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Thursday, September 13, 2001 www.vindy.com 35 cents AGENTS CHASE 2,000 LEADS IN SEARCH FOR TERRORISTS, SEE FIFTY OR MORE IN PLOT Search reaches from Canada to Florida Officials say hijackers trained at several U.S. flight schools

COMBINED DISPATCHES WASHINGTON — At least one hijacker on each of the four planes in Tuesday’s terrorist attacks was trained at a U.S. flight school, the Justice Department says. Well over 50 people may have been involved in the hijackers’ well- financed operation. A number of people who could be involved in the plot were detained overnight for having false identification, Justice Department Mindy Tucker said early today. She declined to say how many were detained or where they are being held, she said. No arrests had been made as of early today. Authorities have not yet recovered black boxes from downed planes but hoped today to find the black box from the jet that crashed in Pennsyl- vania, Tucker said. Officials are close to releasing the names and possibly the country of origin of the hijackers. Nearly all have been identified, Tucker said. Thousands of tips: Meanwhile, Associated Press the FBI has received more than 2,000 tips on an 800 number set up early SEARCHING: A Broward County deputy sheriff looks through the window of an apartment in Hollywood, Fla. Inves- Wednesday. Some calls have pro- tigators searched Wednesday for clues to Tuesday’s terrorist attacks. Two men who went to Florida for flight duced helpful leads. “Both cash and credit cards were training school a year ago emerged as suspects in the FBI investigation into the attacks. used” by the hijackers “to purchase tickets, hotel rooms and other things,” Tucker said Wednesday. The FBI’s massive investigation stretches from the Canadian border to Florida, where some of the partic- ipants learned how to fly commer- Pentagon pegs deaths at 190; cial planes before the attacks. Tuck- Associated Press er said flight schools in more than FBI PROBE: An unidentified FBI agent one state were involved in the train- walks toward one of the two homes ing of the hijackers, several of whom that were searched in Vero Beach, Fla., had pilot’s licenses. as part of the investigation into Tues- Search warrants were executed in Florida, New Jersey and Massachu- day’s terrorist attacks in New York City hope for rescues is running out setts. Sealed warrants went out in and Washington, D.C. No one was ar- several other states, officials said. rested Wednesday at these or anoth- er Vero Beach location that was largest losses, totaling more than 70 people, and about an hour after a telephoned bomb threat re- German investigation: In Ger- At the World Trade Center site, the horrific searched. the Navy lost more than 40 people, the official ceived by the FBI, officials said. many, police detained one man in toll is becoming apparent. So far, the num- said. The Marine Corps and the Air Force believe Air travel: Meanwhile, the nation’s aviation sys- the northern city of Hamburg in con- ment in earlier plots against the nection with terrorist attacks in the ber of those missing nears 5,000, and they suffered no personnel losses. tem prepared to reopen today after an unprece- United States, and may have been in- The Defense Intelligence Agency lost about sev- dented shutdown prompted by a terrorist attack, United States, authorities said today. volved with Saudi exile Osama bin crews combing the rubble are desperate to en people, the official said. Some private contract but government officials cautioned travelers to The man was detained for ques- Laden. That includes the USS Cole workers also were killed. expect slower operations and tighter security. tioning as part of an investigation, bombing in Yemen and the foiled at- find a living soul. said Gerhard Mueller, the state po- tack on U.S. soil during the millenni- American Airlines says the hijacked plane was Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said lice chief. He refused to give the carrying 64 people, including crew, when it bar- commercial and private planes would be allowed um celebrations. COMBINED DISPATCHES man’s name, age or nationality. The identities of more than a reled into the Pentagon Tuesday. to fly starting at 11 a.m. EDT. He urged passengers “He had a profession that ap- dozen of the men who hijacked the Round the clock: As of this morning, about 70 to check with airlines on flight schedules and WASHINGTON — Approximately 190 people peared to be very interesting to us,” four planes with knives and threats bodies had been removed from the buckled sec- available service, and allow ample time to deal perished in the terrorist attack on the Pentagon, a Mueller said, declining to give fur- of bombs have been ascertained, the tion of the Pentagon as search-and-rescue work- with new security procedures. senior defense official said today. ther details. officials said. ers toiled around the clock with little hope of find- Earlier, investigators working un- The death toll, which includes the passengers “There will be some inconveniences, but safety For some suspected accomplices, ing more survivors. der tight security had combed apart- aboard the airliner that slammed into the building, will be the first element of our system to be re- “we have information as to involve- FBI crews worked side-by-side, looking for evi- stored,” Mineta said. ments in Hamburg looking for any was the first official estimate by the Pentagon. The dence and making their way toward the flight- evidence connected to two men be- ment with individual terrorist official, who discussed the matter on condition of data and voice recorders of the commercial jet- The secretary’s statement was released by the lieved linked to Tuesday’s attacks. groups,” FBI Director Robert Mueller anonymity, stressed that the figure of 190 was pre- liner that was hijacked by terrorists slammed into White House. Officials said authorities were said. liminary. the Pentagon on Tuesday. gathering evidence that the terrorist Breakdown of losses: The Army suffered the The workers were evacuated this morning for See RECOVERY on Page A3 cells may have had prior involve- See Investigation on Page A2

INSIDE | TODAY’S SPECIAL COVERAGE INDEX Local investigation Gathering for prayer Grounded travelers Index Weather Local and federal authorities Prayers and offers of services, Stranded travelers at the Births...... A2 A2check suspicious package in A6along with donations of blood A10Youngstown-Warren Re- Business ...... B1 gional Airport worried about lost Classified . . . . . F1-4 Lawrence County. and money, are pouring in from the Comics ...... D8 friends and searched for rides home Courts ...... A13 Bin Laden up close Mahoning and Shenango valleys. on the day after the attacks. Crossword . . . . . D6 Entertainm’t . . D1-6 A profile of Osama bin Laden, Local Muslims’ reaction YSU game still on Editorial . . . . . A8, 9 a prime suspect in this week’s Local Muslims want to make it Youngstown State University Heloise ...... D7 Cloudy with a A3 Landers...... D7 chance of show- terrorist attacks. A7clear that they are as re- B2officials announced the Pen- Local ...... A11, 12 ers tonight. Low pulsed by bin Laden and this week’s guins’ football game at Toledo will go Murphy ...... A4 in the mid-40s. The victims on as scheduled Saturday at 7 p.m. Obituaries . A22, 23 Partly cloudy Fri- horrific attacks as all Americans. Society ...... D7 day with a A partial list of those killed in Bracing for claims Sports ...... B2-5 chance of rain in Tuesday’s terrorist attacks. An editorial TV grid ...... D6 the morning. Associated Press A4 Bond trading resumed today Where To Go . . D2-4 High in the low TRUE COLORS: Military personnel and firefighters unfurl a large American flag on Among the victims was a 1970 Ursu- It’s what President Bush said B1in New York after a two-day Years Ago...... A5 60s. A15 the roof of the Pentagon near the wall demolished by a hijacked plane in one of line High School graduate. A8that counts. shutdown. the terrorist attacks. The banner was hung Wednesday, A2 LOTTERY, A13 Cyan Yellow Magenta Black K

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NATIONAL PRIDE Americans unite in show of patriotism Stores can’t keep a supply of Old Glory. And businesses and homes are posting signs to show their loyalty to the Unit- ed States.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Just Monday, town leaders in Amherst, Mass., voted to restrict how often and how long American flags could fly along downtown streets. In the words of the town manager, extended displays seemed “a bit too much.” The next day, as the World Trade Center crumbled and the Pentagon burned, the banners were quickly hoisted once more on flagpoles lin- ing two streets in the politically lib- eral town that’s home to the Univer- sity of Massachusetts. But now Old Glory flies at half- staff. In the agonizing hours since ter- rorists stole thousands of lives and an enduring sense of security with attacks in New York and Washing- ton, one notion has been reinforced like never before: Americans have a deep-rooted, if sometimes dormant, sense of pride and patriotism. Inquiries at military recruitment offices have swelled. Congressional members burst into “God Bless Associated Press America” on the steps of the U.S. DISPLAY OF HEART: Nearly 300 young people, many of them Suffolk University students, march through downtown Boston in a rally of support for America in the wake of terrorist attacks. They were on Capitol. A sign over a Nevada taco the march Wednesday night. Across the nation, Americans are displaying awakened pride and nationalism. shop that usually displays the daily special now reads: “May God Bless From the Midwest to Cajun Coun- And on the roof of the Pentagon, a Showing their colors: Some, like mirrors. behest of bookstore owner Ruth Mc- the USA.” try, specialty shops, hardware stores, huge banner of red, white and blue Nevada real estate agent Virgil Bal- Don Rosenkrantz, a fire battalion Gregor. Flag sales boom: And then there’s Kmarts and Wal-Marts were selling was draped Wednesday near the lard, gave them away. One by one, chief, bought flags to hang on his McGregor got the idea after recall- Old Glory. out of flags as customers scooped up wall demolished by a hijacked plane cars pulled up to the curb near Bal- firetruck. Even Martin Christensen, ing her mother’s response to Pearl As Wednesday’s search and rescue the emblem of American pride. in one of the terrorist attacks. The lard’s Reno realty office to grab one who has a flag flying outside his Harbor: She immediately hoisted Old effort continued amid the smolder- Three were raised outside the banner was hung for President of 1,500 flags he had left over from a home, was in line. He wanted a big- Glory on the front porch of their ing debris of the World Trade Cen- North Dakota home of retired po- Bush’s visit. fund-raiser. ger one. house. ter, workers said one symbol of sur- liceman Craig Sjoberg. Peggy Ross, a “I wish I had a truckload,” said Bar- At the Colonial Flag and Specialty In Grants Pass, Ore., the Caveman “Most of the comments I’ve been vival helped them keep going. salesperson at an Albany jewelry by Fryer, manager of the Kmart in store in Sandy, Utah, customers Kiwanis Club braved an early morn- getting are, ‘God bless you, and God A flag had been planted in the rub- store, put them inside the windows Schenectady, N.Y., which had sold clutching flags by the handful wait- ing chill Wednesday to festoon bless America.’ Just over and over,” ble, “just to let them know that of her shop. In Bountiful, Utah, Boy out of flags by late Wednesday ed to pay for their purchases. Truck downtown lightposts with flags. she said. “One lady called me and America’s not dead,” said firefighter Scouts helped hang them outside of morning. driver Bobby Whiteman planned to Normally set out only on patriotic said, ‘It gave me a focus and some- Ronald Coyne. homes. drape two flags from his rig’s side holidays, the flags were hung at the thing to hang onto.’” INVESTIGATION | Leads to terrorists take probe to four states Federal agents search Continued From A1

Attorney General John Ashcroft said 12 to 24 hijackers comman- deered the four planes, and a gov- ernment official said another two Pa. apartment complex dozen or so are believed to have as- sisted them. About 40 of the men have been accounted for, including FBI agents evacuated the those killed in the suicide attacks, apartment complex Tuesday. but 10 remain at large, the Los Ange- les Times reported Wednesday night By LAURE CIOFFI on its Web site, citing an unidenti- VINDICATOR NEW CASTLE BUREAU fied source with knowledge of the investigation. NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Within hours The Times reported at least one of of the terrorist attacks in New York the suspects receiving advanced and Washington, D. C., the Pittsburgh flight training in Florida was a com- FBI called the Youngstown Police mercial pilot from Saudi Arabia. Department bomb squad to assist in FBI agents apparently were drawn checking out a suspicious package at to the flying school in Venice, Fla., af- a Lawrence County apartment. ter finding its name and an Arabic- “We were assisted by postal offi- language flight manual in a car left cers who have equipment that does at the Logan Airport in Boston, from real-time X-rays,” said Lou Ciavarel- which two of the hijacked planes la, a member of the bomb squad. The Vindicator/Jean Neice took off Tuesday morning. “We determined that it wasn’t a dan- SEARCH: Police officers check the identity of a motorist wanting to enter The About the school: Rudi Dekkers gerous ordnance.” Meadows apartment complex in Neshannock Township, just north of New Cas- said that two students, one identi- Ciavarella described the package tle. Pennsylvania state police, the FBI and other agencies searched an apart- fied as Amanullah Atta Mohammed as an odd-shaped box but said it ment in the complex Wednesday. and the other only as “Marwan,” paid where they stayed, who they called, boxes. Margaret Stimeling said the wasn’t clear if it had been mailed. He $10,000 each by check to attend his who sponsored them, what phone FBI questioned her husband about knew only the apartment resident’s signs were posted on both sides — Harvey did not know the man’s Huffman Aviation International flight calls they made.” Bukhari’s background and where- surname, Hussein. something not there before Tuesday, name and can’t remember the last school at the airport in Venice be- Schiliro said agents have pulled abouts. The apartment is believed to have residents said. time he saw his neighbor. tween July and November of 2000. INS files, looked for links between Both Kamfar and Bukhari were been rented by Dr. Basem Hussein. A Police said they would arrest any- Mangino said someone who lives The Huffman school is about 25 the passengers listed on the hijacked employees of the Saudi Arabian na- spokeswoman at Jameson Hospital one entering the complex who was or works in the apartment complex years old and handles some 800 stu- planes and examined footage from tional airline, Margaret Stimeling in New Castle confirmed that Dr. not a resident. alerted police to something unusual dents a year. It is a small building on dozens of cameras at the three air- said, and Bukhari’s license, issued by Hussein had physician privileges During the late afternoon and about the apartment. Pennsylvania the edge of the Venice airport, and the Federal Aviation Administration, there for three to six months but left ports where the terrorists boarded evening, carloads of men flashing State Police responded and immedi- 75 percent to 80 percent of the stu- bears that out. in January 2000. the aircraft. badges from different federal agen- ately turned it over to the FBI, he said. dents are foreigners who come to the Acquaintances said both men were Hussein also worked at Allegheny Federal law enforcement sources cies, including the FBI, the Bureau of Mangino did not know the nature United States to learn flying because said scores of subpoenas were issued attending Flight Safety International General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the of the police complaint. it costs less than in other countries. and searches were approved and in Vero Beach. where he had a fellowship in neuro- Drug Enforcement Administration A portion of the apartment com- Dekkers said his school trains fly- conducted by late Wednesday, un- radiology from July 1997 to July 1999, In New England: Feverish activi- and the U.S. Postal Service, went in plex was evacuated Tuesday evening ers for single- or small-engine air- der the secrecy of the Foreign Intel- said spokesman Tom Chakurda. ty also centered on Boston, where and out of the apartment complex. and no one could enter the complex craft, and that the two men needed ligence Surveillance Act, which per- Chakurda said federal authorities the two fateful flights that crashed None would comment on why for a few hours. such a certificate to qualify for train- mits secret electronic surveillance in made inquiries at the hospital about into the World Trade Center origi- they were there. Maureen DeGarmo, 19, who lives ing to fly jets. the United States based on a proba- Hussein this week. He would not say nated. Lawrence County District Attorney in The Meadows,said police turned Detective Sgt. Mike Treanor of the ble cause that the target of the sur- Late Tuesday night, Boston FBI what type of information federal au- Venice Police Department confirmed veillance is the agent of a foreign thorities were seeking. Matthew Mangino entered the com- her away from the entrance at about agents seized a Mitsubishi Mirage plex at about 6 p.m. When he was 11 p.m. She was allowed to enter at that FBI agents had obtained the two power. with Virginia plates, rented from Na- Asked twice for squad: The FBI suspects’ personnel records from the leaving about an hour later, he said about 12:30 a.m., she said. Two targeted: Two people being tional Car Rental and abandoned in a requested the bomb squad about 6 federal agents were preparing to en- DeGarmo said her home is not Huffman school and identified them Logan underground garage. Accord- investigated by the FBI were identi- p.m. Tuesday and asked that it return ter an apartment. near the apartment being searched as two men whom agents believed fied as Amer Kamfar and Adnan ing to the Boston Herald, the car con- Wednesday, Ciavarella said. After de- Warrant: A federal warrant had by federal agents and she did not flew the hijacked jets. Bukhari. tained flight training manuals in Ara- termining the package was harmless, been granted that evening, he said. know the man who lived there. “This one man, Atta,” said Treanor, Vero Beach, a quiet town on Flori- bic. bomb squad technicians checked the He would not comment on what Neighbors going in and out of the “was confirmed on one of the planes da’s Treasure Coast a few miles north Two men reportedly linked to the rest of the apartment, he said, de- that hit the towers.” car were brothers who held pass- the agents were searching for in the apartment complex said they were of West Palm Beach, was the home clining to say what else was found. stunned by the FBI interest in their Some of those involved in the plot of Kamfar and Bukhari. ports issued by the United Arab Emi- apartment. The bomb squad technician de- community, which is mostly filled left suicide notes, but they are not Kamfar’s behavior had been sus- rates. The brothers were believed to “It’s obviously something that’s got clined to elaborate on the investiga- with elderly residents and young believed to have been the hijackers, picious enough that his neighbor, have boarded Flight 175, the second ATF, the FBI and U.S. Postal Service tion and referred questions to the married couples. a government source told The Asso- Piper Aircraft employee Henry Hab- plane to hit the World Trade Center. interested,” he said. Pittsburgh FBI. FBI Special Agent Jeff “Nobody has really told us what is ciated Press. It’s unclear whether ora, called the FBI at 8:30 a.m. Meanwhile, police in Portland, Mangino would not say if the Killeen, spokesman for the Pitts- going on. We are just hearing ru- those who left the notes actually Wednesday to report it. Kamfar, Hab- Maine, seized a rented blue Nissan search warrant was in any way re- killed themselves. burgh bureau, refused to comment. lated to the terrorist attacks in New mors,” said Joanne Leonhardt, a ora said, kept unusual hours and Altima with Massachusetts plates, The apartment is in The Meadows, abandoned by two of the suspects in York and Washington, D.C. nurse at St. Francis Hospital who has Scope of probe: The former head wore a pilot’s uniform. Then, two an upscale complex off Mitchell Road an airport parking lot. The men were “What happened yesterday is a lived in The Meadows for four years. of the FBI’s New York office, who weeks ago, Kamfar quickly left with in Neshannock Township, just off headed investigations into the 1998 his wife and four children. believed to have crossed the border devastating tragedy. I can’t in any Firefighters called: In addition to from Canada, then taken a 19-seat state Route 60. way, shape or form connect it to Neshannock Township police, town- bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya “They basically dumped every- About eight hours before the FBI and Tanzania, said that within hours U.S. Airways flight to Boston. Lawrence County,” he said. ship firefighters were called to the thing that they had in their van and converged at the apartment, terror- of the attacks Tuesday, federal agents took off,” Habora said in an inter- Heavily armed FBI and Boston po- People living near the apartment apartment complex Tuesday night ists hijacked four commercial airlin- had talked to the families of nearly view. “They were good neighbors. lice also searched the Westin-Copley that FBI and other agents were and Wednesday evening, for about ers and aimed them like missiles into every passenger listed on the four They were quiet.” Hotel in the Back Bay neighborhood searching said Wednesday evening an hour each evening, said Fire Chief the World Trade Center twin towers airliners’ manifests, isolated those The FBI, which has been combing of Boston, evacuating the hotel as that they were told agents would be John DiCola Jr. who could not be vouched for by the passenger manifests of all four well as the neighboring Boston Pub- and Pentagon. Another plane crashed there for at least another 24 hours. DiCola said the FBI agents did not their friends and relatives, and pulled planes, was already focused on Kam- lic Library. At another hotel in New- in western Pennsylvania. Few knew the man who occupied reveal why they wanted to enter the their bank, credit card and phone far by the time Habora called. About ton, Mass., investigators reportedly The entrance to the complex was the apartment, and his identity has apartment. The fire trucks and fire- records, as well as their immigration eight agents quickly arrived at Hab- found a 767 flight manual. guarded Wednesday by Neshannock not been released by the FBI. fighters remained on the street and naturalization papers if they ora’s door with a photo of Kamfar Aware of pilot training: Mean- Township Police, who refused to al- “We’ve been here for three years across from the apartment, he said. were from another country. and asked if it was the same person. while, U.S. counter-terrorism officials low anyone but residents inside. and anytime anyone else moves in, I “Our role was simply to be there Lewis Schiliro, the former assistant Bukhari, who was Kamfar’s neigh- knew for years that bin Laden was Checked identification: Police of- make a point of going over and talk- when notified by the FBI. We’re not FBI director in charge of the New bor, rented a house from Margaret training airplane pilots and obtain- ficers had lists of those who live in ing to them,” said Joe Harvey, who dealing with a local problem or a lo- York field office from 1998 to April and Paul Stimeling for 14 months. ing aircraft. But it wasn’t until Tues- the one-story, ranch style apart- lives next to the apartment FBI cal agency. We’re dealing with issues 2000, said hundreds of agents in When the Stimelings visited the day’s horrific attacks that they fo- ments and checked identification of agents searched. “I went there and that have affected the entire United cities nationwide used that informa- house where Bukhari and his family cused on the possibility that pilots everyone entering Meadowview tried to talk to him and he more or States. It’s not for me to question tion to develop background “on had lived Wednesday they were could hijack planes and turn them Boulevard, which is bounded by two less ignored me. I haven’t bothered when the federal government asks those who stood out: who they were, gone and their possessions were in into kamikaze bombs. large red-brick walls. No-trespassing with him since.” for our assistance,” he said. Cyan Yellow Magenta Black K

