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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
INET: BoivinP_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
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