All times Eastern...
8:45 a.m. American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 en route from Boston's
Logan Airport to Los Angeles International with 92 people onboard, slams
into the north tower of the World Trade Center
9:03 a.m. Approximately 18 minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175, a
Boeing 767 en route from Boston's Logan Airport to Los Angeles International
with 65 people onboard, hits the south tower of the World Trade Center.
9:21 a.m. New York City Port Authority closes all bridges and tunnels in New York City
9:24 a.m. Bush calls today’s plane crashes at the World Trade Center "an
apparent terrorist attack on our country."
9:43 a.m. American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 en route from Dallas to
LAX with 58 passengers and six crew members, crashes into the Pentagon. One of the building's five sides collapses.
9:32 a.m. Stock Exchange closed
9:40 a.m. The FAA orders the entire nationwide air traffic system shut down. All flights at U.S. airports are stopped.
9:45 a.m. The White House is evacuated.
10:00 a.m. United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 en route from Newark,
N.J., to San Francisco with 38 passengers and seven crew members, crashes
just north of the Somerset County Airport, about 80 miles southeast of
Pittsburgh. Shortly before impact, a passenger called on his cell phone from a locked bathroom: "We are being hijacked, we are being hijacked!" There are rumors that the plane was headed to either the White House or the Capitol.
10:05 a.m. The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses in a plume of ash and debris.
10:24 a.m. The FAA reports that all inbound transatlantic flights are to be
diverted to Canada
10:28 a.m. The World Trade Center's north tower collapses.
11:26 p.m. United Airlines expresses concern about the fate of another
plane, Flight 175, a Boeing 767 bound from Boston to Los Angeles.
12:15 p.m. The United States closes border crossings with Canada and Mexico.
1:02 p.m. New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani orders an evacuation of Manhattan south of Canal Street.
1:04 p.m. In a speech at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, President
Bush announces that security measures are being taken and says: "Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts."
1:44 p.m. The Navy dispatches aircraft carriers and guided missile
destroyers to New York and Washington. Around the country, fighters,
airborne radar and refueling planes scramble. The North American Aerospace Defense Command go to its highest alert.
1:44 p.m. President Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base for Nebraska’s
Offutt Air Force Base, home to the U.S. Strategic Air Command.
4:30 p.m. President Bush leaves Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska for
Washington.
4:45 p.m. The City of New York announces that 200 firefighters have been
killed and 78 police officers missing.
5:25 p.m. Seven World Trade Center, a 47-story tower, collapses from
ancillary damage from this morning's attack.

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Shorter Timeline

-Shortly before 9am, first plane crashes into one of the towers.
- Shortly after 9 am, second plane crashes into second tower
-40 minutes after the New York attacks, another aircraft crashes into the
Pentagon
-Shortly after 10am, the south Tower collapses
-Also around 10am, plane crashes in western Pennsylvania
-10:28 am, second Tower collapses
-Shortly after 1pm, President Bush vows to due "Whatever is necessary."
-Later that afternoon the evacuated Tower #7 collapses.

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The President's Address to the Nation

The following is the transcript President Bush's 8:30 pm (Eastern Time)
address to the nation on the hijacked planes that crashed into the World
Trade Center and Pentagon:

Good evening.

Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under
attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. The victims were
in airplanes or in their offices: secretaries, business men and women,
military and federal workers, moms and dads, friends and neighbors.

Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror.

The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge
structures collapsing have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a
quiet, unyielding anger.

These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos
and retreat. But they have failed. Our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation.

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but
they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but
they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for
freedom and opportunity in the world.

I appreciate so very much the members of Congress who have joined me in
strongly condemning these attacks. And on behalf of the American people, I thank the many world leaders who have called to offer their condolences and assistance.

America and our friends and allies join with all those who want peace and
security in the world and we stand together to win the war against
terrorism.

Tonight I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve, for the children
whose worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety and security has been threatened. And I pray they will be comforted by a power greater than any of us spoken through the ages in Psalm 23: ``Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil for you are with me.''

This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our
resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time.

None of us will ever forget this day, yet we go forward to defend freedom
and all that is good and just in our world.

Thank you. Good night and God bless America.

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International Response:

"There have been the most terrible, shocking events taking place in the
United States of America within the last couple of hours. We can only
imagine the terror and carnage there and the many, many innocent people who have lost their lives. This mass terrorism is the new evil in our world
today. It is perpetrated by fanatics who are utterly indifferent to the
sanctity of human life. And we the democracies of this world are going to
have to come together, to fight it together and eradicate this evil
completely from our world.”

-British Prime Minister Tony Blair

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Russian President Vladimir Putin described the attack as a terrible tragedy, according to Kremlin spokesman Alexei Gromov, and convened a special meeting of his defense and security officials. “Such an inhuman act must not go unpunished,” he said.

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Chinese President Jiang Zemin sent President Bush a message of sympathy for the U.S. government and its people.