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WASHINGTON United States works to form a coalition The Bush administration is trying to end the terrorist “scourge” altogether, he ence after a morning of White House meet- All 245 U.S. diplomatic posts in 170 coun- lying international support. They began by said. ings of top national security officials. “It’s a tries, many of which are already fortresses placing calls Wednesday to the world’s ma- get support from Muslim nations. NATO gave that effort a major boost scourge not only against the United States because of earlier terrorist attacks, request- jor leaders. American ambassadors at every Wednesday when it declared in an emer- but against civilization, and it must be ed additional security from their host gov- U.S. mission abroad were dispatched to win LOS ANGELES TIMES gency session that any attack on the United brought to an end. This will become a major ernments. That included requests for addi- commitments of support in a variety of States amounted to an attack on all 19 mem- priority of the administration.” tional guards and patrols, and for street clo- forms. WASHINGTON — In a diplomatic offensive sures around embassies. bers of the alliance. The statement by the Fears: For all the tough talk, however, the “We have the right to expect countries to reminiscent of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, world’s most powerful military alliance In the months leading up to the Gulf War, initiative also reflects the administration’s take a position — between being a country the United States declared Wednesday that it opened the way for assistance and even for fears after the unprecedented New York and former President Bush and Powell, then is launching a vigorous campaign to forge an a potential role by the armed forces of the Washington bombings. The State Depart- chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, prompt- that supports peace and freedom or a coun- international coalition to fight terrorism. member countries. ment announced that more than 50 em- ed 38 nations on six continents to oppose try that tolerates terrorism. It’s time to say The immediate goal is to bring to justice “We’re building a strong coalition to go af- bassies and diplomatic missions around the Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. They included sev- what people are and to take a stand,” said a the extremists responsible for the worst ter- ter these perpetrators but more broadly to world were closed Wednesday. The State De- eral Middle East nations. senior State Department source who asked to rorist attack in history, said Secretary of State go after terrorism wherever we find it in the partment would not provide specific sites, Muslim support: Now Powell and Bush’s remain anonymous because of the sensitiv- Colin Powell. The long-term objective is to world,” Powell announced at a news confer- but no area of the world was exempt. son will try to enlist Muslim nations in ral- ity of the investigation.

TERRORISM RECOVERY| Crews keep digging for signs of life in rubble PROFILE Osama bin Laden Continued From A1 U.S. State Department calls Osama bin Laden Bin Laden “one of the most significant sponsors of Islamic extremist activities in the world today.” Mineta said airports and flights would be resumed on a case-by-case Born: 1957, in Saudi Arabia, basis, and only after stringent secu- is popular to a Yemeni family; personal rity measures are in place. “This fortune from family phased approach will assure the construction business. highest level of security, which re- 1979: Joined fight against mains our primary goal,” he said. enemy of Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; Mineta made his decision after a reported to have received series of meetings Wednesday with training from CIA, which aided White House aides, Cabinet officials, Afghan rebels. the Federal Aviation Administration, America industry and law enforcement. He 1980s: Founded al-Qaeda group to He became a hero after going recruit forces globally for Afghan called the decision “good news for resistance; group later focused attacks travelers, for the airlines and for our Associated Press to Afghanistan and joining the on U.S. and its Mideast allies. economy.” GROUND ZERO: A fireman carries an American flag as New York Mayor Rudolph Trade center scene: In New York, Giuliani and other officials participate in a press tour at the site of the World fight against the Soviet Union. 1991: Expelled from Saudi Arabia the ghastly toll of terrorism came Trade Center towers. The officials visited the area Wednesday. for anti-government activities; lived in into focus today, as the mayor said BALTIMORE SUN Sudan for five years until United States 4,763 people had been reported pressured Sudan to oust him. more likely to develop symptoms in- “The mood was a lot of energy and He has a soft voice, a melancholy missing in the devastation of the cluding anxiety, depression and adrenaline and hoping there was smile and a gift for flowery Arabic, Lives in Afghanistan as guest World Trade Center. Crews combed sleep problems. somebody we could save,” said Dr. H. which allows Osama bin Laden to ex- of the Taliban government. through the ruins, desperate to find But because the horrific images Leon Pachter, who worked all after- plain in pleasing poetry why all a living soul. were displayed repeatedly on televi- noon at a triage center east of the Americans should die. “It could turn out we recover few- sion and in the media, people else- disaster site. er than that; it could be more,” May- To the West, bin Laden is the face where are also at risk, said Dr. Susan “Everybody was brought out in Attacks linked to bin Laden or Rudolph Giuliani told reporters of evil, a terrorist who has built a Scrimshaw, dean of the University of body bags.” this morning. “We don’t know the worldwide network connecting zeal- 1993 1995 1996 1998 2000 Illinois at Chicago’s School of Public answer.” Hopeful relatives: That left fam- ous fighters with rogue states. He is Health. Bombing of N.Y. Car bomb in Bombing of Saudi Bombing of U.S. Suicide He said the city had some 30,000 ilies of missing World Trade Center accused of involvement in the 1998 World Trade Saudi Arabia apartment building embassies in bombing of body bags available to hold the Mental health: On Wednesday, employees no alternative but to line bombings of the U.S. embassies in Center kills 6, kills 5 U.S. kills 19 U.S. military Kenya and USS Cole in pieces taken from the rubble, and the National Institute of Mental up in front of the stone archway at Kenya and Tanzania, which killed Health put out an advisory about injures 1,000. military personnel, wounds Tanzania kills Yemen kills parts of 70 bodies had been recov- Bellevue Hospital, clutching fliers 224 people, and in the bombing of post-traumatic stress disorder to all personnel. 400. 224, injures 17, injures 39. ered. There were just 94 confirmed and holding up photos, hoping their the USS Cole off Yemen last fall. That state and local health departments, thousands. dead; 30 or fewer had been identi- love and desperation could conjure makes him a suspect in Tuesday’s at- as well as to the nation’s schools of fied. up last-minute miracles. public health. tacks on American soil. Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Let’s just say there was a steady “I know there are a lot of missing “It’s hard enough for adults, but “He’s probably the most popular stream of body bags coming out all people, and I feel your pain, but if we’ve got a lot of children who are individual in the Muslim world,” says night,” said Dr. Todd Wider, a sur- anyone, anywhere, in any hospital in invaded Afghanistan in 1979. someone building a structure among just reeling from this. Everyone to Yossef Bodansky, author of “Bin geon who was working at a triage Jersey or anywhere, has seen this “He fought bravely, and he re- a quarter of the human population.” different degrees, depending on how Laden: The Man Who Declared War center. “That and lots and lots of man, can you please contact the po- on America.” turned to Saudi Arabia a hero,” Bo- Al-Qaeda has reportedly trained they were affected by this, is experi- dansky says. Bin Laden objected to body parts.” lice?” pleaded Lori Gomez, holding “He’s the most lucid and eloquent about 5,000 militants who have re- encing this,” Scrimshaw said. the American presence in Saudi Ara- turned to their homes to set up their City sealed: A vast section of the up a framed photo of her husband, spokesman for all of the grievances In New York the more immediate Manuel, on a cruise. He had been on bia after the end of the Gulf War, cre- own cells. city was sealed off today. Work was physical threat is posed by the dust, Muslims have toward the West, jus- the 80th floor of the second tower ating diplomatic difficulties for his Suspect: Bodansky, who works as slowed by hellish bursts of flame and fumes and toxic chemicals in the tified and unjustified.” when it collapsed. native country, and he was exiled to a congressional consultant as direc- the collapse of the last standing sec- clouds of material that enveloped Bin Laden, who had a university “I beg you, please take a few mo- Sudan. tor of the Task Force on Terrorism tion of one of the towers taken out thousands of people near the trade education in Saudi Arabia but lacks a ments to look at this photo,” she said There he came under the influence and Unconventional Warfare, insists by twin suicide jets. center, said Dr. Alan Leff, a lung spe- formal Islamic education, has been to complete strangers. of a Sudanese religious leader, Has- that it is too early to declare bin On Wednesday, five people were cialist at the University of Chicago. able to make an exceptionally per- san Turabi, and became further rad- For hundreds and maybe thou- Laden a suspect in Tuesday’s attacks pulled alive from the Trade Center Especially vulnerable to short- suasive case that international ter- icalized even as he learned the reli- sands waiting in anguish for missing on the World Trade Centers and the rubble — three of them police offi- term or long-term damage are senior rorism is the work of God, Bodansky gious arguments to support his be- loved ones, the archway on Wednes- says. Pentagon. cers. citizens and people who have asth- liefs. In 1996, Sudan succumbed to A thick cloud of acrid white smoke ma, emphysema or other respiratory day became a grim sort of lost and “It’s correct that the majority of U.S. diplomatic pressure and forced “The investigation is still at the be- found. With the smell of burning Muslims don’t follow his beliefs, but ginning,” he says. “It’s going to take blew through the streets Wednesday conditions, he said, adding that peo- bin Laden to leave. He went to after the four-story fragment of the ple who were able to flee quickly and buildings still hanging in the air, we have yet to find someone with Afghanistan, where he has lived ever time before we can really say this dozens of people stood in a somber similar credentials who can make a guy did it or that guy did it. It’s far south tower fell. Gusts of flame oc- limited their exposure to the dust since, training religious fighters re- casionally jumped up as debris was parade, carefully holding the pictures contradictory case in Islamic terms,” too early to have this kind of quick cloud are not likely to suffer respira- cruited from numerous Muslim removed from the smoldering of the missing, ready to offer them he says. “The contradictory argu- explanation.” tory problems. countries. wreckage. up to anyone who might have pre- ments are made at the higher, aca- Bob Maxim, Middle East analyst Teresa Lee, director of public in- He named his organization al-Qae- “The volunteers are literally put- cious information. demic level, but not at the popular formation for the Bay Area Air Qual- da — The Base, in Arabic and began for Pinkerton Global Intelligence Ser- ting their lives at risk,” Giuliani said. The landscape in the city was a level.” vices in Virginia, says bin Laden has ity Management District in San Fran- recruiting members from among Health concerns: The poor air cisco, advised residents to “stay in- haze of gray dust, splayed girders, About him: Bin Laden, who is in focused on the United States as the 50,000 Afghan war veterans. In 1998, quality around the fallen buildings doors and keep windows and doors paper and boulders of broken con- his mid-40s, is part of a large and in- symbol of all the things that Islam he allied himself with several other of the World Trade Center complex shut; that should keep most of the crete. Firefighters armed with cam- fluential Saudi family that made its despises. These feelings have been militant leaders and issued a reli- poses health concerns for New York- particulate and fibers out.” eras and listening devices on long money in construction. His own for- inflamed by U.S. support of Israel. gious decree: “To kill Americans and ers, public health experts warned poles searched for survivors. German tune is estimated at $350 million. He “He sees the U.S. as permissive and Infection risk: Health experts said their allies, both civil and military, is Wednesday. shepherds and golden retrievers is the youngest of 24 brothers and promiscuous, tolerating values that there was little risk of infections such an individual duty of every Muslim With concerns of dangerously high clambered over the debris, sniffing. has 16 to 18 children. He was radi- who is able, in any country where are utterly destructive of the social as typhoid spreading from the thou- asbestos content in the air, rescue sands of bodies believed buried in A morgue set up in a Brooks Bros. calized 20 years ago, when he went this is possible.” fabric,” he says. “You combine the re- teams and Manhattan residents were the rubble. clothing store received remains a to Afghanistan to fight in the jihad “He’s a formidable foe,” Bodansky ligious grounds and the political being urged to wear masks or respi- “There’s always a risk of some kind limb at a time. against the Soviet Union, which had says, “not as a bomb-builder but as grounds, and that’s the motivation.” rators if they had to be outside or, of airborne contamination, but these Three financial companies with of- better yet for residents, to stay inside risks tend to be pretty low for this fices in the complex had nearly 1,400 and keep doors and windows tight- type of situation,” said Dennis Gault, workers unaccounted for. Marsh & U.S. CONGRESS ly shut. a spokesman for the Chicago Fire De- McLennan, an insurance firm, said it Officials also warned that many partment. had not been able to account for 600 more people are at risk for post-trau- Rescuers found a handful of people of 1,700 employees; Keefe Bruyette & matic stress disorder. alive in the debris Wednesday after a Woods, a securities firm, said 69 of 172 Those who personally witnessed frantic day of digging. One was an Is- employees were missing. Cantor For anti-terrorism measures, the airplanes crashing into the tow- raeli businessman who had used a Fitzgerald, a bond firm, said 730 peo- ers, people falling out of windows cell phone to call a relative in Israel ple of its 1,000-person staff were miss- partisan bickering vanishes and the collapse of the buildings are for help. ing, according to The New York Times. Firefighters cope with apparent loss of ‘brothers’ Some lawmakers advocated Briefings, resolution: Congress “I say, bomb the hell out of suspended its normal operations hands, and they dug until they were These are grinning, athletic, formally declaring war on ter- Wednesday — a day after lawmakers Eight firefighters from Ladder raw. wholesome men. They are loved in them.” were evacuated in the first manda- rorists. No. 5 company who went into the neighborhood because they fix Sen. Zell Miller, tory evacuation ever of the entire No sign: But though they uncov- ered a dead woman and hissing oxy- leaky bathtubs in the middle of the D-Ga. Capitol complex — and devoted the the north tower of the World WASHINGTON (AP) — Congres- entire day to the terrorists who gen masks and cleared their big rig night and know all the kids’ names sional leaders were trying to make crashed hijacked jets into the twin Trade Center are missing. enough to move it, they never found and rescue the kitchen help when final decisions today on the Bush ad- they almost burn up the corner din- ians to be expendable.” towers of the World Trade Center Mike, Andy, Lou, Tommy, Vince, Greg, ministration’s request for a multibil- Paulie. And of all the great guys in a er. Requests: President Bush was ex- and into the Pentagon. LOS ANGELES TIMES lion-dollar down payment to fight The House and Senate broke dur- great house, they didn’t find smiling They do not have the complica- pected to ask Congress today for $20 NEW YORK — Mike Warchola had terrorism and legislation authoriz- ing the day for closed-door briefings Johnny Santore. tions police officers do, not knowing ing force against terrorists. billion in immediate funds to help two more shifts before he would re- sometimes who the enemy is. They rebuild the damaged Pentagon, clean with Defense Secretary Donald H. “Everyone was hoping to find House and Senate leaders of both tire. Greg Saucedo was studying hard run into fires. It isn’t for the money. up the debris from collapsed build- Rumsfeld and passed a resolution someone alive and pull him out,” parties planned to discuss those is- to make lieutenant. And Johnny San- They earn far less than the Wall ings at New York’s World Trade Cen- condemning terrorism and express- said Stephen Sullivan, a retired mem- sues in an extraordinary session that ing solidarity with the president in tore — could anyone say enough ber of No. 5 on the scene. “You hope. Streeters in the neighborhood, but ter, reimburse federal and local gov- about lovable Johnny, the fireman underlined how Congress’ usual his determination to “punish the But you’re afraid too, of what you’ll more than those who clean up the ernments for rescue efforts, and bol- with the thick, black mustache who deep partisan fissures were being perpetrators of these attacks, as well find.” buildings. They’re good guys, men ster security. played Santa every year at the Christ- bridged in response to Tuesday’s at- as their sponsors.” Sullivan could not hold back tears who like their rituals — hosing down Lawmakers said they hoped to mas party? tacks on New York and Washington. Wednesday as he waited to hear the rigs, roll calls in front of the sta- “There is absolutely no light or air have the bill to Bush by today, but War? The word war was on the These men and five others of Lad- about the missing. At 56, he is still tion house and a few beers after between Democrats and Republi- Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle lips of many lawmakers, who either der No. 5 company had trudged up a fit. He is grayed by years on a hard work. cans, between the Congress and the said he doubted the measure could called the attacks an act of war on stairwell of the north tower of the job, but there is still a sparkle in the president,” House Minority Leader be approved in one day and said the United States or called on Con- World Trade Center — and apparent- Sullivan pointed to a photograph Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., said today on there was no final agreement on a gress to declare a war of its own. ly into the fireball. man. of Johnny Santore wearing a red rib- ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “We dollar amount. Senators went further, suggesting One-third of the company is miss- “I went to John’s wedding,” Sulli- bon and a medal around his neck. will stand with the president to get At the same time, a separate meas- that Congress formally declare war ing, an apocalyptic tragedy in a fire- van said. Frances, his wife, and their two girls this done and to take whatever ac- ure would authorize the administra- against terrorism, elusive terrorism house where men call each other Photos: He wanted to explain how are next to him, smiling. There’s tion he deems and our defense peo- tion to undertake military action un- mastermind Osama bin Laden — “brother” and live together like fam- they were family, so he turned to the Johnny again, horsing around with ple deem is the right thing to do.” der the War Powers Act. who appears to be the top suspect in ily. bulletin boards on the third floor of new recruits. And Johnny in a red Some lawmakers were advocating Although the thought of spending the terrorist attacks — or any nation Tuesday night, the surviving the firehouse. Look at the pictures, Santa Claus suit. a formal declaration of war on ter- billions more this year and likely tap- that harbors him. brethren dug with their hands he said, pointing to four huge bul- “We cook together, we eat togeth- “If we make a declaration of war, rorists. ping into formerly untouchable So- through metal, plaster and mounds letin boards plastered with small er, we sleep together,” Sullivan said. we’re recognizing that a state of war “I say, bomb the hell out of them,” cial Security reserves would have ig- of rubble, looking for their brothers snapshots of the guys from Ladder On the first floor where the trucks exists, like Roosevelt did after Pearl Sen. Zell Miller, D-Ga., said Wednes- nited a political firestorm just a week near their smashed ladder truck. No. 5 and Engine No. 24, which share are parked, Sullivan came across four Harbor,” said Sen. Arlen Specter, R- day. “If there’s collateral damage, so ago, lawmakers said Wednesday the They used hooks and shovels to clear the house on Sixth Avenue at West pairs of black leather shoes neatly Pa. be it. They certainly found our civil- request would be granted now. debris. But nothing worked like their Houston. lined up against a wall. Cyan Yellow Magenta Black K

