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Just got an email from Sid. He's OK. LFB (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It's obvious there's some sort of strategy here. What I've formualted is that some sort of foreign bad man/evil govt wants to make us look like clowns. The targets put the government to almost an utter halt. The stock markets is closed. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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My dad had to go to the Pentagon today (the square now). He's OK but he pretty much whitnessed the plane crash first hand. He was on the parking deck entrance. What a terrible day for us all. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Well, the latest: Apparently a truckload of explosives, discovered under the George Washington Bridge, has been successfully stopped from exploding. Two people are in custody. (This from CBS News.) It appears there was more planned. LFB (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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To clarify a few things... (...) Yes there is a no fly zone over most of D.C., however the Pentagon is in the direct flight path for Dulles International Airport. This posses the risk of something like this happening. (...) It is very difficult to (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Another 2 planes went down after that - one took out part of the Pentagon, another crashed in bushland somewhere in Pennsylvania. (...) Slashdot is still surviving under the load - lots of informative posts there (for a change). ROSCO (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) There is a no fly zone direcly above the pentagon, "class B airspace" the highest level of restricted air. the plane getting shot down would/ could have saved a few lives, maybe not the passengers, but people on the ground. Josh (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Nope--the Pentagon is on the approach corridor to Reagan airport. It's close enough, anyways, that there's too little time between deviation from the corridor to impact. The jet's moving about 300mph--it takes time to scramble a fighter/ (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Interesting... But this is what really bothers me. I can see the World Trade Center being taken-out, but not the Pentagon?!? Isn't there a -'no-fly-zone'- surrounding this area and the White House? I mean, where are all the response jets. (Not (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well i've heard now that 2 plane DID land at Sawyer International, one with a passenger that is now in custody at the Marquette County Jail. less then a week ago, the Marquette county board was trying to get funding to re-open a former air (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Josh they both survived the initial impact without a problem, the resulting uncontrolled fire and damage afterwards is what unfortunately brought down both towers. considering the damage and the attack in 1993, I am surprised they lasted as (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I find this all so amazing, they claimed the buildings were built to withstand a 707 hitting them! I personaly watched BOTH towers colapse LIVE on tv. i missed the pentagon partical colapse my 2 minutes. I've also head that they are actully landing (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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-America under Attack- Here are some of the up-to-date figures current as of this moment. Today in history is being compared to that of Pearl Harbor and the JFK assassination in the magnitude of national carnage. From online news organizations: · (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.announce) !
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(...) I don't have any images, but I have been watching the live, raw feed from the FOX satellite in the Learning Resource Center (which has a huge satellite dish on top). The stuff you're seeing on websites and on the TV are quite edited--some of (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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May God be with all the victims of this terrible tragedy that has effected not only America, but the world. Here are some updates: -tonight's Latin Grammys have been canceled -all MLB games have been canceled -50 domestic flights still in the air (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Good thinking, Mr Bush! Very clever! Am I the only one suspecting that the horrible attacks are acts in just that very same spirit? "Eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" Of course, my prayers go to the victims and their families... (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Dave, (...) outside of LUGNET and the occasional half load from the internet. Scott S. -- (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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For any who haven't been getting thru to news sites, I pulled a bunch of images of the crash: (URL) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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The second Tower just fell. According to NBC News: A large plane just crashed S.E. of Pittsburg. State Dept is denying report of a carbomb. President Bush is in Florida enroute to D.C. Julie (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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Here is the update from Fox News (Text) NEW YORK — One of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers has collapsed after two airplanes crashed into the New York City landmark in what President Bush called "an apparent terrorist attack on our country." An (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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