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A terrible catastrophe has happened.

-Parliament in Berlin

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Cuba, normally an enemy the United States, expressed “consternation and
pain."

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“There can be no doubt that these attacks are deliberate acts of terrorism,
carefully planned and coordinated, and as such I condemn them utterly.”

-U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan

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Pope John Paul II described the attack as an “unspeakable horror” against innocent people.

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World Trade Center Facts

The World Trade Center complex in lower Manhattan, New York City, consisting of seven buildings and a shopping concourse. It is the world's largest commercial complex, with many businesses, government agencies, and international trade organizations. Most prominent are the 110-story
rectangular twin towers, one rising to 1,362 ft (415 m) and the other to
1,368 ft (417 m). Designed by Minoru Yamasaki and Emery Roth, the towers and concourse portion of the center were completed in 1973 at a cost of $750 million. A massive terrorist car-bomb explosion damaged portions of the complex in 1993, killing six people and causing more than $300 million in damages. In 1995, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and nine other militant Muslims (Sudanese, Egyptian, American, and Jordanian citizens) were convicted of conspiracy and other charges related to the bombing. In 1998 the so-called mastermind, Ramzi Yousef, also was convicted of the bombing and sentenced to life plus 240 years in prison.

Encyclopedia.com

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Pentagon Facts

The Pentagon building accommodating the U.S. Dept. of Defense. Located in Arlington, Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., the Pentagon is a five-sided building consisting of five concentric pentagons connected to each other by corridors and covering an area of 34 acres (13.8 hectares). Completed in 1943, it was intended to consolidate the various offices of the U.S. War Dept., now the Dept. of Defense.

Encyclopedia.com

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The Symbol of Freedom Still Standing!

On October 28th, 1886, President Grover Cleveland accepted the Statue of Liberty on behalf of the United States and said in part: "We will not forget that Liberty has here made her home; nor shall her chosen altar be
neglected."

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Eyewitnesses:

Attorney Tom Humphries who worked in the Tower that was hit first described the scene in an amazingly cool tone to Tom Brokaw. He said there was only one stairwell open but the building wasn't as full as it could have been. If it was two hours later it would have been much worse. He said, "people were incredibly calm and they were helping other people. I fear that some of the people that were helping...didn't make it out of that building."

One journalist reported: In New York Cell phones were up and down and people were forced to do the unthinkable--use pay phones. Which is kind of joke in New York because few of the pay phones on the street don't work anyway.

Day Two Sept.12, 2001

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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES
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The Cabinet Room Wednesday 10:53 A.M. EDT (9-12-01): Remarks by the President in photo opportunity with the National Security Team:

THE PRESIDENT: I have just completed a meeting with my national security team, and we have received the latest intelligence updates.

The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday
against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.
This will require our country to unite in steadfast determination and
resolve. Freedom and democracy are under attack.

The American people need to know that we're facing a different enemy than we have ever faced. This enemy hides in shadows, and has no regard for human life. This is an enemy who preys on innocent and unsuspecting
people, then runs for cover. But it won't be able to run for cover forever. This is an enemy that tries to hide. But it won't be able to hide forever. This is an enemy that thinks its harbors are safe. But they won't be safe forever.

This enemy attacked not just our people, but all freedom-loving people
everywhere in the world. The United States of America will use all our
resources to conquer this enemy. We will rally the world. We will be
patient, we will be focused, and we will be steadfast in our determination.

This battle will take time and resolve. But make no mistake about it: we
will win.

The federal government and all our agencies are conducting business. But
it is not business as usual. We are operating on a heightened security
alert. America is going forward, and as we do so, we must remain keenly
aware of the threats to our country. Those in authority should take
appropriate precautions to protect our citizens.

But we will not allow this enemy to win the war by changing our way of life
or restricting our freedoms. This morning, I am sending to Congress a
request for emergency funding authority, so that we are prepared to spend
whatever it takes to rescue victims, to help the citizens of New York City
and Washington, D.C. respond to this tragedy, and to protect our national
security.

I want to thank the members of Congress for their unity and support.
America is united. The freedom-loving nations of the world stand by our
side. This will be a monumental struggle of good versus evil. But good
will prevail.

Thank you very much.

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In our previous email a paragraph, and a significant one, was left out. We
have double checked this transcript against the audio address and this is
precisely the full address. Here is the CORRECT transcript of the
President's Tuesday night (9-11-01) address to the Nation:

THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. The victims were in airplanes, or in their offices;
secretaries, businessmen and women, military and federal workers; moms and dads, friends and neighbors. Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror.

The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge
structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and
a quiet, unyielding anger. These acts of mass murder were intended to
frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed; our
country is strong.

A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks
can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch
the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for
freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from
shining.

Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature. And we responded with the best of America -- with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could.

Immediately following the first attack, I implemented our government's
emergency response plans. Our military is powerful, and it's prepared. Our
emergency teams are working in New York City and Washington, D.C. to help with local rescue efforts.