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YOUNGSTOWN Ursuline graduate dies in crash at Pentagon The Youngstown native was consulting in the Pentagon when the jet crashed “I know he died a hero,” she said. “I also He helped to introduce legislation that cre- enjoyed doing it. know he died doing the work he loved the ated National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness “He was at the point in his life where he into the building. most.” Week, which is recognized annually begin- was really happy with the way things were Valuable work: Terry definitely left a foot- ning July 28, passed in 1991 by then-Presi- going and it just ended,” she said. By PAUL WHEATLEY their home in Mount Vernon, Va., about 10 print on the country. dent George Bush. Family: The Lynches have two daughters, VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER minutes away from the Pentagon. After obtaining a bachelor’s and a master’s Through his suggestions, the National In- Tiffany, 22, who is stuck in Paris, without a YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown native Ter- She said representatives from Booz Allen degree in history from Youngstown State stitutes of Health set aside funding to build flight home since air travel has been ground- ry Lynch, 49, a 1970 graduate of Ursuline Hamilton had been consulting at the Penta- University, Terry and his wife moved from a multipurpose center for children with ed, and Ashley, 17. High School, was killed Tuesday in the jet gon a few days a week. Her husband was in- the Mahoning Valley to Mount Vernon in Au- rheumatological diseases in 1993. The center Jacqueline called her husband a great fa- crash at the Pentagon. side a room on the complex’s west side. gust 1978. opened at the NIH campus in Bethesda, Md., ther who enjoyed catching movies with Ash- Lynch was there doing consulting for Booz Authorities told Jacqueline he was proba- He took a job with Ohio Congressman last year. ley and rooting for the Pittsburgh Steelers Allen Hamilton, a global company with of- bly killed instantly after that part of the Charles Carney that same year, doing leg- He also worked with the government, football team, especially when the Steelers fices in Virginia. building was struck by a Boeing 757 around islative work. He also worked with Birming- studying illnesses associated with the Per- played the Philadelphia Eagles, whom Tiffany He and his wife, Jacqueline, 48, a 1971 9:40 a.m. Authorities told her it would be an- ham, Ala., Congressman Albert Lee Smith Jr. sian Gulf War and weapons of mass de- cheered on. graduate of Austintown Fitch High School, other day or two until they are able to iden- in 1981 and U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby of Al- struction before signing on with Booz Allen His parents, Thomas and Cathleen Lynch, had just celebrated their 24th wedding an- tify bodies. abama from 1983 to 1995. Hamilton in 1999. reside in Northville, Mich. niversary Aug. 27. Jacqueline said her only relief is that her Two of his biggest achievements should Jacqueline said Terry wouldn’t take credit “I lost my very best friend,” she said from husband didn’t suffer in his death. help children for years to come, his wife said. or want any recognition for his work. He just [email protected]

PARTIAL LIST OF PEOPLE KILLED IN TUESDAY’S TERRORIST ATTACKS YOUNGSTOWN

Partial list of those killed in Tuesday’s ter- Elementary School in Washington. rorist attacks, obtained from family mem- Leonard Taylor, Reston, Va. bers, friends, co-workers and law enforce- Sandra Teague. Lawyer’s ment. Leslie A. Whittington, 45, University Park, American Airlines Flight 11, Boston to Los Md., Georgetown University professor. Angeles, crashed into World Trade Center: John Yamnicky, 71, Waldorf, Md. plan fights CREW Vicki Yancey. John Ogonowski, 52, Dracut, Mass., captain. Zheng Yuguang. Angell Bailey Burlingame Flagg Thomas McGuinness, 42, Portsmouth, N.H., Bavis Edwards United Airlines Flight 93, Newark, N.J., to terrorists first officer. San Francisco, crashed in rural southwest Barbara Arestegui, flight attendant. Technologies. house lawyer. tary School in Washington. The lawyers would seek civil Pennsylvania: Jeffrey Collman, flight attendant.. Chris Mello, 25, Boston. David Brandhorst, 3, Los Angeles. Suzanne Calley, 42, San Martin, Calif., em- damages to compensate vic- Jeff Mladenik, 43, Hinsdale, Ill. John Cahill, Wellesley, Mass. ployee of Cisco Systems Inc. CREW Sara Low, 28, Batesville, Ark., flight atten- tims and their kin. dant. Antonio Montoya. Christoffer Carstanjen, 33, Turner Falls, William Caswell. Jason Dahl, 43, Denver, captain Mass., computer research specialist at Uni- Sarah Clark, 65, Columbia, Md., sixth-grade Karen Martin, flight attendant. Carlos Montoya. Leroy Homer, Marlton, N.J., first officer By BOB JACKSON versity of Massachusetts. teacher, Backus Middle School in Washing- Kathleen Nicosia, flight attendant. Laura Lee Morabito, 34, Framingham, Mass., Lorraine Bay, flight attendant VINDICATOR COURTHOUSE REPORTER John Corcoran. ton. Betty Ong, flight attendant. national sales manager for Qantas Airways. YOUNGSTOWN — A local lawyer is Dorothy Dearaujo, Long Beach, Calif. Asia Cottom, 11, student, Backus Middle Sandra Bradshaw, 38, Greensboro, N.C., Jean Roger, Longmeadow, Mass., flight at- Mildred Naiman. calling on his colleagues to fight back Gloria de Barrera. School in Washington. flight attendant tendant. Laurie Neira. against terrorists who struck the Lisa Frost, 22, Rancho Santa Margarita, James Debeuneure, 58, Upper Marlboro, Wanda Green, flight attendant United States this week, suggesting Dianne Snyder, 42, Westport, Mass., flight at- Renee Newell, 37, Cranston, R.I., American Calif., recent Boston University graduate. Md., fifth-grade teacher, Ketcham Elemen- CeeCee Lyles, Fort Myers, Fla., flight atten- that their battlefield be a courtroom. tendant. Airlines customer service agent. Ronald Gamboa, 33, Los Angeles, Gap store Atty. Mark S. Colucci wrote a let- tary School in Washington. dant Madeline Sweeney, flight attendant. Jacqueline Norton, 60, Lubec, Maine, re- manager. ter to the Association of Trial Lawyers Rodney Dickens, 11, student, Leckie Elemen- PASSENGERS tiree. Lynn Goodchild, 25, Attleboro, Mass. Deborah Welsh, flight attendant of America, based in Washington, tary School in Washington. D.C., urging the group to form an Anna Williams Allison, 48, Stoneham, Mass. Robert Norton, 82, Lubec, Maine, retiree. Francis Grogan. PASSENGERS Eddie Dillard. American justice committee. The David Angell, 54, Pasadena, Calif., executive Jane Orth, 49, Haverhill, Mass. Carl Hammond, 37, Boston. Charles Droz. Christian Adams group has about 60,000 members, producer, NBC’s “Frasier.” Thomas Pecorelli, 31, Topanga, Calif., cam- Peter Hanson, 32, Groton, Mass. Colucci said. Barbara G. Edwards, 58, Las Vegas, teacher, Todd Beamer Lynn Angell, Pasadena, Calif. eraman for Fox Sports and E! Entertainment Susan Hanson, 35, Groton, Mass. ATLA spokesman Carlton Carl said Television. Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas. Alan Beaven, 48, Oakland, Calif., environ- he had not seen the letter. Seima Aoyama. Christine Hanson, 3, Groton, Mass. Bernthia Perkins. Gerald Hardacre. Charles S. Falkenberg, 45, University Park, mental lawyer “I thought to myself, ‘What can I Myra Aronson. do, as a lawyer, to help our country in Md., director of research at ECOlogic Corp. Mark Bingham, 31, San Francisco, public re- Sonia Morales Puopolo, 58, Massachusetts, Eric Hartono. this time of crisis? I’m too old to sign Christine Barbuto. Zoe Falkenberg, 8, University Park, Md. former ballet dancer. James E. Hayden, 47, Westford, Mass. lations firm owner up for the military and this is not Berry Berenson, 53, Los Angeles, actress David Retik, Needham, Mass. Roberta Jalbert. Dana Falkenberg, 3, University Park, Md. Deora Bodley, 20, Santa Clara, Calif., univer- 1941,’” Colucci said. and photographer. Philip Rosenzweig, Massachusetts, execu- Ralph Kershaw. James Ferguson. sity student Strategy: The American justice Carolyn Beug, 48, Los Angeles. Heinrich Kimmig, 43, chairman of BCT Tech- Wilson “Bud” Flagg, Millwood, Va., retired committee proposed by Colucci tive with Sun Microsystems. Marion Britton Carol Bouchard, 43, Warwick, R.I., Kent Coun- nology AG, Germany. Navy admiral and retired American Airlines would work within the framework Richard Ross, 58, Newton, Mass. of President Bush's call for a sus- ty Hospital emergency room secretary. Brian Kinney, 29, Lowell, Mass. pilot. Thomas E. Burnett Jr., 38, San Ramon, Calif., James Roux, 43, Portland, Maine, attorney. tained “full court press,” at the mili- Robin Caplin, Natick, Mass. Robert LeBlanc, 70, Lee, N.H., professor Darlene “Dee” Flagg, Millwood, Va. senior executive of medical research and Jessica Sachs, 22, accountant with Pricewa- tary, diplomatic, economic and in- Neilie Casey. development company terhouseCoopers. emeritus of geography, University of New Richard Gabriel. ternational level against terrorists. Jeffrey Coombs, 42, Abington, Mass. Hampshire.. William Cashman It would begin formulating a class Heath Smith. Ian Gray, 55, Washington, president of Tara Creamer, 30, Worcester, Mass. Maclovio “Joe” Lopez Jr., 41, Norwalk, Calif. healthcare consulting firm. Georgine Corrigan action strategy to represent the vic- Douglas Stone, 54, Dover, N.H. tims of the attacks on the World Thelma Cuccinello, 71, Wilmot, N.H. Marianne MacFarlane. Stanley Hall, 68, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Joseph Deluca Trade Center and the Pentagon and Xavier Suarez. Louis Neil Mariani, 59, Derry, N.H. Patrick Currivan. Bryan Jack, 48, Alexandria, Va., senior exec- Patrick Driscoll those who died in the crash of a hi- James Trentini. Juliana Valentine McCourt, 4, New London, jacked plane near Shanksville, Pa. Andrew Curry Green, Chelmsford, Mass. utive at Defense Department. Mary Trentini. Conn. Edward Felt, 41, Matawan, N.J. The committee would file civil law- Brian Dale. Steven D. “Jake” Jacoby, 43, Alexandria, Va., Mary Wahlstrom, 75, Kaysville, Utah. Ruth McCourt, 45, New London, Conn. Colleen Fraser suits against all people, organizations David DiMeglio, Wakefield, Mass. chief operating officer, Metrocall Inc. and governments who acted togeth- Kenneth Waldie, 46, Methuen, Mass., Wolfgang Menzel, 60, personnel manager, Ann Judge, 49, Virginia, National Geograph- Andrew Garcia er to injure and destroy people and Donald Ditullio. Raytheon Co. BCT Technology AG, Germany. ic Society travel office manager. Jeremy Glick property in the United States, Coluc- Albert Dominguez. John Wenckus. Shawn Nassaney, 25, Pawtucket, R.I. ci said. Chandler Keller, Boeing propulsion engineer Lauren Grandcolas, San Rafael, Calif., sales Alex Filipov, 70, Concord, Mass. Candace Lee Williams, 20, Danbury, Conn. Patrick Quigley. Working with Congress and feder- in El Segundo, Calif. al agencies as much as possible, the Frederick Rimmele, Marblehead, Mass., worker at Good Housekeeping magazine Carol Flyzik, 40, Plaistow, N.H. Christopher Zarba. Yvonne Kennedy. committee would conduct its own physician. Donald F. Greene, 52, Greenwich, Conn. Paul Friedman. United Airlines Flight 175, Boston to Los Norma Khan. investigation into the identity of Jesus Sanchez, 45, Hudson, Mass., off-duty Linda Gronlund “target defendants” who would face Karleton D.B. Fyfe, 31, Brookline, Mass. Angeles, crashed into World Trade Center: Karen A. Kincaid, 40, lawyer with Wiley Rein flight attendant civil penalties, including civil judg- Peter Gay, 54, Tewksbury, Mass., Raytheon & Fielding in Washington. Richard Guadagno, 38, Eureka, Calif., U.S. CREW Kathleen Shearer, Dover, N.H. ments, freezing of assets in the Unit- Co. plant manager. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge manager ed States and other punitive civil Victor J. Saracini, 51, Lower Makefield Town- Robert Shearer, Dover, N.H. Norma Langsteuerle. Linda George. ship, Pa., captain. Dong Lee. Toshiya Kuge measures. Jane Simpkin Any financial awards made by the Edmund Glazer, 41, Los Angeles, chief finan- Michael Horrocks, first officer. Brian D. Sweeney, 38, Barnstable, Mass. Dora Menchaca, 45, Santa Monica, Calif., as- Waleska Martinez courts would be distributed among cial officer, MRV Communications. Robert Fangman, flight attendant. Timothy Ward, 38, San Diego, Rubio’s sociate director of clinical research for Nicole Miller the victims and their families. The Paige Farley Hackel, 46, Newton, Mass. lawyers would seek to recover their Amy Jarret, 28, North Smithfield, R.I., flight Restaurants executive. biotech firm. Mark Rothenberg expenses and possibly a reduced fee, Peter Hashem. attendant. Christopher Newton, 38, Arlington, Va., exec- William Weems, Marblehead, Mass., commer- Christine Snyder, 32, Kailua, Hawaii he said. Robert Hayes. Amy King, flight attendant. cial producer. utive, Work Life Benefits. Colucci said there is legal prece- John Talignani Ted Hennessey, 35, Belmont, Mass. Kathryn Laborie, flight attendant. American Airlines Flight 77, Washington Barbara Olson, 45, TV commentator and dent for such measures, and he be- lieves the group would have legal John Hofer. Alfred Marchand, 44, Alamogordo, N.M., to Los Angeles, crashed into Pentagon: lawyer. Honor Wainio standing to represent the victims and Ruben Ornedo, Boeing propulsion engineer WORLD TRADE CENTER: Cora Holland. flight attendant. CREW their families in federal court. Nicholas Humber. Michael Tarrou, flight attendant. Charles Burlingame, captain. in El Segundo, Calif. Ray Downey, New York firefighter, chief of “Why not use the talents and re- Robert Jalbert, 61, Swampscott, Mass. Alicia N. Titus, 28, San Francisco, flight at- David Charlebois, Washington, first officer. Lisa Raines, 42, senior vice president of special operations command sources of these lawyers to go after [foreign] states that sponsor these John Jenkins. tendant. Michele Heidenberger, 57, Chevy Chase, Md., biotechnology firm. William Feehan, first deputy commissioner Todd Reuben, 40, Potomac, Md., tax and terrorist groups?” he said. Charles Jones, 48, Bedford, Mass. flight attendant. of Fire Department He expects that critics will say it’s business lawyer. Robin Kaplan. PASSENGERS Jennifer Lewis, 38, Culpeper, Va., flight at- Peter Ganci, fire department chief just a lawyer motivated by money or tendant. John Sammartino. that his idea is a public relations ploy Barbara Keating, 72, Palm Springs, Calif. Alona Avraham. The Rev. Mychal Judge, Fire Department Garnet “Ace” Bailey, 53, Lynnfield, Mass., di- Kenneth Lewis, 49, Culpeper, Va., flight at- Yang Shuyin. to repair the negative image associ- David Kovalcin, 42, Hudson, N.H. chaplain ated with lawyers, but he said nei- rector of pro scouting, Los Angeles Kings. tendant. Diane Simmons. Judy Larocque. Yamel Merino, 24, Yonkers, N.Y., emergency ther is the case. Mark Bavis, 31, West Newton, Mass., Los An- Renee May, 39, Baltimore, flight attendant. George Simmons. “In the final analysis, we have an Jude Larson, 31, Los Angeles. medical technician geles Kings scout. PASSENGERS Mari-Rae Sopper, Santa Barbara, Calif., opportunity to make a change, to Natalie Larson, Los Angeles. Graham Berkeley. Dr. Paul Ambrose, 32, physician. women’s gymnastics coash, UC-Santa Bar- PENTAGON: make a difference, to right a wrong, N. Janis Lasden. Klaus Bothe, 31, chief of development, BCT Yemen Betru. bara. Terry Lynch, consultant for New York’s with the world as our jury and the people of the greatest nation on Daniel John Lee, 34, Los Angeles. Technology AG, Germany. MJ Booth. Robert Speisman, 47, Irvington, N.Y. Booz-Allen & Hamilton and former congres- Earth as our client,” Colucci said. Daniel C. Lewin, 31, co-founder of Akamai Daniel Brandhorst, Los Angeles, PriceWater- Bernard Brown, 11, student, Leckie Elemen- Hilda Taylor, sixth-grade teacher at Leckie sional staffer [email protected]

