On the morning of September 11, 2001 the United States suffered a brutal terrorist attack. Documented here are the flurry of CNN Breaking News bulletins that followed.
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 08:52am -- World trade center damaged; unconfirmed reports say a plane has crashed into tower. Details to come.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:21am -- Second plane crashes into World Trade Center.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:23am -- FBI investigating reports of foul play in World Trade Center plane crashes, according to the Associated Press. Details to come.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:32am -- Sources tell CNN one of two planes that crashed into World Trade Center was an American Airlines 767.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:42am -- President Bush calls plane crashes at World Trade Center a terrorist act.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:45am -- Significant fire at the Pentagon. Details to come.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:46am -- White House evactuated. Details to come.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:47am -- Fire reported on National Mall in Washington
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:55am -- CNN confirms a plane hit the Pentagon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:03am -- One of World Trade Center towers collapses; fire forces evacuation of State Department
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:13am -- United Nations evacuated.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:26am -- FAA diverting all U.S.-bound international flights to Canada.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:30am -- Second World Trade Center tower collapses in Manhattan
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:38am -- Car bombing at the State Department, The Associated Press reports.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:39am -- Part of Pentagon collapses
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:44am -- Pentagon monitoring second suspected hijacked plane.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:50am -- Fighter scrambled amid reports of second plane headed for Pentagon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:18am -- NTSB confirms plane crashes near Pittsburgh
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:32pm -- FAA confirms there are 50 aircraft in the air; none has a problem and all are within 50 miles of their destination.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:37pm -- Government sources tell CNN President Bush is not returning to Washington.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 01:27pm NEW YORK (CNN) -- Terrorists struck the United States Tuesday morning in harrowing, widespread attacks that included at least three commercial jet crashes into significant buildings. In the first attack, a plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan shortly before 9 a.m., followed by another plane into the second tower about 20 minutes later. Both towers later collapsed. About an hour later, a plane crashed into the Pentagon, part of which later collapsed. American Airlines told CNN that it lost two planes in "tragic accidents:" Flight 11 from Boston with 81 passengers and 11 crew aboard and Flight 77 from Washington Dulles airport with 58 passengers and six crew aboard. Both planes were en route to Los Angeles. United Airlines Flight 93 airliner headed from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, crashed near Somerset, Pennsylvania -- police said initial reports indicated no survivors. United also confirmed the crash of Flight 175 from Boston to Los Angeles. The Pentagon, the White House, the State Department, the Justice Department, the Capitol, the CIA and all other government buildings in Washington evacuated. President Bush cancelled an appearance in Florida to return to Washington, calling the crashes "apparent terrorist attacks" and "a national tragedy." In the first ever national ground stop of aircraft, all flights nationwide have been stopped at their departure airports. All international flights were diverted to Canada. Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, said in reaction to the news of the terror attacks that "we want to tell the American children that Afghanistan feels your pain and we hope that the courts find justice." In New York, more than 10,000 rescue personnel rushed to the scene. The entire downtown area of Manhattan was evacuated as far north as Rockefeller Center, according to an official at an emergency command post.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 02:23pm NEW YORK (CNN) -- In what appeared to be coordinated acts of terrorism, two jets crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, collapsing them Tuesday while another aircraft crashed into the Pentagon. Hundreds were injured or killed, if not more. A fourth aircraft crashed in Pennsylvania with 45 people on board. President Bush said the United States would "hunt down and punish" the terrorists responsible. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell cut short a trip to Peru to return to the United States. He also vowed, "The U.S. government will find out who is responsible." The U.S. military went on full alert. Two aircraft carriers left the Naval base in Norfolk, Va., in response to the attacks. At the Pentagon, witnesses said a plane crashed into what is known as the "Army Corridor," the building collapsed and there wase an undetermined number of casualties. Bush, who wound up an tour in Florida that was to focus on education, did not return to Washington out of concerns for his safety but flew to an Air Force base in Louisiana. Later, Air Force One took from Barksdale Air Force Base, its destination unknown. Officials in Washington said a "Continuation of Government" plan had been activated. The activation involves a fortified facility at Mount Weather, Va. There was no word whether any of the U.S. leadership or ranking military officers had been taken to the facility, but Congressional leaders were said to be assembling outside Washington. The city of Washington declared a state of emergency.