Our first priority is to get help to those who have been injured, and to
take every precaution to protect our citizens at home and around the world
from further attacks.

The functions of our government continue without interruption. Federal
agencies in Washington which had to be evacuated today are reopening for
essential personnel tonight, and will be open for business tomorrow. Our
financial institutions remain strong, and the American economy will be open for business, as well.

The search is underway for those who are behind these evil acts. I've
directed the full resources of our intelligence and law enforcement
communities to find those responsible and to bring them to justice. We will
make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and
those who harbor them.

I appreciate so very much the members of Congress who have joined me in
strongly condemning these attacks. And on behalf of the American people, I thank the many world leaders who have called to offer their condolences and assistance.

America and our friends and allies join with all those who want peace and
security in the world, and we stand together to win the war against
terrorism. Tonight, I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve, for the
children whose worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety and security has been threatened. And I pray they will be comforted by a power greater than any of us, spoken through the ages in Psalm 23: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me."

This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our
resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day. Yet, we go
forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world.

Thank you. Good night, and God bless America.

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The key suspect in this tragedy is Osama bin Laden who is headquartered in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is a completely landlocked country and posses a thorny problem for any country wishing to make access. Go to this link to
see a map of Asia: http://www.askasia.org/image/maps/asia.htm

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STATISTICS
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The Gallup released the following statistics:

Americans Show Widespread Consensus About Terrorist Attacks:

The poll -- completed Tuesday night before President Bush’s speech to the
nation -- shows a remarkable level of consensus among Americans about what the terrorist attacks mean and what the United States should do. Overall, 86% of Americans view the terrorist attacks as an act of war, while just 10% disagree. Similarly, 87% of all Americans -- including 80% of those over the age of 50 -- see the attacks as the most tragic news event in their lifetimes.

When asked what the United States should do about the attacks, 71% of
Americans say the government should conduct military strikes only against the terrorist organizations responsible for the attacks, even if it takes months to clearly identify who they are. Just 21% want quicker action -- to conduct military strikes against known terrorist organizations, even if it is unclear who caused the attacks on the United States. Just 4% of Americans oppose any military retaliation at all.

Six in 10 Americans Worried About Becoming a Victim of Terrorism:

Americans are much more worried today about becoming a victim of terrorism than they were after the Oklahoma City bombing six years ago. The current poll shows 60% of Americans saying they are either "very" or "somewhat" worried that they or someone in their family will become a victim, compared with 42% who expressed that view in April 1995, shortly after the Oklahoma City bombing. Last year, at the fifth anniversary of that bombing, only 24% said they were worried.

One reason for the increased worry may be that a majority of Americans, 55%, see Tuesday's attacks as the beginning of a sustained terrorist campaign "that will continue for several weeks." The rest of Americans either disagree with that view (29%), or say they are unsure (16%).

This worry apparently influences how Americans might behave in the future. Half of the public (49%) predicts that, as a consequence of the terrorist attacks, Americans will permanently change the way they live, while 45% disagree. On a personal level, 36% of Americans admit that they will change some aspect of their personal lives or activities to avoid being a victim of terrorism, but 61% say they will not make any changes. Nevertheless, when asked about their fear of flying, 48% of Americans admitted that the terrorist attacks make them less willing to fly on airplanes.

Public Confident in Government Response:

Almost nine in 10 Americans, 88%, say the government is either very likely (52%) or somewhat likely (36%) to identify and punish the people responsible for the attacks. A large majority of Americans are also confident in President Bush's ability to handle the situation -- 45% are very confident, and another 33% are somewhat confident.

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Washington Post-ABC Poll (Tuesday, September 11, 2001; 11:24 PM ):

Nine in 10 – 94 percent – support taking military action against the groups
or nations responsible for the attacks. More than eight in 10 favor military
strikes even if they led to war. And two in three said they were willing to
"give up some of the liberties we have" to crack down on terrorism.

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LITURGY:
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This is the liturgy spoken on the rubble of the cathedral in Coventry
immediately after it was destroyed by German bombers during WWII:

All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God

The hatred which divides nation from nation, race from race, class from
class,
FATHER FORGIVE
The greed which exploits the work of human hands and lays waste the earth,
FATHER FORGIVE
Our envy of the welfare and happiness of others
FATHER FORGIVE
Our indifference to the plight of the imprisoned, the homeless, the refugee
FATHER FORGIVE
The lust which dishonors the bodies of men, women and children,
FATHER FORGIVE
The pride which leads us to trust in ourselves and not in God,
FATHER FORGIVE

Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in
Christ forgave you.

-Thanks to Rev. James King

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QUOTES
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"We are committed to ensuring that this tragedy will not be compounded by disruption to the global economy,”

-Group of Seven nations in a joint statement.

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We are seeing the definition of a new battlefield.

Donald Rumsfeld

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US Military recruiting offices say that their phones are "Ringing off the wall."