DIANE MAKAR MURPHY Attack forever changed our world In one horrific second, She nodded. “And then, you just have to It won’t be so easy this time. Oh sure, the Trade Center. Many of his friends and many about terrorism invading America disap- the world changed for us go on driving home, like nothing hap- bills must still be paid. The groceries still more acquaintances STILL work there peared with Timothy McVeigh. And now, our all. pened?” need to be bought. In my case, my son Josh (worked there?). forgetfulness about how huge Evil can be, On Tuesday morning I She nodded again. And there we were, will play a soccer game; his sister Hannah A student explains that someone she should be gone as well. Americans have for- woke up and made my supposed to teach our classes, supposed to will go to piano lessons. knows is nearly hysterical — her brother titude and, surely, we’ll persevere, but I don’t kids their lunches. I saw stand before students and talk about com- I’ll prep for my classes, and I will sudden- works near the World Trade Center and the think life will ever be exactly the same again. them off on the bus and position — when all anyone cared about ly return to writing the good news. Things phone lines are all busy. I will never again cross the threshold of a into the carpool. I rushed was the news out of New York City. in my small personal sphere will seem to One of our editors is visiting Manhattan. government building easily. I may never around the house franti- A half-hour later, a student hurried into carry on as always. Another woman relays the story of a father visit D.C. again. I will think twice about cally looking for my car the room and spoke with a seriousness I But the domino effect that began with on the phone with his daughter, trapped in New York City. I will be more wary when I keys and hugged my hus- rarely see on campus. “Classes are canceled the collapse of the World Trade Center the trade center. As he is giving his daugh- see my children off to school. I will worry band goodbye. at noon,” he said. “Everyone should go towers spread across America within hours ter instructions to go down, not to the roof about which careers they choose to pursue. Then, I turned on the car radio. home.” of the horrendous attack. as she has planned, the line goes dead. ... I will worry more about my nephew who The day of the World Trade Center at- I was in shock and wobbly in the knees. Touches home: What was on a small TV Multiply me and what I have heard by is a Marine. I will think twice before flying tack, I was to teach a class at Youngstown Attempts at normalcy: Many Americans screen or on the airwaves became personal 240 million Americans in hundreds of again. I will spend more than a few nights State University. Arriving at my classroom, I have felt like that for the last two days: in almost immediately. It will travel to our cities across the United States. crying for the victims and their families. saw another instructor. shock, wobbly in the knees, and a little like doors as the days go by. My husband says the interesting thing is, The new world waits to be seen; but “Have you ever been in a near accident in people who have just escaped being in a car A friend of a friend is in the Reserve and in a year, there will be other news. “We’ll there is no question that it is a much differ- your car?” I asked. “Where you just missed wreck, expected to go on with their daily ac- his unit has been activated. An acquain- move on.” ent one today than it was Monday. being hit — being killed?” tivities like nothing has happened. tance’s son used to work in the World Awakening: I don’t think so. Our naiveté Cyan Yellow Magenta Black K

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Y OUNGSTOWN MAHONING VALLEY Security companies see more business Area Some security firms say they Ohio Security Systems Inc. had a will likely have a long-lasting effect Anyone carrying a firearm must have and company. 40 percent increase in coverage on the private security industry, 20 hours of training from a state cer- Officials at area security compa- see the need to provide count- Tuesday, said Donald Guarino , vice firms say. tified firearm instruction center. nies say they realize increased pri- president of the Warren-based com- “I think [increased security] is go- vate security isn’t the only answer, er-terrorism training for their Sees training need: John Childers, pany that employs about 1,400 peo- vice president of Shane Security Ser- ing to be a topic at board meetings but it does offer some piece of mind sales of ple. and executive meetings in the near to many. vices in Poland, said he sees the need employees. “It’s temporary. Everyone is taking future. Who is to say this couldn’t “With the circumstances we saw precautions right now. It’s a deter- to provide counter-terrorism train- happen in Youngstown?” Childers [Tuesday], I only feel the security in- By LAURE CIOFFI rent if they see more security on the ing for his 56 employees. said. dustry is going to probably be more VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER premises,” he said. Security officers frequently receive Security company officials say accepted and in demand. We are all Private security firms throughout on-the-job training and some class- they expect increased demands for shocked by what happened. We are guns YOUNGSTOWN — Private security the area say they are getting calls for room instruction by their companies, security guards, but they don’t know just trying to deal with the circum- firms say they are feeling the effects more guards at malls, banks, office security firm officials say. how that will affect the pay. stance and provide security to those of Tuesday’s terrorist attacks with buildings and other areas. The only state requirement for a Starting salaries range anywhere who call,” said Terri Hempstead, ad- calls for increased security through- The terrorist attacks in New York, security guard is that the person from $5.25 per hour to $7 per hour, ministrator and investigator for Tri- out the Mahoning Valley. Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania does not have a criminal background. depending on the type of security State Investigations in Youngstown. go up