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 02:36pm -- FAA says no commercial air traffic in U.S. until at least noon EDT tomorrow.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 03:28pm From: [email protected] NEW YORK (CNN) -- Public transportation in all five of New York City's boroughs has been restored, Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday. Operation had been halted after the apparent terrorist attacks on the city's World Trade Center buildings.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 03:59pm WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Navy is sending ships to sea to protect the U.S. East Coast from further attack and to reduce the number of ships in port. Two aircraft carriers -- the USS George Washington and the USS John F. Kennedy -- are headed for the coast off New York. Five other ships -- guided missile destroyers and frigates --are also headed to sea.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 04:38pm NEW YORK (CNN) -- The New York Stock Exchange will be closed Wednesday, officials said. The American Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange will all be closed. Trading never began Tuesday after a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 04:59pm NEW YORK (CNN) -- The National Guard is mobilizing all troops in the New York City area. Maj. Jose Obregon of the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry told CNN that soldiers are being called to their home bases, where they are to stand by until they receive further orders.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 05:32pm -- Third World Trade Center tower, 47-story building 7, collapses. Details soon.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 05:51pm WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Barbara Olson, a conservative commentator and lawyer, alerted her husband, Solicitor General Ted Olson, that the plane she was on was being hijacked Tuesday morning, Ted Olson told CNN. A short time later the plane crashed into the Pentagon. Barbara Olson is presumed to have died in the crash.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 06:02pm -- Explosions rock Kabul, Afghanistan, CNN's Nic Robertson reports. Details soon.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 06:07pm WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The first-ever grounding of all flights in the United States will remain in effect until at least noon EDT Wednesday due to security concerns following Tuesday's hijackings of airliners that were then crashed into buildings, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 06:36pm -- White House spokesman says President Bush did not order strike on Afghanistan. Details soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 07:07pm -- Afghanistan opposition claims responsibility for Kabul explosions. Details soon.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 07:45pm WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. General Service Administration will reopen its federal buildings in Washington and all other regions -- except those in the New York City area -- on Wednesday, said Hap Connors, an agency spokesman.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 07:50pm -- New York City reports at least 78 police officers missing, 200 firefighters presumed dead.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 08:23pm WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The nation's first-ever groundstop will remain in effect until at least noon EDT Wednesday due to security concerns following Tuesday's hijackings of airliners that were then crashed into buildings, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 08:36pm -- Bush: "Search is under way" for attackers.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 08:55pm NEW YORK (CNN) -- The identities of some of the victims of the worst terrorist attack on American soil began to emerge Tuesday evening, including the top executives of a California optical networks company, a Boston-based technology company, a top NBC executive producer and the wife of the United States' solicitor general.As the day drew to a close, it was still horribly unclear exactly how many people had died, but the number was clearly in the thousands.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:53pm WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Secretary of State Colin Powell, returning to Washington from his aborted trip to Peru and Colombia Tuesday, said there were "no specific warnings" to herald the multiple terrorist attacks earlier in the day against the financial and military nerve centers of the United States, but he promised those responsible would be caught."You can be sure the U.S. government will do everything it can to find the perpetrators of this cowardly attack against innocent people and bring them to justice," he told reporters.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:53pm LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Several Arab and Muslim groups in California received threatening phone calls Tuesday in response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Maha Elgenaidi, executive director of the Islamic Networks Group in San Jose, said "a lot of Islamic Centers have shut Web sites down because of the amount of hate mail they were getting." Her organization received two "hate" calls after the attacks. Elgenaidi said the first caller told her to "get the hell out of this country. You people have done nothing but ruin this country. You don't belong here. Your religion is vile and evil."
