10A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
AMERICAN TRAGEDY
WEDNESDAY,SEPT.12,2001
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Experts: Unprecedented death toll
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRE A side of the Pentagon collapsed after a plane crashed into it and it caught on fire.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
A hijacked plane bound for Los Angeles slams into the north tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan.
9:08 a.m.
5 906 8 118 Another hijacked plane also bound for Los Angeles explodes into the second tower of the World Trade Center.
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9:30 a.m. A third hijacked plane crashes into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
9:15 a.m. President Bush, in Florida, calls the crashes "an apparent terrorist attack."
Terrorists blew up a truck bomb in the basement of the World Trade Center in February 1993, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others.
"It's just sick. It just shows how vulnerable we really are," said Keith Meyers, 39, in Columbus, Ohio. "It kind of makes you want to go home and spend time with your family. It puts everything in perspective."
9:30 a.m.
About 9:40 a.m.
After 9:30 a.m.
U.S. government buildings in Washington, including the Capitol and White House, are evacuated.
About 9-40 a.m. All aircraft takeoffs in the nation are shut down and planes in the air are ordered to land at the closest airport.
Gerner recommended that the United States be very careful in its response to the attack.
Ronald Francisco, professor of political science, agreed
"Iindividuals must not take matters into their own hands," she said. "We need to stay focused on who is really responsible."
ine death toll on the crashed planes alone surpassed that of the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995, which claimed 168 lives in what was the deadliest act of terrorism on U.S. soil.
9:50 a.m. One World Trade Center tower collapses. Casualties are reported extremely high—possibly in the thousands.
10 10 a.m.
A fourth hijacked plane crashes in western
Pennsylvania, about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
"We don't know exactly what happened," he said. "There's no point in lashing out. There's not much anyone can do. That's what terrorism is: It's impossible to prevent and almost always tragic."
10:28 a.m. The second tour of the World Trade Center collapses
closed to visitors.
10.38 a.m.
A fourth explosion rocks the collapsed remains of the World Trade Center.
About 10:30 a.m.
U.S. financial markets suspend trading.
10:10 a.m.
Evacuations were ordered at the United Nations in New York and at the Sears Tower in Chicago. Los Angeles mobilized its anti-terrorism division. Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., was evacuated, and Hoover Dam on the Arizona-Nevada line was
9:50 a.m.
He predicted that any loss would most likely be followed by a rand rebound.
About 11 a.m.
All federal government facilities in the nation's capital and New York City are officially closed.
In the West Bank city of Nablus, thousands of Palestinians celebrated the attacks, chanting "God is Great" and handing out candy.
"This is not good news," he said. "We will have some economic slowdown. As far as an affect on trading, the affect will be short."
1.20 p.m.
President Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base, La., for a secure, undisclosed location.
"They said it would be a huge and unprecedented attack but they did not specify," Atwan said in a telephone interview in London.
7-20 p.m.
President Bush declares New York a major disaster in the wake of the attacks on the World Trade Center.
— The Associated Press contributed to this story:
In New York, the downtown area was cordoned off and a rescue effort was under way. Hundreds of volunteers and medical workers converged on triage centers, offering help and blood. Paramedics waiting to be sent into the rubble were told that "once the smoke clears, it's going to be massive bodies," said Brian Stark, a former Navy paramedic who volunteered to help.
The attack and market closure may even tip the economy toward recession. Hirschey said.
ton research fellow, said there was a precedent of the market closing because of distress. He said it closed during World War I in 1914 because there was a basic market meltdown. When it reopened, it was down 24 percent. He predicted a similar situation could occur after this terrorist attack.
Several subway lines were immediately shut down and all bridges and tunnels into Manhattan were closed. New York's mayoral primary election yesterday was postponed. Trading on Wall Street was suspended.
Mark Hirschey, professor of business and Stock-
CBS.com