GREENFORD Sales of camping supplies such as propane tanks, water canis- ters and air mattresses were A tense day for woman’s parents also up at one store. Gut-wrenching horror hits a first plane struck Tower 1. “She’s very shook up. She’s By CYNTHIA VINARSKY “When they heard all the commo- VINDICATOR BUSINESS WRITER local couple who didn’t know also very concerned about tion they went outside and saw Tow- if their daughter was safe. her friends and co-workers er 1 burning on three sides. They Mahoning Valley residents are thought it was a bomb,” he said. arming themselves, or reinforcing who worked in the towers.” their armaments, in the wake of BY MARALINE KUBIK “They saw the second tower get hit Richard Mitchells by the airliner and then there was a the terrorist attacks that took thou- VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER Father of Janet L. Mitchells little bit of panic.” sands of American lives Tuesday. GREENFORD — At that point, he continued, many Sales of guns and ammunition When Janet L. of those caught up in the drama ney at the Securities and Exchange have nearly doubled since Tuesday Mitchells saw the weren’t sure what was happening — at one local gun store, and some expression on her Commission specializing in securi- if there had been a terrorist attack or other merchants surveyed also re- husband’s face, ties fraud, worked in the World Trade a terrible accident. just minutes after Center, said Richard A. Mitchells. Her Smoke was billowing out of the ported marked increases in gun he’d seen a tele- office wasn’t in either of the towers, buildings and many of the by- and ammunition sales. vised news report but it was in the third building to col- standers were covered in soot. There Marlene Miller of Miller Rod and of the terrorist at- lapse, Building 7 in the complex. was no way to leave the area except Gun in Boardman said customers tack on the World Her mother soon realized Rebec- on foot, so his daughter walked 100 have been stocking up on all sizes Trade Center on ca A. Mitchells, 38, a 1981 graduate of blocks to her apartment in Manhat- Mitchells of ammunition, from bullets for Tuesday morning, South Range High School, was in per- tan. small revolvers to rifle and shot- she knew some- Rebecca watched the building il. gun cartridges, since the attacks on thing was terribly wrong. Rebecca called collect from a pay where she worked crumble to the It was worse than the horror of phone, her voice was shaky and she ground later that day while watch- major landmarks in New York and watching the twin 110-story towers was crying, her mother said. She ing televised news reports. That’s Washington. burning and then disintegrating into couldn’t talk long because other when she realized how horrendous “Yes, our sales of both guns and mountains of rubble. people were waiting to use the the damage was and how lucky she ammunition have just about dou- was to be alive. “It was a traumatic experience. I’ll phone, but she said she wasn’t hurt bled,” Miller said. and promised to call back later. “I think it’s going to be a long time never forget that look,” Mitchells “They’re not saying much. We’ve “She’s very shook up. She’s also before she heals,” her father said. always got the TV news on in the said, describing her husband’s face. very concerned about her friends “The terror of what could have “He was standing like a Marine, and co-workers who worked in the happened — I can’t get that out of my The Vindicator/Lindsay Semple store, and several have said some- which he is. His lips were pursed out towers,” Richard Mitchells said. mind,” her mother added. “But our JOYOUS NEWS: Richard and Janet Mitchells of Greenford are relieved after hear- thing about it. They say that’s one more reason they want to have a and his eyes were glazed. It was like When it happened: Mitchells daughter’s OK, so we’re OK,” Richard ing from their daughter, Rebecca, that she is OK after the terrorist attack at the Mitchells added optimistically. he was in a trance.” said his daughter was in a mall in the World Trade Center. Rebecca, who worked in the trade center complex, is a grad- firearm.” In peril: Their daughter, an attor- basement of the complex when the [email protected] uate of South Range High School. Records check: She said gun buyers are required to undergo a records check by the FBI, a process which generally takes only a few minutes and can be completed by Truck driver captures images of terror Man saw tower telephone. No records check is re- quired to buy ammunition. Even from three miles, destruction searching, pedestrians who had crossed the Ammunition sales have been “I was feeling really terrible Queensboro Bridge from Manhattan into fall, calls city unusually brisk over the past two of the World Trade Center was a about it. You get almost over- Queens hopped on the cab’s running days at Wal-Mart in Austintown, horrible sight, an eyewitness says. whelmed by the whole thing.” boards to shorten their lengthy home- said Sam Krentz, assistant manag- bound walks in the city. er. “We’ve been refilling the am- Larry Morini By PETER H. MILLIKEN Unable to find any available motel rooms, an eerie sight munition all day,” he said. Truck driver VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER they returned to the terminal, from which A Wal-Mart employee working GREENVILLE, Pa. — A Hempfield Township couple’s in the store’s sporting goods de- WAMPUM, Pa. — A truck Morini was able to depart shortly after 5 p.m., crossing the Throgs Neck Bridge into son who is a frequent visitor to the World Trade Center partment said she has noticed cus- driver who resides here You’re watching it from a 5-mile distance, saw one of the twin towers fall as he drove to his office witnessed Tuesday’s de- but there are people dying over there. The Bronx en route to the George Wash- tomers buying large quantities of in Bayonne, N.J., Tuesday morning. ammunition, especially for hand- struction of the World That’s all I could think about. It’s just a hor- ington Bridge to New Jersey. John Oates, 45, president of the Port Police and Guards Trade Center and pho- rible thing.” Thwarted again: But authorities, react- Union in New York City, said he frequently visits a union guns, and several have mentioned tographed it from a The crash of the first plane into the north ing to a bomb threat, again closed the office on the 20th floor of the World Trade Center but the terrorism. tower was difficult to explain because the trucking terminal five wasn’t scheduled to stop there Tuesday. “I wouldn’t even want to repeat miles from the scene. sky was almost cloudless, but when the bilevel George Washington Bridge, which He was to have a meeting there today. what they’ve said, but they’re “I was just thinking second plane hit the south tower 18 min- has 14 lanes, resulting in a major traffic jam Oates is the son of Michael and Joan Oates, who moved preparing themselves,” she said. about the poor people utes later, terrorism became the obvious and a detour back to The Bronx. There, dying. We had been explanation, he noted. Morini became lost, and the rig he was to Hempfield Township from New York about 20 years “Them doing that is what’s scaring ago. Morini hearing on the radio of driving cleared a low bridge by just inches. me.” Pictures: From the trucking terminal in The scene in New York was very eerie Wednesday, he people jumping off” the Long Island City, Queens, N.Y., Morini took Camping supplies: Shoppers at Finally, between 10 and 10:30 p.m., Mori- said, noting there was very little traffic and very few peo- twin towers, said Larry Morini, 59, a trac- a sequence of photos showing thick clouds the Wal-Mart store are also stock- ni crossed the Hudson River via the Tappan ple on the streets. Broadcast photos of Times Square tor-trailer truck driver for JBJ Enterprises of smoke, dust and debris spewing from Zee Bridge, about 25 miles north of New ing up on camping supplies, such of Ellwood City. He hauls women’s cloth- the 110-story towers as they burned and showed it virtually deserted, he said. York City, and returned to Interstate 80. He as propane tanks, water canisters ing on a regular route that includes New after the north tower, and then the south, “No one knows what’ s happening. It’s scary,” he said. then slept for a few hours at a roadside rest Oates, who grew up in Brooklyn, said he was on Route and air mattresses. York City. collapsed. Gander Mountain, an outdoor “I was feeling really terrible about it. You With his cargo loaded, Morini would area in eastern Pennsylvania before re- 22 East on his way back to New Jersey and was about get almost overwhelmed by the whole have been ready to leave the terminal for turning to Ellwood City about 10:30 a.m. five or six miles from Manhattan when he saw the sec- specialty store in Howland, has thing — that somebody could do that to Ellwood City at 10:30 a.m., but it quickly Wednesday. ond of the two towers collapse. seen a slight increase in gun sales somebody else, fly into a building like that,” became obvious that bridges on all of his “These people — what are they mad at? The union office in the World Trade Center had about and a more noticeable climb in 40 people in it when the first airplane hit, he said, not- he added. potential exit routes were closed, and he What did we do to them? What makes ammunition sales, especially for “The people on the airplanes that died — ing that all of those people were able to get out safely. wouldn’t be leaving anytime soon. His cel- them hate us so much to come and kill us pistols, said manager Travis Craig. you can imagine them flying into this lular phone was useless except for one call Some other friends and business associates may not like that? Basically, we try to help these He was reluctant to tie the gun building. They had to be seeing it coming he was able to make to his wife, Marianne. have been so lucky. sales increase to Tuesday’s attack. closer and closer and then hitting the build- He, another truck driver and a passenger people out, and they’re trying to come over Oates said some of them were on about the 100th ing. That would have to be absolutely ter- left the terminal in a tractor, looking for a here and kill us. I don’t really understand floor, above where the plane hit. Their whereabouts were “I even asked some people why rible,” he said. “It was hard to watch it. motel with vacancies. While they were it,” he said, referring to terrorists. unknown as of Wednesday, he said. they were buying guns Tuesday,” he said. “Most said it was just be- cause they were sent home from work early and finally had a chance MAHONING VALLEY to stop.” He said other Gander Mountain stores in Toledo and Canton have reported larger increases than the Long lines fade at gas stations; some run dry Howland store has seen in both ammunition and gun sales. Two smaller area gun dealers ‘Unconscionable’ is how a state that had gas. Some stations that were as warnings to gas stations. It said $1.60, the fax said. andl.htm. said they haven’t noticed an in- out of gas early Wednesday morning businesses would be closed imme- A station at the corner of South Taking action: State senators crease in firearm or ammunition legislator described the price had been refilled later in the day, but diately if they have increased the Street and Pine Avenue went from Robert F. Hagan, of Youngstown, D- sales. price of gas without a reason that is $1.59 to $3.89 and back. Another, at gouging. others were still waiting Wednesday 33rd, and Tim Ryan of Niles, D-32nd, Deno Frazzini, who owns the evening or had run out of gas again. justified by economics. the corner of North Park Avenue and asked the attorney general’s office to Shooting Gallery in Boardman, said In Calcutta: At the Sheetz station In Warren: Warren Mayor Hank Atlantic Street, soared to $4 per gal- relay all evidence of price gouging so sales have been normal. VINDICATOR STAFF REPORT Angelo asked residents who suspect lon. in Calcutta in Columbiana County, a the appropriate county prosecutors Average sales: Bob Mokri, own- YOUNGSTOWN — Lines disap- clerk there said the supply of all price gouging to call city hall at (330) Angelo’s secretary, Christina Kapo- can take action. lis, said she compiled the fax after re- er of Sporty’s Guns & Bluing in peared at area gas stations, but some grades had run out early in the day. 841-2603 or the Trumbull County “I find it unconscionable that re- ceiving numerous calls from resi- Kinsman, said his customers are stations still had empty tanks A tanker made one delivery shortly commissioners’ offices at (330) 675- dents. tailers of our area, and it appears afterward, but even that was sold out 2451 so complaints could be for- mostly hunters and his volume has Wednesday evening. “People are outraged,” she said. across the state, are preying upon the by midday, she said. The station gen- warded to the state attorney gener- been average. He had heard about Prices spiked at a few stations and “They don’t know where else to call.” fears of our citizens to make a few edged up at others, prompting gov- erally gets three or four deliveries in al’s office. bucks,” Hagan said. increased sales in other areas, ernment officials to be concerned a day. A fax titled “Exorbitant Gasoline Columbiana County: Nancy Mil- Hagan and Ryan also sent names however, from a wholesaler who Prices” was sent from Angelo’s office liken, Columbiana County auditor, about price gouging in the wake of In Lisbon, both Marathon and of local gas stations that raised prices reported “massive increases” in Wednesday to Doug Moorman of said that she hasn’t received any re- Tuesday’s terrorist attack. Dairy Mart stations on North Market in the aftermath of Tuesday’s other parts of Ohio. Street were sold out of regular un- Gov. Bob Taft’s office. It lists gas sta- ports of price gouging but that the One discount store, Kmart, has Some stations raised their prices tions in the city that raised prices county’s weights and measures in- tragedy. leaded Wednesday evening but had temporarily discontinued sales of between 5 cents and 50 cents a gal- and then lowered them. spector will visit any station that Ohio Attorney General Betty higher grades of gas. lon Tuesday or Wednesday, and the It lists one at Summit Street N.W. has a complaint filed against it. Montgomery warned gasoline re- firearms and ammunition and mayor’s office in Warren reported Price increases: Government of- and Tod Avenue N.W. as charging Any that don’t meet pumping tailers not to raise their prices too firearms from its 2,100 stores na- some stations briefly were charging ficials were expressing concern $1.69 per gallon during the day Tues- regulations will be tagged as out of high as a way to profit from the ter- tionwide in the wake of the terror- $4 a gallon. Lines had formed at about price increases. day. Regular gas in the evening cost service, she said. rorist attacks. “If we find violations ist attacks. many stations Tuesday evening as Youngstown Mayor George McK- $4 a gallon, the fax said, and by The county auditor’s office num- of Ohio law, we will pursue immedi- An employee at the chain’s people grew concerned that larger ate action to discontinue this prac- elvey said he had authority under Wednesday afternoon it was back to ber is (330) 424-9515, extension Boardman store said Kmart price spikes were coming. city ordinances to order gas stations tice,” she said. $1.69. 601. stopped selling handguns alto- Stations still were busy Wednes- closed for price gouging, which is Another, at Summit Street N.W. To report gas gouging to the Ohio Montgomery said there is no rea- day morning, but business returned charging more than necessary to and Parkman Road N.W., at one time Attorney General’s Office, call (800) son for gas prices to skyrocket, be- gether several months ago and re- to normal levels by Wednesday take advantage of an emergency. charged $4 per gallon, but by 282-0515 or log onto cause there is no fuel shortage and moved even hunting guns and am- evening, at least at those stations McKelvey issued a notice to serve Wednesday afternoon, it was at www.ag.state.oh.us/consumer/howh supply levels are normal. munition from its shelves Tuesday. Cyan Yellow Magenta Black K

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VINDICATOR STAFF REPORTS Area offers prayers and aid Local residents remembered where they were when they heard the news:

VINDICATOR STAFF REPORTS rush to New York City if their servic- es are needed to care for those in- Prayers and offers of services, along Atty. Richard Luther of East Liverpool jured. with donations of blood and money, had planned on attending a birthday par- Dr. Sergio Segarra, head of emer- are pouring in. ty for a friend Tuesday, but he spent it in- gency medicine; Dr. Glenn Charlton, Several area churches are holding stead with his family, trying to grasp the a physician in the Emergency Care prayer services and around-the-clock aftermath of the terrorist attacks. “We Center; Dr. James Landis, head of the vigils to pray for victims of Tuesday’s sat around and talked,” Luther said. “I’m hospital’s Heart Center; and Dr. Gre- terrorist attacks and their families. fearful for what it might mean for my old- They’re also praying for rescue gory George, a family practice physi- est son,” who is 21, he added. workers, government leaders, the cian; have all volunteered. nation and world peace, said the Rev. “Our cars are packed and we’re ready to go,” Dr. Segarra said After hearing about the attacks, Kenneth L. Simon, pastor of New Cheryl Murdoch, Guilford Lake, said she Bethel Baptist Church, Youngstown. Wednesday. “We’re waiting to hear if they need us and where they want “went straight home and turned on the A prayer vigil is held at his church TV and sat there dumbfounded. I can’t be- from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. with special us to go.” Dr. Segarra said he has spoken lieve anyone would take all those lives,” prayer services at 11 a.m. and 7:30 she said. p.m. with doctors in New York City and “We want to show support and they are working around the clock. Volunteers could be brought in to re- help people get through this ordeal,” lieve them or to help with the rou- Patty Baker of Lisbon sought solace Simon said. in prayer and the company of the faithful. Local churches are also poised to tine emergency cases New York hos- pitals get every day, he said. Baker attended a prayer service in Lisbon offer manpower and material sup- Tuesday evening. “You just feel so help- port once it is clear what is needed. He believes hundreds, if not thou- sands, of physicians have volun- less,” she said. “You hope your prayers “We’re on standby. We can activate a will help.” lot of people as soon as we know teered their services and more might what needs to be done,” said the Rev. not be needed right now. Jay Alford, pastor of Highway Taber- Dr. Segarra said he and his fellow Turning on the television set while at nacle, Austintown. local doctors offered their help home during the day Tuesday, Mark Smith His church is open around-the- through the Hospital Association of of East Liverpool was confronted with clock for a prayer vigil; prayer serv- Pennsylvania. horrifying images of terror. Smith said he ices are held at 7 p.m. spent much of the day overwhelmed by Catholic Charities is accepting Ohio United Way and Ohio Grant- shock. “How could this happen to Ameri- monetary donations to be distrib- makers Forum are promoting The ca?” he asked. uted through Catholic Charities USA Sept. 11 Fund, created by the United The Vindicator/Jean Neice to member agencies in New York and Way of New York City and the New PRAYER SUPPORT: Women from New Bethel Baptist Church, Youngstown, hold hands during an afternoon prayer service. Arlington, Va. The funds will likely York Community Trust to help vic- Dock workers along the Ohio River in be used to help pay for bereavement tims of Tuesday’s attacks in New They prayed Wednesday for loved ones who are safe, and the families of victims from the terrorist attacks. East Liverpool expressed disbelief when counseling for families of victims York and Washington, D.C. truck drivers told them what had hap- killed in the terrorist attacks. Dona- The fund will provide immediate pened, recalled Roger Jones of Saline- tions may be sent to the Office of So- support to established emergency ville. “At first we called them liars,” Jones cial Action/Disaster Response, assistance agencies such as the said. But after learning the ugly truth, he Catholic Charities, Diocese of American Red Cross and will bring spent much of the day “glued to the TV Youngstown, 144 W. Wood St., together other nonprofit health and set. It’s just unreal,” Jones said. Youngstown, Ohio 44503 human services agencies. Donations to the fund should be “I cried. I absolutely just cried,” About 150 firefighters from some sent in care of the United Way of Denise MacLean, a Columbiana County 25 fire departments in Mahoning, New York City, 2 Park Ave., New York, Sheriff’s Department clerk, said of her re- Trumbull and Columbiana are poised N.Y. 10016. Contributions are also ac- action to the attacks. MacLean, who per- for volunteer duty in New York City. cepted online at www.uwnyc.org. forms as part of her family’s singing Howland Fire Chief George Brown For more information call (212) 251- group, said she attended an event at a said that in addition to the fire de- 4035. Donors may specify which city Wellsville church, arranged before Tues- partments, the emergency response they want their gift to benefit. day. The group’s first song was “This Is My team at General Motors in Lordstown The Ohio Grantmakers Forum has Country.” MacLean said she was too and Lane Live Trans have asked to more than 200 members including choked up to sing the patriotic number. participate. community, private, family and cor- “There was nothing coming out of my Brown explained that it might be porate foundations. The Ohio United mouth,” she recalled. “a couple days” until it’s determined Way, established in 1913, works to if they will be needed. improve quality of life for individuals The New York Emergency Opera- through public policy development, “I was working here (Dave’s Barber tions Center will contact the Ohio advocacy and support for 100 local Shop, Washingtonville),” said Randy Bauman Emergency Operations Center in Co- United Way agencies. of Salem. “It’s just horrible — disgusting. We lumbus, which will inform the Val- need to find out who did this and do some- ley firefighters. Despite a long wait to donate, peo- thing about it.“ “We’re ready to go,” said Liberty ple who live and work in the New DONATED GOODS: Robert Catchpole, Liberty Township fire chief, stacks nonper- Fire Chief Robert Catchpole, noting Castle, Pa., community, including ishable food and water that the firefighters collected for volunteer workers in New the firefighters have a bus, supplies “I was working at the back of the busy executives, turned out in large York City. and manpower to help. church and my wife called,” said the Rev. numbers Wednesday to give blood Liberty firefighters began collect- David Dale of Columbiana Tabernacle. “It’s in a six-hour emergency drive at St. ing bottled water and nonperishable horrendous. I just feel strongly for the fami- Mary’s Parish Center in the down- food on Tuesday so that they would lies — the children whose moms and dads town area. be able to take at least one truckload didn’t come home. I am confident in our Some 60 people were in line when of food and supplies with them, president and our people. The faith of our the drive, hastily organized to help Catchpole said. “We’ve been people is strong and it will bring us through those injured in Tuesday’s New York swamped with donations. It’s more this tragedy.” and Washington terrorist attacks, be- than we can handle so we’re not tak- gan at noon, and 165 had appeared ing any more until we know if and by 1 p.m., including several students TEARS OF RELIEF: when we’re going. With the response Ruth Miller of “My 12-year-old daughter came home from New Castle High School. we’ve gotten, we could fill a truck in- Youngstown wipes away tears during from school crying about the people who Although 300 people appeared to stantly with people, food, money — the New Bethel Baptist Church prayer jumped out of the buildings,” said Kim Arde- donate, waiting time of up to four anything that’s needed.” session. She noted that a great-nephew no of Columbiana. “I couldn’t go to sleep. hours because of a staff shortage re- James Thompson, director of Mer- who works at the Pentagon was de- It’s like a bad movie. I still can’t believe it.” duced the number of pints of blood cer County’s Emergency Manage- layed getting to work Tuesday and was collected to only 136. But 136 peo- ment Agency in Pennsylvania, said a unharmed. A former Greenville area resident nar- number of volunteer fire companies ple who couldn’t wait Wednesday signed up to donate blood next rowly escaped when suspected terrorists in his area, including Transfer, of donations, such as food and cloth- week, said Tony DeCaprio, executive plunged an airliner into The Pentagon. Katie Stoneboro and Sandy Lake, have of- ing, because storage and transporta- Lyon, who only began working at The Penta- fered to send equipment and crews director of the American Red Cross, tion capacity is lacking locally, he LOADING UP: Liberty firefighters move a Salvation Army trailer near the fire sta- gon recently, was at her desk in a building to New York. Lawrence County Chapter. said. tion so they can load goods they collected for use in New York City. about a block away from where the site, said The Federal Emergency Manage- An estimated $1,000 in unsolicited ment Agency is coordinating those cash donations to the Red Cross for Dr. Bruce Wolff of Donation Road. Lyon, a na- efforts, Thompson said. disaster relief was collected during Slippery Rock University organized dents, faculty and staff wanting to victims on Wednesday. tive of Arizona, had stayed with the Wolff the blood drive, DeCaprio said. continuous free round trip bus serv- donate blood. Slippery Rock University conduct- family while attending Thiel. Her family still Blood and cash donations are most ice from noon to 7 p.m. today from St. Mary’s Church devoted its 7 ed a Wednesday evening candlelight lives in Arizona. Wolff said his family heard Four Sharon Regional Health Sys- needed to assist the victims, and the the University Union to the Central a.m. Mass, an all-day prayer vigil, and vigil on campus to honor those killed from Lyon by e-mail late Tuesday and learned tem doctors are packed and ready to Red Cross is discouraging other types Blood Bank in Grove City for stu- a 7 p.m. closing prayer service to the or injured in the terrorist attacks. she hadn’t been injured.