Wednesday, September 12, 2001
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:04am OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (CNN) -- In parts of the country, motorists lined up at gas pumps Tuesday following rumors of shortages that fueled skyrocketing gas prices in the aftermath of terror attacks in Washington and New York. Fears that tanker trucks wouldn't make it from refineries to gas stations put a premium on fuel. In Oklahoma City, prices reached the two-dollar mark.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:45am NEW YORK (CNN) -- At least 265 New York City firefighters were feared dead as a result of the attack on the World Trade Center, according to Andrew White, spokesman for the International Association of Firechiefs. IAFC Executive Director Gary Briese told CNN earlier the specialized city rescue companies who went into the fiery twin towers of the World Trade Center are unaccounted for and it is believed they were in the buildings conducting search-and- rescue missions when structures collapsed after two airliners slammed into them. New York City's fire chief, deputy fire chief, the fire department chaplain, and the chief of special operations were all killed in the collapse, White said.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 02:03am WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Government sources say senior administration officials told members of Congress that they believe the hijacked airliner that crashed in Pennsylvania was headed for another government target, possibly the White House, the Capitol or the Camp David presidential retreat.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 05:20am RAMSTEIN, Germany (CNN)-- Frankfurt's Messeturm, Germany's equivalent of the World Trade Center, was evacuated briefly Wednesday morning following a bomb threat. An anonymous caller at 9 a.m. said a device would explode at 9:20 A.M. Authorities quickly led employees out of the building.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 07:36am -- Rescuers find 6 survivors in New York: 1 police officer, 5 firefighters. Details soon.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 08:56am WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An aide to Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle said Wednesday that both House and Senate are trying to schedule closed-door security briefings between members and officials from the CIA and the FBI.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:03am WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has sent rescue teams known for pulling survivors from earthquake rubble to the terrorist-disaster sites at the Pentagon and in New York City.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:33am -- NATO considering guarantee of military, intelligence support if U.S. responds to terror attack, sources tell CNN.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:54am -- President Bush calls attacks 'acts of war;' asks Congress for emergency funding. Details to come.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:54am NEW YORK (CNN) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission told CNN that SEC Chairman Harvey L. Pitt believes the financial markets, including the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, will be ready to open for trading Thursday. However, an official decision has not yet been made.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:22am WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States intercepted two phone calls made after Tuesday's terrorist attacks against the Pentagon and New York's World Trade Center, and the conversations were between members of al Qaeda, an organization sponsored by suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:53am ATLANTA (CNN) -- Losses from Tuesday's terrorist attacks against the United States are expected to run into the tens of billions of dollars. Insurance comanies tell CNN that the industry considers what happened an act of terrorism -- not an act of war -- so they do plan to honor their customers policies.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:05pm -- The Pentagon is being evacuated by order of fire marshal. Details to come.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:14pm GANDER, Newfoundland (CNN) -- More than 17,000 people who were passengers on dozens of international flights that were diverted from landing in the United States remain stranded in the province of Newfoundland in Canada. The planes landed at Newfoundland airports Tuesday as U.S. airspace was shut down in the aftermath of terror attacks in Washington and New York.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 01:03pm VERO BEACH, Fla. (CNN) -- At least 10 FBI agents were searching two houses in this city in Florida in what appeared to be part of the investigation into the deadly terrorists attacks against the United States. The immediate neighborhood was temporarily evacuated after FBI agents knocked on doors and said there was a bomb scare. Residents have been allowed back in their homes.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 01:30pm BOSTON (CNN) -- The FBI has taken several people into custody in connection with the investigation into the deadly terrorist attacks against the United States. The individuals have not been arrested and they have not been described as suspects. Heavily armed police and FBI agents swarmed the Westin Hotel in the Copley Square area of Boston. Sources said several people were also taken into custody for questioning in Florida.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 02:17pm KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Officials of the Taliban, the hard-line Islamic rulers of Afghanistan, are appealing to the United States not to attack Afghanistan, CNN has learned. The plea came after an international message was passed along to senior Taliban officials, who were meeting Wednesday with Pakistan diplomats.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 02:47pm NEW YORK (CNN) -- Giant brokerage firm MorganStanley's chairman and CEO, Philip Purcell, said Wednesday "a vast majority" of the 3,500 staff members who worked in two of the World Trade Center buildings, including one of the twin towers, got out safely after hijackers crashed two planes into the towers.