Tuesday, September 11
In one of the most audacious attacks ever
against the United States, terrorists hijacked two airliners and crashed them
into the World Trade Center in a coordinated series of blows Tuesday that
brought down the twin 110-story towers. A plane also slammed into the Pentagon,
bringing the seat of government itself under attack.
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Eyewitnesses describe what they saw at the
World Trade Center.
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Bush says the United States will "hunt down
and punish" those responible for terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and
the Pentagon.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell says U.S.
will bring those responsible for the terrorist attacks to
justice.
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Scenes at the Pentagon after it was hit by a
hijacked airplane.
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The aftermath of terrorist attacks in New
York and Washington.
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Senate
Majority Leader Tom Daschle speak about terrorist attacks.
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Bush says the United States will punish those
behind the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
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Bush says freedom will be defended in the
aftermath of terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
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Wednesday, September 12
President Bush on Wednesday condemned
terrorist attacks in New York and Washington as ``acts of war,'' and said he
would ask Congress for money for recovery and to protect the nation's security.
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Into the night, ferries carted loads of
bodies across the Hudson River, said Stan Eason, a Jersey City spokesman. Three
cab companies ripped out seats from vans to help carry the dead to the Military
Ocean Terminal in Bayonne, N.J.
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Israeli officials said they assumed Islamic
extremists were responsible for the attacks in the United States. Israel has
been a frequent target of attacks by Islamic groups, including a series of
suicide bombings in the past year.
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Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat, has
followed up his offer of assistance to the United States by donating blood on
Wednesday.
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Attorney General John Ashcroft says there are
"numerous credible leads" into the attacks on the World Trade Center and the
Pentagon.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
went on television to calm the country and outline his defense
strategy.
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Pope John Paul II condemned the ``unspeakable
horror'' of the terror, saying Tuesday he was praying for the victims and their
families.
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New York Mayor Rudolph Guiliani held a press
conference on on Wednesday progress in the wake of the World Trade Center
terrorist attack.
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Investigators on Wednesday sought answers in
Florida and elsewhere to an unspeakable question: Who could have done this?
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Thursday, September 13
The United States won key endorsements from
NATO and the United Nations for punishing those responsible for the attacks.
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Though untold bodies were still buried in the
rubble of the World Trade Center, some rough counts had begun to emerge.
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About 70 bodies have been removed so far from
the buckled section of the Pentagon as search and rescue workers toiled around
the clock with little hope of finding more survivors.
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President George W. Bush expresses gratitude
for Pakistani president Pervez Musharra "full support."
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President George W. Bush expresses gratitude
for Pakistani president Pervez Musharra "full support."
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Transport Secretary Norman Y. Mineta, said
that flights would be allowed to leave as long as they met the new security
measures in place at all airports.
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President Bush spoke by phone Thursday with
more world leaders to receive condolences and seek support for the United
States.
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USNS Comfort was enroute to New York to serve
as a rescue facility.
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Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday
the FBI was working on "thousands and thousands of leads."
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Secretary of State Colin Powell identified
Osama bin Laden as a prime suspect.
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U.S. financial markets began their gradual
return to work following a two-day shutdown.
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Across the globe, people have been showing
their respects for the dead and missing in the New York and Washington
tragedies.
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Ground Zero captured by the video camera of a
rescue worker.
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Lawmakers evacuated the U.S. Capitol Thursday
as a bomb threat prompted police to clear the building for a second time.
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Families and friends looking for missing
loved ones brought their pleas to TV.
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Friday, September 14
Europe fell silent this morning to honor the
victims of the trade center attack.
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Security was heightened at the US airbase in
Incirlik, Turkey as American and British fighter jets were taking off.
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Afghanistan's ruling Taliban warned on Friday
that any military attack by the United States would lead to acts of revenge.
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