Y OUNGSTOWN WHAT YOU CAN DO American Red Cross Financial contributions to American Red TUESDAY If you want to help, here’s what victims need Cross Disaster Relief Fund: Call 1-(800)-HELP- Austintown: Donor Center, 57 Westchester NOW; make a secure online contribution at Drive, noon to 7 p.m. www.redcross.org; or by check mailed to local Damascus: United Methodist, 260 Valley agencies or American Red Cross, P.O. Box Donations of all kinds are apparent to us we have the funds to Warren, 44482-1390. Collection food items. The items will be sent to Road, 1 to 7 p.m. address those needs,” she said. “The boxes are also available at the Red the Red Cross in New York for distri- 37243, Washington, D.C., 20013. Salem: Salem Senior High, 1200 E. 6th St., 8 biggest things are money and blood.” Cross office, 661 Mahoning Ave. bution. Volunteer medical assistance: Licensed being accepted. a.m. to 2 p.m.; Hospice of the Valley, 2235 E. N.W., Warren. Donations can be made at the Post doctors and nurses with credentials wishing Blood shipments: In the past two to volunteer in New York City may call 1-(518)- Pershing St., 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. By JOHN W. GOODWIN JR. days, the Red Cross collectively has Food and clothes will not be ac- Home at 35 Cortland St. in Poland cepted at Red Cross stations. Rebec- between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. through 431-7600. A spokeswoman said Wednesday Homeworth: Middle Sandy Presbyterian, VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER shipped about 3,200 units of red there has been an overwhelming response to ca Martinez with the Second Harvest Sept. 21. 4306 Homeworth Road, noon to 6 p.m. YOUNGSTOWN — Area residents blood cells to the two Red Cross the call for volunteers, and immediate needs blood centers closest to New York Food Bank said that organization is Crews from Rural/Metro Ambu- Warren: Red Cross Trumbull chapter house, have been looking to lend a hand to are being met. City and Washington, D.C., where aggressively seeking certain food lance based in Youngstown left the 661 Mahoning Ave. N.W., 1 to 7 p.m. the victims of Tuesday’s terrorist at- Donating blood: Information is available at terrorists crashed airliners into the products that will be in high demand facility on Market Street about 1 a.m. tacks, and local agencies are hoping Wednesday to help with the rescue 1(800)-GIVE-LIFE or www.redcross.org. For SEPT. 20 World Trade Center and the Penta- in areas most affected by the disaster. questions regarding medical conditions and Poland: United Methodist, 1940 Boardman- to put those willing participants to gon. What’s needed: Martinez said effort in New York City. Seven am- bulances and 16 paramedics from other circumstances which may affect suit- Poland Road, 1 to 7 p.m. full use. Red Cross mental health workers beverages, single-serving bottles of ability to donate, call 1-800-261-9512. Upcom- the company went to Shea Stadium Niles: Senior Center, 14 E. State St., 12:30 to The American Red Cross, the Sec- are also available locally for families water, protein or snack bars, ready- ing ARC blood collection drives: ond Harvest Food Bank, Rural Metro in New York City. 6:30 p.m. who may have been affected. For to-eat meals, and paper and plastic THURSDAY Ambulance and the Sons of the products will all be accepted in the Three cars were sent from Mercer SEPT. 21 that service, contact the organiza- County and two each from Youngstown: Forum Health, 500 Gypsy American Legion Mahoning Valley organization’s office at 1122 Midlo- Austintown: Donor Center, 57 Westchester tion’s Trumbull County Office. Columbiana and Mahoning counties. lane, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Squadron 15 are a few of the local thian Blvd., Youngstown. Drive, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. agencies sending relief to Washing- Joe Christoff of Pleasant Mortgage They joined forces with 17 other Rur- Warren: WCI Steel Inc., 1040 Pine Ave., SE, The organization, which provides Columbiana: Grace United Church of ton and New York. They are depend- in Hermitage has teamed with the al/Metro ambulances from parts of 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; YMCA of Trumbull food to more than 200 nonprofit or- ing on support from residents to Mercer County Chapter of the Red New York for a combined total of 60 County, 210 High St. N.W., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Christ, 140 S. Main St., noon to 6 p.m. ganizations in the tri-county area, make their efforts successful. Cross to create the Mercer County — company paramedics. FRIDAY Warren: ARC Trumbull chapter, 661 Mahon- has been in contact with food banks Red Cross representative Jackie American Red Cross Disaster Relief Phil Steele, coordinator of the am- Austintown: Donor Center, 57 Westchester ing Ave N.W., 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Fund. in Akron and Cleveland in an attempt Wolf said blood donations have re- bulance company’s Disaster Re- Drive, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. SEPT. 24 Christoff is donating the initial to collectively distribute the materi- mained high since news of the sponse Team, said the team had not Warren: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 2860 E. Alliance: American Legion Post 166, 141 W. $1,000 to assist in relief efforts and is als where needed. Martinez said di- tragedy broke Tuesday, which is received orders as of late Wednes- Market St., 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Main St., 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. good because the need for blood and asking others to follow his lead. rections from the national office will day afternoon, but were waiting in dictate how, where and when the Minerva: First Christian Church, 300 W. Lin- Austintown: Donor Center, 57 Westchester blood products will be ongoing. She Checks can be made payable to the front of the New York City Fire De- coln Way (U.S. Route 30), 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. American Red Cross, Disaster Relief products will be sent. Drive, 2 to 7 p.m. said platelets in blood have a shelf partment four blocks from where the SATURDAY life of only about five days, so con- Fund and can be dropped off at Other donations: Jeff Vrabel, sen- World Trade Center once stood. Niles: YSU Metro College, 5555 Youngstown Canfield: United Methodist, 27 Broad St., 1 sistent donations will be needed. Pleasant Mortgage on Ellis Avenue in ior commander of Sons of the Amer- Steele said the influx of willing Warren Road, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. “Because the needs of victims Hermitage or the Mercer County ican Legion Mahoning Valley volunteers from around the country Warren: Rebecca Williams Community, 421 Chapter, American Red Cross on Oak- MONDAY change, we need people to consis- Squadron 15, said that organization is overwhelming, with thousands of Austintown: Tabernacle Evangelican, 2432 Main Ave. S.W., 1 to 7 p.m. tently donate blood because there land Avenue in Sharon. is looking for donations of new un- rescuers and other help. The Rural S. Raccoon Road, 1 to 6 p.m. will be an ongoing need for it, and Contributions to the disaster relief derwear and socks, toothpaste, Metro team will be on hand for we also need for people to donate fund can also be sent to the Trum- shampoo, soap and other daily ne- whatever assignment they are given, Boardman: Westminster Presbyterian, 119 Source: Ginger Grilli, North Columbiana County Ameri- cash so as the victims’ needs become bull County chapter, P.O. Box 1390, cessities including nonperishable he said. Stadium Drive, 1 to 7 p.m. can Red Cross executive director. Cyan Yellow Magenta Black K

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Y OUNGSTOWN MAHONING COUNTY Mideast Teaching region natives how to respond don’t to a catastrophe The training seminar was man. A representative of the Ohio Fu- neral Directors Association will at- see bias planned long before Tuesday’s tend and talk about the state’s Dis- aster Mortuary Response Team. attacks on New York City and Funeral directors will also be in- Local Muslims caution against Washington, D.C. vited to participate, because it would be vital for them to be familiar with making generalizations based By BOB JACKSON the plan and be ready to work with disaster officials, Duzzny said. on the extremist actions of a VINDICATOR COURTHOUSE REPORTER Scope of duties: If there ever is a terrorist. YOUNGSTOWN — Local officials mass-fatality tragedy in this area, and others will meet next month to federal authorities would probably By RON COLE work on a plan they hope they nev- step in and handle much of the in- VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER er have to use. vestigation, said Mahoning County The Mahoning County Emergency Coroner David Kennedy. YOUNGSTOWN — For Jamal Management Agency will sponsor a But the task of dealing with the Ahmed, the United States is home training seminar Oct. 29 for local po- dead and their families will fall to the now. lice, fire and other emergency re- locals, and they need to know what The 47-year-old native of Yemen sponders who might someday deal The Vindicator/Bruce Palmer they’re doing. moved to the United States 27 years with a catastrophe involving mass fa- “There are all sorts of things that ago and to Austintown eight years AN AMERICAN: Jamal Ahmed, owner of J.A. Food Mart on Youngstown’s South Side, says he doesn’t expect people to pre- talities. have to go in place when something ago, where he lives with his wife and judge him and other members of the local Middle Eastern community because of the recent actions of terrorists. Images of the carnage left behind like that happens,” Duzzny said. “You three small children. by Tuesday’s terrorist attacks on New have to have vehicles to transport the He attends Youngstown State Uni- tacks on Osama bin Laden, an Islam- Christians are.” population, so I don’t get that sense York City and Washington, D.C., will bodies, a temporary morgue to store versity, where hopes to soon com- ic militant and Saudi exile who has Don’t think of backlash: Khawa- of any suspicion here.” still be fresh in their minds when of- them, people to help the coroner. plete a degree in sociology and reli- been defying U.S. efforts to capture ja and other Mahoning Valley Mus- “I think overall the Mahoning Val- ficials participate, said Walter Duz- You have to have an area where in- gious studies. zny, director of the Mahoning Coun- or kill him for years. lims said they don’t even think of ley people have exhibited remark- formation is constantly available to He owns a convenience store on ty Emergency Management Agency. Ahmed and other local Muslims the possibilities of any backlash able restraint,” said Dr. Mustansir relatives of the dead.” the city’s South Side with an eclectic The program has been in the plan- want to make clear that they are as Mir, director of YSU’s Center for Is- Dealing with relatives is an im- mix of food from hummus to root against them unless questioned ning stages for weeks, though Tues- repulsed by bin Laden and this lamic Studies. portant part of the process because beer floats. about it by the press. day’s events drive home how impor- week’s horrific attacks as all other Ahmed spent Wednesday serving they are already traumatized and But, for all of that, his looks and “The general public is sensible tant it is to be ready if a tragedy hap- Americans. enough to know that every religion, french fries and Pepsi from his store highly emotional, Duzzny said. Han- voice reflect his Middle Eastern roots. They say they feel safe in the Ma- pens here, Duzzny said. no matter what religion it is, they on Southern Avenue, where a picture dling the situation professionally and Reason to worry? And, given the honing Valley. And they cautioned “Of all the issues we deal with, this don’t teach this stuff,” said Yasmeen of Yemen hangs next to a photograph sensitively can make it more bear- events in New York and Washington against making generalizations is the toughest because it is final,” Rashid, 45, a Pakistan native who of himself and former President Duzzny said. “You have to be ready able for them. D.C. this week, Ahmed wonders if about the Islamic community based Carter. “I doubt that we’ll ever be as pre- that in itself may be enough for on the extremist actions of one man. moved to the United States 25 years and know what you’re going to do.” ago and to Liberty in 1989. “And if Callers to radio stations: He de- pared as we need to be if something strangers to turn a suspicious eye to- “This is repugnant,” said Pakistan Who will attend: The seminar is like that ever happens,” Kennedy ward him. native Dr. Ikram Khawaja about the something like this is happening, it’s cried attacks on Muslim-Americans open to officials from Columbiana just a group of people with sick “by faceless cowards calling radio said. “But doing something like this “Will I be judged by these circum- attacks. He is interim dean of and Trumbull counties and will be at at least will get us started.” stances that I have nothing to do Youngstown State University’s arts minds. Normal human beings, they stations speaking evil things about the offices of the Mahoning County with?” Ahmed said Wednesday from and sciences college. cannot think of these kinds of good people.” Educational Service Center in Board- [email protected] his store, where a television blared “This is not religion. There is no things.” But, he said America is his home the continuing coverage of the ter- stretch of the imagination no matter “I’ve been here five years in this — “My kids live here. My school is rorist attacks. how you distort it that any religion, community, and we have a good re- here. My business is here. My life is EYEWITNESSES TO HISTORY “People who have such a low men- whether it be Islam or Christianity lationship with the rest of the com- here.” tality to judge me according to my or Buddhism, would ever justify any- munity,” said Dr. Sayed Abd El- And there’s nothing to fear. accent or my looks or my heritage ... thing like this.” Azeem, a native of Egypt who is now “I really believe if you maintain I don’t really fear that.” He added: “A rogue Muslim does- an obstetrician at St. Elizabeth Health your dignity and say and do the right The FBI has focused much of its in- n’t define what Muslims are, just like Center. things in life, you should fear nobody vestigation into Tuesday’s aerial at- a rogue Christian doesn’t define what “This is such an ethnic, diverse but your maker,” he said.

