capitol looks at bolstering its security
WASHINGTON -- The recent terrorist attacks and reports that the U.S. Capitol was a possible target have officials scrambling to develop a set of high-alert security systems and to consider building a massive bunker-style facility on or near Capitol Hill. 09/27/01
Generals authorized to decide on shooting jetliners
WASHINGTON -- Two Air Force generals have been authorized to order the military to shoot down any civilian airliner that appears to be threatening U.S. cities, Pentagon officials said Thursday. 09/27/01
New York City limits car travel
NEW YORK -- On the day Mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced dramatic driving restrictions as the latest step in the city's recovery from terrorist attacks, he made his desire clear to stay on in some capacity after his term is up to help the city heal. 09/27/01
U.S. asks NATO allies for more information on foes
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The United States told NATO allies Wednesday it needs more information on how to find Osama bin Laden and his followers and asked their help in gathering intelligence.
U.S. poised to strike Afghanistan
WASHINGTON -- With United States air, land and sea forces positioning themselves within striking distance of Afghanistan, the broad outlines of a military campaign to destabilize the country's ruling Taliban and root out the terrorist leader Osama bin Laden are beginning to take shape. 09/27/01
Bush's 'war cabinet' seasoned
WASHINGTON -- President Bush has surrounded himself with a relatively compact "war cabinet" charged with plotting what now is being called "Operation Enduring Freedom." 09/27/01
Retired commander gave warning
WASHINGTON -- Just before he hung up his Marine Corps uniform and retired, Gen. Anthony Zinni spoke at a U.S. Naval Institute dinner about the world ahead facing his son, a newly minted Marine second lieutenant. 09/27/01
Most Sept. 11 attack victims were men, findings show
NEW YORK -- A portrait of the people the terrorists murdered Sept. 11 is slowly emerging: Eight out of 10 were men, the average age was 40, and many were parents. 09/27/01
Gas masks in great demand
WASHINGTON -- Phil Davis wants to emphasize that he's not a wacko who typically stockpiles stuff. But the shoe store owner from Denver is doing all he can to get his hands on a dozen gas masks. 09/27/01
Powell praises pending Mideast security talks
GAZA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Gaza Strip -- In a somber meeting marked by skepticism on both sides, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres announced plans Wednesday to formalize a shaky cease-fire and end a year of Mideast fighting. 09/27/01
Spanish police find Taliban videos, papers in raids on Algerians
MADRID, Spain -- Violent videos showing Taliban attacks in Afghanistan and a diary of a would-be suicide bomber were among the material confiscated when police arrested six Algerians suspected of forming a terrorist cell financed by Osama bin Laden. 09/27/01
Firefight in refugee camp leaves 3 dead
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Despite pledges by both sides to enforce the shaky truce, Israeli forces demolished several buildings in a Palestinian refugee camp early today, triggering a fierce battle with local gunmen, the army said. Three Palestinians were killed and 22 wounded, doctors said. 09/27/01
Unrest follows Cincinnati cop's acquittal
CINCINNATI -- Protesters set fires and pelted cars with rocks and bottles, and the mayor imposed an overnight curfew in response to violence that broke out after a white police officer was cleared of charges that he killed an unarmed black man. 09/27/01
Rules ignored in Washington blaze
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Four firefighters were killed by a forest fire in the Cascade Range because basic safety rules weren't followed, according to a Forest Service report issued Wednesday. 09/27/01
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