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 03:01pm -- White House, Air Force One were targets of terrorists on Tuesday, administration official tells CNN.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 03:26pm WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States reached out to Russia and Pakistan Wednesday in an effort to put pressure on the Taliban militia that is harboring Saudi exile Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, State Department officials and diplomatic sources tell CNN.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: BreakingNew[email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 04:14pm BRUSSELS, Belgium (CNN) -- NATO has unanimously declared the hijack attacks on the U.S. to be an assault against all member states. Secretary-General George Robertson said the U.S. would receive support for military action from its 18 NATO partners if it is found the assaults were committed by foreign nationals.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 05:16pm BALTIMORE (CNN) -- The Navy's medical ship USNS Comfort left Baltimore Wednesday bound for the New York City waterfront, according to the Military Sealift Command. The vessel is nearly 900 feet long and has 1,000 beds. It saw action in the Middle East during Operation Desert Storm.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 05:32pm NEW YORK (CNN) -- Top U.S. officials said Wednesday that they know the identities of many of the hijackers on each of the four flights that crashed Tuesday -- two toppling the World Trade Center and a third heavily damaging the Pentagon in the worst terrorist attacks in U.S history.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 05:56pm NEW YORK (CNN) -- Rescue workers and journalists were evacuated from the devastated area around the World Trade Center amid fear that another building may collapse. The twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed Tuesday after hijacked jets crashed into them. Another adjacent building also later collapsed.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 06:25pm From: [email protected] NEW YORK (CNNfn) - U.S. stock markets will stay shuttered for a third day Thursday and may not reopen until Monday, though officials from the major stock markets and the government said trading could resume as early as Friday.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 07:05pm WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Federal officials Wednesday announced a limited resumption of commercial flights to allow travelers stranded around the country as a result of Tuesday's hijackings to return home. But Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta temporarily extended all other aspects of the nationwide "groundstop" that halted all scheduled domestic flights until new security measures are put into effect at the country's airports.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 07:36pm From: [email protected] WASHINGTON (CNN) --- Congressional leaders and the White House agreed Wednesday to set aside $20 billion for rescue efforts, repairs and counterterrorism work after Tuesday's terror attacks on Washington and New York.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 08:18pm From: [email protected] WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In the wake of Tuesday's terrorism attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the State Department Wednesday evening will reissue its Worldwide Caution warning Americans traveling abroad, a senior State Department official told CNN.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:02pm From: [email protected] VERO BEACH, Fla. (CNN) -- Investigators have leads on four hijackers they believe commandeered the two airliners from Boston that destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center, CNN has learned. Two of the men were brothers apparently from Saudi Arabia who had most recently been living in Florida where they attended flight training school.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:24pm -- Empire State Building being evacuated. Details soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:42pm -- "All clear" given at Empire State Building, Penn Station. Details soon.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:45pm NEW YORK (CNN) -- Authorities evacuated the Empire State Building and Penn Station Wednesday night. Three police officers told CNN the Empire State Building was evacuated after a bomb-sniffing dog detected a suspected explosive device inside one of the city's most popular landmarks.Shortly afterwards, police told people to get off the trains in Penn Station just a few blocks away and to "run as fast as they can," a CNN producer reported from the scene.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:47pm NEW YORK (CNN) -- Authorities evacuated the Empire State Building and Penn Station Wednesday night. Three police officers told CNN the Empire State Building was evacuated after a bomb-sniffing dog detected a suspected explosive device inside one of the city's most popular landmarks.Shortly afterwards, police told people to get off the trains in Penn Station just a few blocks away and to "run as fast as they can," a CNN producer reported from the scene. About 20 minutes after the evacuation was ordered, the all clear was given at both locations.
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 12:06am NEW YORK (CNN) -- A doctor helping treat rescue workers Wednesday in a downtown office building told CNN the building was serving as a makeshift morgue, and contained about 150 bodies. Dr. William Bradley, an ophthalmologist treating rescue workers' eyes, burning and scratched by the cloud of soot and fiberglass that envelopes much of Manhattan, said he saw the bodies inside the American Express building in Tribeca.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 07:59am -- FAA says airports that meet new safety requirements can reopen at 11 a.m. EDT. Details soon.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:02am WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Dover Air Force Base in Delaware is preparing to receive bodies of victims killed in Tuesday's terrorist attack on the Pentagon, officials tell CNN. Spokeswoman Jennifer Hall says the remains will arrive at the port mortuary starting Thursday afternoon, to be processed and identified "in the most honorable way by our mortuary affairs personnel."