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The Vindicator/ Lindsay Semple WHAT THEY SAW: Eugene Leson Jr., above, chief engineer at Youngstown Water Department, explains what he saw from the steps of the department building. Leson stepped outside Tues- day morning because he heard a loud noise, looked to the sky and saw a very large plane flying as close as 200 feet above ground. After watching the evening news, he concluded that the plane may have been the same aircraft that crashed near Somerset, Pa. Eddie Rivera, left, a water department em- The Vindicator/ Lindsay Semple ployee, says he too saw the low-flying RAISING THE FLAG: Canfield firefighter Cathy Dunaway holds the American flag while her co-worker Dick Taaffe works to white plane while working in the Smoky secure the flag to a fire engine. Dunaway and Taaffe represented the Cardinal Joint Fire District at a ceremony Wednes- Hollow area on Youngstown’s East Side. day at the Veterans Memorial at the Canfield Fairgrounds remembering those who died in terrorist attacks Tuesday. Vets, safety forces honor terror victims WASHINGTON The service recalled the heroes World Trade Center, damaged the Clain said. Ohio Senator Mike DeWine Pentagon and cost lives in a field near There were 39,000 military per- and victims. Pittsburgh. sonnel killed in action in Korea, the “I felt, ‘What do people want to kill veteran recalled. Tuesday’s attacks discusses capital’s atmosphere By D.A. WILKINSON each other for?’” said McClain, who is may rival that figure — estimates of FLAG STILL FLIES: Canfield Patrolman VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER now a jeweler. the number of workers in the World Jim Schmidt salutes the flag at half- WASHINGTON — From then on, DeWine said, “the Memorial service: At noon Trade Center have ranged from staff during the ceremony sponsored On the way to day was totally dominated by dis- CANFIELD — Dean McClain says Wednesday, he and other veterans, 40,000 to 50,000 and casualty counts by veterans of Mahoning County and back to work cussion about what had happened” there’s a feeling of depression when and Canfield police and firefighters are incomplete. safety forces. Wednesday, it was — four different planes hijacked by you are around harm’s way — “It’s gathered for a memorial service at “It would certainly come close,” obvious to Ohio suicide pilots in coordinated terror- kind of a sick blue, depressed feel- the Veterans Memorial at the Can- McClain said. “This is a real tragedy.” Sen. Mike DeWine ist attacks. ing.” York had been found alive in the rub- field Fairgrounds. It wasn’t a typical Purpose: John P. Brown III of that things just “I don’t think anybody could look He drove a train for the military in ble of the collapsed building. military memorial service since Boardman, and president of the vet- weren’t the same at the dome [of the Capitol] today Korea during the Korean War and re- McClain and Brown differ on many, if not most, of the victims eran’s memorial, said he organized in the nation’s and not think that this could’ve been called a lot of bombing. “Many trains were civilians or police and fire- the memorial service for two rea- whether the service will become an capital. one of the targets,” DeWine said. were hit,” the Austintown man re- Normally when fighters. sons. annual event. He described the mood in both called Wednesday. His train wasn’t DeWine the Cedarville Re- “It was for the victims and the he- “It was party to show unity with McClain wants the victims to be chambers of Congress as one of de- among them. roes that died in the World Trade the community, and show the rest of publican gets off remembered and the service added termination. Lawmakers are “ener- On Tuesday, McClain, now the ad- Center in New York, in Washington, the country the Mahoning Valley is the train from Annandale, Va., at jutant of the United Veterans Coun- and in Pennsylvania,” McClain said. here to support them,” Brown said. to the events held at the memorial. Union Station, he’s greeted by the gized” to take action, he said. cil, said he had a similar sick, blue Those who lost their lives may not And there was a bit of good news, Brown thinks an annual service may rather upbeat tunes of a trumpet- “I think you’re going to see a real- feeling when he learned of the air- have been veterans, but “they are according to McClain. He had heard hurt the families of victims or en- playing street performer. ly concerted effort in Congress to do plane crashes that destroyed the certainly brothers in uniform,” Mc- that several safety workers in New courage terrorists. But on this particularly day, the things that will impact our war music had a different tone to it — against terrorists,” he said. “You’re “God Bless America” — followed by going to see that in the next few GROVE CITY, PA. the somber sound of “Taps,” a days, the next few weeks, and I hope melodic reminder of the tragic it will be extended into the next few Men detained for flying plane during air restriction period events of the day before. years.” GROVE CITY, Pa. — Pennsylvania The Air Approach Control in Pitts- p.m. and found the two men, ages 49 men they will be charged with dis- PRAYER SERVICES State Police said they briefly detained burgh had first tracked the plane on and 74, and the aircraft. The men ini- orderly conduct and that they will be two Beaver Falls men who flew an radar, but it dropped too low and left tially denied being the pilots, police contacted by federal agents. Interfaith service the United States and the world. airplane to the Grove City Airport in Pittsburgh’s radar screens, police said. Police said the two men were able violation of federal air restrictions said. After some questioning, the pair to make arrangements for ground YOUNGSTOWN — An interfaith Woodworth church Wednesday. admitted flying the plane but denied Youngstown Air Approach Control transportation from the airport and service will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in Police said they were contacted by any knowledge of federal air restric- BOARDMAN — Woodworth picked up the airplane on radar and St. Columba Cathedral. The com- a Youngstown Air Approach Control tions that had banned all flights, po- were released. Church of the Brethren, 30 E. West- Watch supervisor at 6:28 p.m. and suspected it had landed at Grove lice said. Reports didn’t indicate the type or munity is invited to join in prayers ern Reserve Road, will have a com- were advised to look for an uniden- City, police said. After speaking with Federal Avia- size of the airplane, which remained and songs for the victims and their munity prayer service at 7 p.m. to- tified aircraft flying near the Grove Questioning: Two troopers were tion Administration officials and the at Grove City. Police said the flight families, emergency workers, gov- day in the wake of Tuesday’s ter- City Airport in Springfield Township. sent to the scene, arriving at 6:30 FBI, police said they informed the originated in Beaver County. ernment leaders and for peace in rorist attacks. Cyan Yellow Magenta Black K

A Page of Opinion TheVindicator CAL THOMAS THE PEOPLE’S PAPER Founded June 1869 Another Published Daily/Youngstown, Ohio Past Publishers William F. Maag Sr. February 28, 1850–April 10, 1924 date will William F. Maag Jr. July 26, 1883–February 29, 1968 William J. Brown June 14, 1913–August 14, 1981 live in President & Publisher Betty H. Jagnow General Manager Mark A. Brown infamy THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2001 The United States of America has been at- HOW WE SEE IT tacked in an act of war that reminds us of the secret and un- provoked attack on It’s what Bush said, and not Pearl Harbor 60 years ago. Except this time, the attack was not by how he said it, that counts a nation-state. President George W. Bush doesn’t have the tele- The deliberate and vision presence and the actor’s delivery of a Ronald premeditated crash Reagan, nor does he have the rhetorical flair of a Bill of two commercial airline jets into the Clinton, but no one should mistake his low-key twin towers of the World Trade Center in performance in his address to the nation Tuesday New York City and another plane crash night as a lack of resolve to punish those who at the Pentagon is more than symbolic. It wrought death and misery upon our nation. brings into clear focus the state of war The words that the president spoke were at once that has existed for some time between simple and powerful. America and those who oppose our val- “The search is under way for those who are be- ues and way of life. hind these evil acts,” he told the American people, President Bush, adopting a phrase used just hours after two hijacked jets tore through the by his father after Saddam Hussein’s in- symbol of this country’s financial power, the World vasion of Kuwait, said this act of terror Trade Center twin towers in New York City, and a HOW YOU SEE IT “will not stand.” The president should not overreact, but third jet commandeered by terrorists rammed into when the facts are known there needs to the Pentagon in Washington. “I have directed the LETTERS must be signed and of life, the United States should allow be a principled and coordinated response full resources of our intelligence and law enforce- Younger Americans must must carry the writers’ address- to terrorism that will seriously threaten ment communities to find those responsible and to them to celebrate the loss of Palestinian es and daytime telephone num- as well as American lives. They say Amer- the ability of America’s enemies to repeat bring them to justice. We will make no distinction face challenges endured bers. The editor reserves the the horror unleashed on the nation. between the terrorists who committed these acts ica is the cause of many injustices in oth- by earlier generations right to reject, edit and condense er parts of the world, but is it not injustice Tough words will not be enough. A sin- and those who harbored them.” letters. Publication does not con- gle retaliatory strike will not suffice. The last sentence is worth repeating: “We will to cause pain and suffering to people who EDITOR: stitute an endorsement of the have no control over the matter? There needs to be a decision by free na- make no distinction between the terrorists who I found myself thinking about my dad views, opinions and statements of fact expressed. America should not stand by and allow tions everywhere to rid the planet of peo- committed these acts and those who harbored yesterday. I am 44 years old and wish I Unused letters will not be acknowledged or re- a people to celebrate when there is such ple and organizations that engage in such them.” could have asked him for his advice. My turned. Poetry, letters to third parties and photo- a tremendous loss of resources and lives. acts. The message could not have been clearer: Spon- dad survived the Depression, fought in copies are not accepted. Mail to Letters to the Edi- ERIC STOWELL The first step — even before military sors of international terrorism brace yourselves for Normandy during D-Day, and lived to be tor, The Vindicator, P.O. Box 780, Youngstown, Ohio Warren action is contemplated or taken — is to the wrath of the world’s lone superpower. nearly 80. 44501-0780. expel from this country the people and It is exactly the kind of message that the leader His words of advice and comfort would Terrorist acts betray organizations tied to radical terrorist of the free world needed to deliver. have meant so much to me. My genera- Address email to [email protected]. Please do not groups in the Middle East. The FBI lead a Miscalculation: If the terrorists and their tion, the baby boomers, have had it so send email attachments of any kind. American vulnerability joint task force on September 6 which guardians in Tuesday’s attack on the United States easy our entire lives. I wonder: How will raided an office building in Richardson, had acted in the belief that Bush would crumble, we measure up to my father's generation? EDITOR: Texas. The building houses Arabic Web they miscalculated greatly. Not only does the pres- What kind of sacrifices will we need to Over the last 20 years, the American sites. Among them is the site for the Is- victims in New York and our military cen- ident have the will of the American people on his make in the coming days and months? people have given up basic and impor- lamic Association for Palestine (IAP). A Do we have the mettle? I hope we can ter attacked in Washington, I asked my- side for launching a retaliatory strike, he has the tant freedom because the search process lawsuit by relatives of several Jews killed make our country proud, because I have self again and again, what could spawn at airports was needed to provide for the in terrorist attacks in Israel accuses the memory of his father’s tenure as president to em- such hatred that someone felt justified to a sinking feeling things are going to get security of our country and ourselves. IAP of having links to a network of ter- bolden him. use people as so much fodder on planes far worse before they get better. As was shown today, airport security is rorist organizations based in the U.S. Former President George Bush will forever be turned into bombs. The smoke, the SUE MILLER a myth, and it turns out that terrorists are These groups are allegedly linked to second-guessed about his decision not to send Youngstown flames, the collapsing buildings have limited only by their ability to recruit pi- HAMAS, which the Clinton Administra- American troops all the way to Baghdad when they been horribly imprinted on my mind. lots. tion listed as a foreign terrorist group. chased Iraqi soldiers out of Kuwait a decade ago. Out of all this confusion, two words This brings America's vulnerability into No remorse for those The Justice Department Iraqi dictator and mass murderer Saddam Hussein came to me: “peace” and “courage.” It is sharp focus. Today there could have been Inflitrators: had invaded neighboring Kuwait, which appealed who would harm U.S. all too easy to respond to such a despica- 25 or 50 planes hijacked. It could have won’t say what was seized in that raid, to the world community for help. Then President ble crime with more hate, but somehow, been 25 or 50 cities and millions of casu- but there are suspicions that people with EDITOR: Bush responded by fashioning a U.S.-led allied force we as a people must seek peace in our in- alties in those cities. Some of our best and ties to terrorist groups have infiltrated under the auspices of the United Nations. I have cried for the children of Pales- dividual hearts and pray for peace for our the United States. These include “sleeping tine and Israel (and the rest of the world most famous airports — Dulles, Newark But while successful in chasing the Iraqis out of nation and our world. We will all need and Boston — proved to have easily pen- cells,” which are thought to be awaiting Kuwait and even across Iraq, the allies stopped too, to be honest). I have tried to under- courage in the coming days and weeks of word from radical political and clerical stand and make sense of their parents' etrated security systems. short of invading Baghdad and targeting Saddam turmoil and inconvenience. No one really believed we were this leaders overseas to unleash attacks on Hussein. strife. But today my tears have dried up, There are things we can do to help one this country. and my compassion and hope for both vulnerable to an attack of this magnitude. The Iraqi leader was thus spared to flex his mus- another get through this. We are not an Not since the War of 1812 has the It is improbable that the coordinated sides in the Middle Eastern conflict have impotent people. attacks in New York and Washington cles another day — which he has been doing with completely evaporated. American civilian population been at- arrogant regularity. God bless us all. tacked on the mainland by a foreign en- were orchestrated solely by outsiders. I lived among the Arabs for two years, MARGARET R. FLOYD They must have had help from within this That is why the son will be sure not to make the from 1978 until 1980. My father was a tity. Pearl Harbor, believe me, was far, far same mistake. President Bush can be expected to Youngstown away. Not even the Civil War compares to country. Those people should be found, civilian engineer working in Saudi Arabia arrested and prosecuted, their organiza- unleash an attack worthy of this nation when it is at the time, and my family lived there today's events as a display of our now un- confirmed that international terrorist Osama bin Gas price gouging reflects mistakable, personal vulnerability. tions forcibly disbanded and their mem- with him. bers deported. Laden was behind Tuesday’s cowardly acts. I witnessed the removal of fingers, MYRON GARWIG wrong American spirit Youngstown Former Secretary of Defense Casper Mastermind: Bin Laden, the mastermind of nu- hands and heads of common thieves, Weinberger told Fox News that an attack merous deadly terrorist plots around the world, al- rapists and murderers in the town square EDITOR: of this kind was not believed as likely as ready has a price on his head — a $5 million re- of Al Khobar. I also witnessed, first-hand, In light of the horrific events of Sept. D-Day veteran sees worse a chemical or biological attack. Indeed, a 11, 2001, nowhere was American spirit ward from the State Department for information the executions of some of the terrorists dose of anthrax inside a light bulb and more embodied than in gas pump prices. situation in New York leading to his arrest — but there have been no tak- who took over the Mosque in Mecca at placed on a subway track could also lead that time. That is the Middle Eastern ver- The gas companies certainly rallied to the ers. EDITOR: to massive deaths in New York City with sion of "justice" — an eye for an eye, a cause. When tough get going, the tough Indeed, Afghanistan, which has been a safe haven I was 18 years old when I heard of the far less planning and coordination than tooth for a tooth. And that is the type of get screwed. for bin Laden, has been hit with U.N. economic Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. these kamikaze-like assaults. justice the United States needs to extract The reign of terror has its home office sanctions, but the Taliban rulers remain defiant. At 19, I was with the First Infantry di- CIA Director George Tenet has said ter- from the cowards who attacked our coun- in your local gas companies. It is against this backdrop that Bush addressed vision when we landed on Omaha Beach try today. LOUIS M. TOTH rorists “are expanding their networks, im- the American people and let it be known that at H-Hour on D-Day, June 6, 1944. I My normally sympathetic attitude to- Poland proving their skills and sophistication and everyone responsible for Tuesday’s bloodshed will thought I had seen a lot until watching wards both sides of the Middle East con- working to stage more spectacular at- pay dearly. Osama bin Laden’s days are numbered. this on television today. flict has turned to disgust, outrage and U.S. should obliterate tacks.” So why are they and their associ- outright hatred in light of the senseless, After being with all the dead and ates allowed to remain in this country? cowardly attacks on the World Trade Cen- terrorist groups wounded on D-Day, I can imagine what Many will immediately rush to con- For an audit, call an auditor ter and the Pentagon today. The civilians the people in New York are going through demn all Muslims. This would be as of America have absolutely nothing to do EDITOR: and my prayers and thoughts are with wrong as condemning all Japanese- Ohio county fairs are going to be audited by the with the religious/political squabbling in As you said in Tuesday’s paper, this at- them. Americans following Pearl Harbor. Most Auditor of State’s office, breaking a 12 year practice the Middle East, regardless of our lead- tack can only be seen as an act of war. The ones responsible for this cowardly of the 6 million Muslims in America are of relying on the Ohio Department of Agriculture to ers' actions and opinions. However, should we waste many more act will get a swift response from the law-abiding citizens. But some aren’t and oversee the financial operations of the fairs. If the Arabs and Jews want to blow each American lives? I think not. This country United States for their horrendous act. they have successfully used the freedoms Whatever the reason may have been for former other up, that's their business. But if they has both the fire power and the technol- JOHN G. DILLON that are nearly unique to America to un- auditor Thomas E. Ferguson to shift the auditing want to blow up Americans, who as a ogy to destroy whoever (or which ever Girard dermine the very government that al- duties from his office to another state agency, the people only want peace (generally), I say group) organized, supported and carried lowed them to come here. switch back makes sense. we level them all. Period. out this attack. America and her support- Quick strike called for Act of war: The first obligation of any Audits ought to be done by the state auditor’s America has the firepower to turn their ers should use our technology to destroy president is to preserve, protect and de- office. It’s that simple. sandy deserts into glass (anyone remem- — no, not destroy — to obliterate anyone EDITOR: fend the Constitution against all enemies, It’s not that we don’t trust county fair boards. In ber Dresden, Germany?). We also have and any country involved with this attack. I think the United States should strike foreign and domestic. President Bush will Mahoning County, the Canfield Fair would not have the financial and political power to ex- As long as we as a country stand idly quick and hard. Don't give the terrorists a need to define what that means in light of enjoyed 155 successful exhibitions were it not for clude them completely (even perma- by in the wake of this attack, it makes us chance to be ready for us. I also think we this act of war. He must rally and unite hundreds of dedicated fair board members and nently) from all participation in the world appear weak and encourages more at- should stop helping these foreign coun- the nation. What those responsible do thousands of other volunteers who have been will- economy. tacks of similar magnitude. tries. The more we help, the more they not understand is that acts like this can ing to give generously of their time and talents. I know that our country has intention- As long as the Palestinians celebrate, crap on us. bring the country together in ways that SHARYN McCROBIE They’re in the business of giving, not taking. ally (and wisely) refrained from "acquir- they should be the first to be destroyed. If nothing else can. they as a community celebrate this loss Austintown But fair boards aren’t private entities, and they’re ing" our enemies' lands and resources, It may be more than coincidental that involved in contracts with clearly public entities, but when our enemies flagrantly break on the day of the terrorist attacks, the of- such as county boards of commissioners. That the rules of international citizenry, I be- ficial Palestinian Authority daily said, makes proper oversight a necessity. lieve we are more than justified to return WHO SAID SO? “The suicide bombers of today are the no- The decision by Auditor Jim Petro to reassert his the favor. Especially when they and their ble successors of their noble predeces- office’s direct control over fair board audits children dance in the streets over the sors ... the Lebanese suicide bombers, deaths of innocent, hapless American “The calculated, cold-blooded, BERRY who taught the U.S. Marines a tough les- stemmed from an audit of the Delaware County civilians. Fair that Petro’s office made public last week. The cowardly taking of precious hu- son in (Lebanon) ... a nd then, with no The remorseless murderers who at- preconditions, they threw the last of the Agriculture Department asked Petro’s office for aid. tacked our country today think that we man lives in the name of religion Recommendations: While the report found no remaining enemy (Israeli) soldiers out of Americans are blinded by our ideals of the (security) zone. These suicide wrong-doing or missing funds, it did recommend fairness and justice. Our ideals may be or nationalism is beyond blasphe- improvements to the fair’s accounting procedures. bombers are the salt of the earth, the en- lofty, but we are not fools. We should my. It is pure evil.” gines of history. ... They are the most hon- The one person assigned to audit fairs by the crush those responsible for these acts in orable people among us.” Agriculture Department could not possibly keep a a very public, very definitive manner — Bishop Kenneth Angell Any response to this day of infamy and send a very clear message to anyone Of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vermont. close enough eye on the operation of nearly 100 should begin with people like this. fairs throughout the state. considering similar actions that they will “I call upon all Americans to pray Tribune Media Services Petro’s office can. A spokesman said the county be annihilated. especially for our President and fairs will be assimilated into the workload of the SEAN FULKERSON Boardman for all who advise him, that they auditor’s regional offices throughout the state. SCRIPTURES Over the next two years, every fair in the state may have divine wisdom as they will undergo a state audit. If some are not keeping Prayers for peace and respond to this insane and horrif- the books according to accepted and standard au- The God of peace diting practices, the state auditor’s office will tell courage needed now ic act.” them so and will tell them what they have to do to will soon crush EDITOR: The Rev. Billy Graham. come into compliance. Like so many others, I stared at my tel- Satan under your The auditor’s office will be lifting a burden from evision set Tuesday and watched a hor- “I must have come across body the Agriculture Department and from those fair feet. The grace of rific tragedy unfold before my eyes. parts by the thousands.” boards whose accounting methods may have fall- Watching only made me more and more our Lord Jesus be with you. en behind the times. Everyone will be able to rest upset, yet I could not turn away. Angelo Otchy easier. As I watched the rescuers become the National Guard member of Maplewood, N.J. Romans 16:20 NIV Cyan Yellow Magenta Black K

