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silent hell. New Yorkers are resilient
>From: dgoulet_at_vicr.com
>Reply-To: ORACLE.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: Re:RE: STOP THE PRESS!!
>Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 07:25:25 -0800
>
>For those who have not heard, one of the towers, I believe the south one,
>has
>collapsed. I dare to say that someone else's skyline will be different in
>the
>next 48 hours as well. Guess the members of the list who are based in New
>York
>will be silent for a couple of days.
>
>Dick Goulet
>
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>Author: "Boivin; Patrice J" <BoivinP_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
>Date: 9/11/2001 6:55 AM
>
>The BBC seems to have more info than the U.S. web sites.
>
>Tuesday, 11 September, 2001, 13:35 GMT 14:35
> UK
> Planes 'attack' World Trade Center
>
> A huge explosion rocks one of towers
> Two planes have crashed into the World Trade Center
> in New York City while an explosion has rocked the
> Pentagon in Washington DC.
>
> The White House is reportedly being evacuated.
>
> One report says six people have been killed in the
> New York incident while hundreds have been injured.
>
> Smoke is pouring from the upper storeys of both
> towers of the World Trade Center.
>
> The building, one of the world's tallest, has been badly
> damaged in what President George W Bush has
> described as "an apparent terrorist attack".
>
> He said: "We will find those who committed this
> attack."
>
> New York police have been
> quoted as saying that both
> planes were hijacked from
> Boston.
>
> A few minutes after the
> first tower was hit by a
> passenger plane, a
> second, similar plane was
> seen flying into the second
> tower. A huge explosion
> was seen.
>
> Eyewitnesses say the first
> plane crashed into the West Tower after flying
> unusually low over Manhattan Island.
>
> A BBC correspondent says 10 to 15 floors have been
> affected by the crash.
>
> Briton James Winter, 30, living in an apartment close
> to the centre, said he was woken a huge bang at
> around 0800 local time.
>
> "I was in bed and there was a huge explosion. The
> whole building rattled and shook," he said.
>
> "I ran to the window and there was smoke billowing
> from the south side of one of the towers. Everyone in
> my building was panicking and running around."
>
> The World Trade Center consists of two 110-story
> skyscrapers, New York's tallest buildings. One of the
> towers is just six feet (two metres) taller than the
> other.
>
> About 40,000 people work inside the two-building
> centre, and more than 150,000 people enter the
> complex every day.
>
> On 26 February, 1993, a terrorist bomb exploded in
> building number one's lower level.
>
>
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>Author: Boivin, Patrice J
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