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:15am -- One of two Saudi pilot brothers believed connected with hijackings cooperating with FBI, CNN has learned. Details to come.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:08am -- New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani reports 4,763 people known missing at this time. Details to come.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:04am KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement is not confirming a widespread report out of the United Arab Emirates that suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden is under house arrest in Afghanistan, but although it appears he is in the country, his exact location is unknown.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:07am -- President Bush to visit New York tomorrow; says "we will win this war."
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 01:02pm From: [email protected] -- Five firefighters rescued in World Trade Center rubble, CNN reports.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 02:01pm From: [email protected] -- American Express building in New York City being evacuated over concerns it may collapse. Details soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 03:31pm From: [email protected] -- New York Stock Exchange to reopen on Monday. Details soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 03:45pm From: [email protected] -- Major League Baseball postpones games through Sunday. Details soon.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 03:51pm From: [email protected] WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In an effort to assess the security of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile and review anti-terrorism efforts under way at U.S. nuclear power plants, a group of congressional leaders will visit U.S. nuclear weapons laboratories this weekend.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 04:45pm From: [email protected] NEW YORK (CNN) -- Major internet service providers (ISPs) in the United States said Thursday they are cooperating with federal authorities in the investigation of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 05:06pm From: [email protected] -- Flight data recorder found from hijacked plane in Pennsylvania, Justice Department says. Details soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 05:54pm -- U.S. Capitol being evacuated; New York airports shut down. Details soon.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 05:54pm WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell went further than any member of the Bush administration Thursday in naming Osama bin Laden as a leading suspect in Tuesday's attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Friday, September 14, 2001
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 01:30am -- The White House and Congress have agreed on a $40 billion emergency aid package in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks. Officials said the legislation should be ready for President Bush's signature Saturday.
Subject: CNN Breaking News From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 08:30am -- Defense Department intends to ask that 50,000 reservists be called up for 'homeland defense,' CNN has learned.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:15am From: [email protected] -- Sources have told CNN the identities of the 18 people believed to be the hijackers in Tuesday's terrorist attacks. Details to come.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:52am From: [email protected] -- Senate approves $40 billion aid package by 96-0 vote.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:58am From: [email protected] -- Senate approves use of force by 98-0 vote.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 11:27am From: [email protected] WASHINGTON (CNN) -- All three New York area airports are now reopened, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Alison Duquette. This includes LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and Newark International Airport.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 01:59pm From: [email protected] WASHINGTON (CNN) -- People across the United States and around the world observed a day of "prayer and remembrance" Friday for the victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. U.S. President George W. Bush joined members of Congress, top military officials, world diplomats and a host of dignitaries -- including former presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George Bush and their wives -- at a noontime prayer service at the National Cathedral in Washington.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 02:25pm From: [email protected] -- House passes $40 billion emergency appropriations bill, sends to president. Details soon.
Subject: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 04:56pm From: [email protected] New York (CNN) -- President George W. Bush went to New York City Friday to see for himself the devastation from Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and boost morale for the rescue and recovery effort. Earlier, the president told a prayer service at the National Cathedral that a "unity against terror is now extending across the world."
Saturday, September 15, 2001
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 11:41am From: [email protected] -- Continental Airlines to cut flights, furlough 12,000 employees. Details soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 02:43pm From: [email protected] -- Iran has closed its border with Afghanistan, Iran's News Agency reports. Details soon
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 04:33pm From: [email protected] -- Sources: Suspected Washington hijacker met with suspect in USS Cole bombing. Details soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 06:11pm From: [email protected] -- Second arrest warrant issued in N.Y. for "material witness." Details soon
Sunday, September 16, 2001
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 02:00am From: [email protected] -- A passport belonging to one of the hijackers was discovered Saturday several blocks from the Manhattan crash site.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 05:46am From: [email protected] -- CNN has learned Pakistan will demand that the Taliban turn over Osama bin Laden. More to come
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 06:48pm From: [email protected] -- Four "material witnesses" in custody. Details soon
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 06:55pm From: [email protected] -- Arrest warrents issued for four "material witnesses." Details soon
Monday, September 17, 2001
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 08:26am From: [email protected] -- Fed cuts interest rates by half a percentage point. Full story soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 12:23pm From: [email protected] -- President Bush warns 'there will be costs' in war on terrorism. Details to come.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 04:07pm From: [email protected] -- Dow closes down more than 600 points; Nasdaq down more than 100. Details soon.
Tuesday, September 18, 2001
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 10:29am From: [email protected] -- Israel calls a halt to offensive operations against Palestinians, CNN confirms. Details to come.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 02:47pm From: [email protected] -- Hijacking suspect met with an Iraqi intelligence official somewhere in Europe earlier this year, U.S.officials said.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 03:42pm From: [email protected] -- United Airlines to lay off 20,000 employees, CNN has learned. Details soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:36pm From: [email protected] -- President Bush signs $40 billion emergency spending bill, congressional authorization to use force. Details soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:40pm From: [email protected] -- Boeing to lay off 20,000 to 30,000 workers by end of 2002. Details soon.
Wednesday, September 19, 2001
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:24am From: [email protected] -- Despite term limits, Rudy Giuliani considers run for third term as NYC mayor.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 11:51am From: [email protected] -- Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf says a U.S. attack on terrorists would not be an attack on Afghanistan's people or on Islam. Details soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 02:56pm From: [email protected] -- U.S. Air Force will deploy more than 100 aircraft to "forward areas" in the Persian Gulf, sources tell CNN. Details soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 04:25pm From: [email protected] -- American Airlines announces it will lay off 20,000 employees. Details soon.
Thursday, September 20, 2001
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 06:03am From: [email protected] -- Clerics in Kabul have suggested that accused terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden be asked to leave Afghanistan for the good of the country.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 11:01am From: [email protected] -- White House rejects recommendation from Afghan clerics that Osama bin Laden be asked to leave the country voluntarily. Details to come.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 04:55pm From: [email protected] -- President Bush wants $5 billion for immediate relief for airline industry, CNN has learned. Details soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 05:04pm From: [email protected] -- New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani raises estimate of people missing at World Trade Center to 6,333. Details soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 08:45pm From: [email protected] -- Delta to cut 15 to 20 percent of work force in layoffs next week. Details soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 08:56pm From: [email protected] -- President Bush picks Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge for new Cabinet- level position overseeing homeland defense. Details soon.
Friday, September 21, 2001
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 04:00am From: [email protected] -- Taliban clerics "sympathetic" with U.S. but won't force bin Laden to leave Afghanistan.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 04:08am From: [email protected] -- Taliban says U.S. not justified in making demands without proof or evidence.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 07:01pm From: [email protected] -- The Senate has passed a $15 billion relief bill for the airline industry struggling in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Saturday, September 22, 2001
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 02:18am From: [email protected] -- Reports: The United Arab Emirates has cut diplomatic ties with the Taliban government of Afghanistan.
Sunday, September 23, 2001
No bulletins today
Monday, September 24, 2001
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:36am From: [email protected] -- Pakistan has pulled all diplomatic staff from Afghanistan, citing security concerns. Details to come.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:40am From: [email protected] -- President Bush announces freezing of U.S. financial assets with 27 entities with suspected terrorist ties. Details soon.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:37am From: [email protected] -- Statement attributed to Osama bin Laden calls on Pakistanis not to cooperate with the U.S. in military action against Afghanistan. Details to come.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 03:13pm From: [email protected] -- Pilots union to ask Congress to allow pilots to have guns in cockpit. Details soon.
Tuesday, September 25, 2001
No bulletins today
Wednesday, September 26, 2001
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 03:51am From: [email protected] -- Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have arrived for talks at Gaza International Airport.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 07:02am From: [email protected] -- Israel and Palestians agree to resume full security cooperation. Details to come.
Subject: CNN Breaking News Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 03:15pm From: [email protected] -- President Bush to propose armed marshals on almost all U.S. flights, increase federal role in airport screening. Details soon.
"Either men will learn to live like brothers,
or they will die like beasts."
- Max Lerner
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