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WE MUST MAKE SACRIFICES Nation’s enemy will be hard to identify Dallas Morning News: Tuesday’s assault on the United States came in a way that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and By R. W. APPLE Jr. Bush is likely to avail himself more the Central Intelligence Agency most feared — the hijacking of commercial airlines. NEW YORK TIMES As Washington struggled to regain a sense of equilibrium, fully than he has to date of the knowledge, experience and prestige Retired FBI agent Danny Coulson said both agencies have WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s devas- past and present national security officials earnestly de- of his secretary of state, retired Gen. had training scenarios where hijacked planes were crashed tating and astonishingly well-coor- bated the possibility of a Congressional declaration of war Colin L. Powell. The president “needs into major buildings. Mr. Coulson, who worked on the Ok- dinated attacks on the World Trade Colin like he's never needed him be- lahoma City bombing case, said the greatest fear was that Center towers in New York and on — but against precisely whom, and in what exact circum- fore,” an administration official said. the target would be the White House. the Pentagon outside of Washington stances? It appears possible that the attacks The American people must be willing to make the sacrifices necessary to plunged the nation into a warlike will undercut Bush’s campaign for a close the door on this option for terrorism, Mr. Coulson said. His suggestions struggle against an enemy that will missile defense shield by suggesting ring true in light of the easy manner that planes were taken and used to de- be hard to identify with certainty stroy the twin towers of the World Trade Center and crash into the Pentagon. with pledges of support and a stir- enough.” that such a shield would concentrate and hard to punish with precision. American resources on seeking pro- Here are the moves that federal authorities, commercial airlines and pas- The whole nation — to a degree ring rendition of “God Bless Ameri- It follows, then, that preventing sengers should be more than willing to do for the sake of security: ca.” In a brief, earnest televised another attack will be very difficult. tection against the wrong kind of the whole world — shook as hijacked Passenger screening: Use a higher level of security officers to screen pas- speech, he said the day had taken And while it is evidently easier to threat. People who wish the United airliners plunged into buildings that sengers and luggage. Currently, the officers working metal detectors and X- “thousands of lives” and generated identify malefactors after an attack States ill “don't need missiles to do symbolize the financial and military ray machines are minimum-wage workers. And so are those loading the “a quiet, unyielding anger” in the na- than it is to predict their activities, this country harm,” Professor Popkin might of the United States. The sense planes. tion. He promised that those who many experts cautioned against as- argued, “and we saw that clearly this of security and self-confidence that Step up military presence at airports. In the Middle East, military person- harbored terrorists would be treat- suming, for example, that Tuesday’s morning.” Americans take as their birthright nel frequently are assigned to flights. That is not necessary right now in the ed as harshly as the terrorists them- attacks were the handiwork of On the other hand, the attacks suffered a grievous blow, from which United States, but an armed military presence at airports would send an im- selves. Osama bin Laden. might persuade the American pub- recovery will be slow. The after- lic that everything possible should portant message to would-be terrorists. shocks will be nearly as bad, as hun- For Bush the attacks constituted a Even if Washington concludes that threat and an opportunity. A minor- his organization or some other for- be done, no matter what the cost, to Require passengers to show up even earlier for scheduled flights. The na- dreds and possibly thousands of peo- protect the nation in any way possi- tion was lulled into a false sense of security, and passengers have become lax ple discover that friends or relatives ity president, just a few months into eign terrorist group was responsible, his term, derided by many as intel- devising an appropriate response ble. about appearing well in advance at airports. died awful, fiery deaths. It will be up to Bush to make that Airport security is only part of the solution, however. Mr. Coulson believes, Scenes of chaos and destruction lectually inadequate for his job, he is will present a number of complica- likely to be judged, at least in the tions. For one thing, bombs and rock- case. If he makes it well, it will be and we agree, that the intelligence budget for the CIA and FBI should be evocative of the nightmare world of harder for the Democrats to mount a beefed up significantly. And so should funds for paying off informants. Hieronymus Bosch, with smoke and months ahead, on whether he can ets tend to kill the innocent as well as take command and act decisively. the guilty. As a Democratic senator partisan assault on his plan. As long as terrorists believe they can break through airport security and debris blotting out the sun, were car- It will be up to Bush as well, per- plot outside the eyes and ears of the CIA and FBI, the threat of another strike ried by television into homes and Will he prove to be a Jimmy Carter, said, “You're likely to bomb a city or whose presidency was poisoned by a village with 100 terrorists and end haps even more important, to keep will remain strong. workplaces across the nation. Echo- the country from entering a kind of ing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s descrip- his inability to resolve the Iranian up with 400 or 500 when the war- TERRORISM MUST NOT UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY hostage crisis? Or will he enhance planes have flown away.” psychic bomb shelter, reluctant to tion of the attack on Pearl Harbor as his reputation, as Ronald Reagan did Some strategists suggested that make decisions, take chances, even Duluth (Minn.) News-Tribune: No American can hear a siren today without an event “which will live in infamy,” after the explosion of the space shut- Bush might mount a ground attack to fly from one city to another after fearing attack. The usual downtown bustle has been replaced by virtually de- Gov. George E. Pataki of New York, a tle Challenger and as Bill Clinton did on bin Laden’s headquarters, which the four hijackings involved in to- serted streets. The few people who venture out of homes and workplaces are Republican, spoke of “an incredible after the Oklahoma City bombing? are believed to be somewhere in day's campaign of terror. One of the subdued, shaken to the core by the events of Sept. 11, 2001. outrage” and Sen. Charles E. Schumer Samuel Popkin, a political scien- Afghanistan, much as Woodrow Wil- most important contributions to After Tuesday’s coordinated, simultaneous sneak attack on sites across of New York, a Democrat, spoke of “a tist at the University of California at son sent American troops into Mex- Londoners' morale during the Battle the nation, American life never will be the same. This event will indelibly dastardly attack.” San Diego, who worked in the pres- ico before World War I to capture of Britain was made by King George mark this generation of Americans at the dawn of the 21st century as the as- But mere words were inadequate idential campaign of Al Gore, said: Pancho Villa dead or alive. But they VI, who calmly toured the city de- sassination of President John F. Kennedy and the bombing of Pearl Harbor af- vessels to contain the sense of shock “Many Americans have come to con- did not get him. And Afghanistan has spite the blitz. fected Americans in the 20th century. and horror that people felt. sider politics irrelevant in recent proved resistant, throughout its his- Inevitably, the attacks will make “Remember Pearl Harbor” became the rallying cry of a generation of Amer- Declaration of war: As Washing- years. Now politicians matter again, tory, to foreign forces trying to oper- daily life in the United States more icans battling for freedom against tyranny after a Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese at- ton struggled to regain a sense of and the president, in his role as ate there. complicated. Security will be tight- tack killed 2,323 U.S. servicemen and destroyed the U.S. naval fleet. ened at private buildings and feder- equilibrium, with warplanes and commander in chief, becomes our If the United States “Remember 9/11” will be the rallying cry of this generation of Americans Retaliation: al offices. Airport checks will be heavily armed helicopters crossing focal point.” develops solid evidence that any standing for freedom against terrorism after an unknown, but horrendous, stricter and more frequent, requiring overhead, past and present national Test: In a statement made at an air country aided the perpetrators of to- number of American lives were lost in New York and Washington. passengers to arrive earlier. In gen- security officials earnestly debated base in Louisiana, Bush said that “the day’s attacks, said Richard C. Hol- Targets: Make no mistake about it, suicide bombers who hijacked com- eral, it will be harder to get about. the possibility of a Congressional resolve of our great nation is being brooke, ambassador to the United mercial airliners Tuesday and targeted 50,000 Americans in the World Trade declaration of war — but against pre- tested” and pledged that the test Nations under the Clinton adminis- Civil liberties: At past moments Center and 20,000 Americans in the Pentagon, took aim at every man, cisely whom, and in what exact cir- would be met. He is being tested as tration, a declaration of war against of national tension, like the Commu- woman and child in the United States. cumstances? Warships were ma- well, far more severely than ever be- that country might be appropriate nist challenge following World War Who knows how many other sites would have been hit if all the nation’s neuvering to protect New York and fore. and retaliation against it should cer- II, civil liberties have come under airports had not been shut down for the first time in American history? Washington. The North American Air Sen. John McCain of Arizona, tainly be undertaken in short order. pressure. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., De- No American is secure from this kind of threat. Defense Command, which had Bush's sometime Republican rival, Another consideration is the atti- mocrat of Delaware, warned today Tuesday’s atrocity is war-scale in magnitude, involving thousands of civil- seemed to many a relic of the cold said that he was confident the cul- tude of the Middle Eastern oil states that “if we alter our basic freedoms, ian casualties. Yet the aim of the terrorists is not conquest of American ter- war, adopted a posture of heightened prits would be caught and severely to any retaliatory attack by the Unit- our civil liberties, change the way we ritory or seizure of American government. It is to inspire fear and panic in alert and suddenly seemed relevant. punished and that the president ed States, which remains uncertain. function as a democratic society, Americans, to destroy public confidence in government and to provoke a Disappointing some of his politi- would “ensure something like this Many Americans, particularly then we will have lost the war be- democratic nation into undemocratic actions that stifle hard-won freedoms. cal advisers and allies, who felt he will never happen again.” Together, those old enough to remember Dec. fore it has begun in earnest.” In that we must not let them succeed. should have returned to Washington the two men's comments set the bar 7, 1941, compared today’s events to And what of the nation’s economy, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ringing eloquence offered inspiration to at once from a trip to Florida to sym- very high — perhaps too high. the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. the main preoccupation of Washing- Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor: “No matter how long it may take bolize that the government was No doubt the public will rise to the But then, after the first few minutes ton, the president and much of the to overcome this premeditated invasion ... we will not only defend ourselves functioning, President Bush headed challenge as best it can; many of of confusion it was evident that the nation until Tuesday morning? Al- to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall instead to Offutt Air Force Base near those in the buildings hit Tuesday re- planes were Japanese — they had though the stock market remained never endanger us again.” Omaha, where a more secure com- acted with almost supernatural calm. military markings on their wings, in- closed Tuesday, Karen P. Hughes, But inspiring as his words are, they offer no solution for the situation we mand post was available. At the But Bush alone must decide how to stead of airline names on their fuse- Bush’s counselor, was at pains to face today. It will not do to mobilize the industrial might and productive height of the Cuban missile crisis, retaliate and against whom, and he lages, as was the case Tuesday. Mili- state at a briefing Tuesday afternoon power of the American nation for all-out war as we did in 1941. when the sense of danger was just will be operating in a murky area. tarily daring as the Doolittle raid on that the rest of the economic system Today the enemy is unknown and has struck not with conventional mili- as palpable, John F. Kennedy stayed “This went far beyond anything we Tokyo months later may have been, functioned normally. But it was by tary power, but with the unseen instruments of terror. In the shock wave in Washington. had expected,” a senior intelligence there was no doubt that it hit the no definition a normal day, and after Tuesday’s dastardly attack, you hear some angry, frustrated Americans The president flew back to Wash- official conceded. “We're better than right target. sooner or later its hellish events are say, “I want some country to be a parking lot tomorrow.” But we ought to be ington Tuesday night, escorted by F- we used to be at monitoring terror- This was Pearl Harbor redux with- bound to affect the economy in some clear today, as Roosevelt was 60 years ago, that Americans act not indis- 15 and F-16 fighters, as leaders of ist activities, but today makes it ob- out the face of an enemy. In Tues- way — probably not for the better. criminately out of vengeance, but to make a world “in which this nation, both parties closed ranks behind him vious we are not nearly good day’s more anomalous situation, The New York Times Company and what this nation represents, will be safe for our children.” DON’T GIVE IN TO DESPAIR HOW SHE SEES IT D ALE McFEATTERS Orlando Sentinel: Never before has the human toll of terrorism struck so massively close to home, riveting a nation with horrific images of passenger jets used as battering rams to destroy some of the world’s most venerable and vulnerable landmarks. Tears flowed. And, as the full magnitude of the at- tack becomes clear, more tears will be shed. We will live on because we must Their America, though, must stand strong. The attack brought this nation to a stop. But it should not and will not bring this great nation to its knees. By CAROLYN DAVIS on a minibus taxi in a remote part of on. They have to. Grief, anger and a very real sense of helplessness are natural reactions in KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS Rwanda with her sister, when a gun- So now, we the people of the Unit- times of turmoil. But now is the time for communities to find strength from man sprayed the vehicle with bul- ed States feel off-balance, stutter- such unspeakable tragedy. Welcome to the world of citizens lets. She and her sister were the only ingly mad, terrified, in grief. guns By their very nature, terrorist attacks are unpredictable. And very often, in Northern Ireland, in Israel, in survivors, saved because bodies fell Our lives will go on because they such miscreants will coordinate a second or third strike to drive home their Rwanda, in Sri Lanka. Welcome to on them, shielding them the gunfire. must. We cannot walk through the cowardly points. That’s why leaders’ first response — to beef up security pre- the world of people who live in Next Monday, Jolie was back at rest of our days on tiptoes. We will cautions at potential targets — was wholly appropriate. countries where random terrorist at- work, no doubt deeply scarred, in be smarter, more vigilant, less backfired The community can and should respond with patience and empathy as se- tacks set the rhythms of their days. shock, in need of psychological help haughty. No matter how vulnerable curity measures are reviewed and improved at public facilities, especially at And they live on. she would not get. we are today, we will be better at As an interna- airports and at state and federal courthouses. Everything feels different today. But the point was, she was back at protecting ourselves tomorrow. tional public-re- lations gesture, it Tread lightly: At the same time, Americans and their leaders at all level Walk down the street. You’ll think work. She had to be. How I hope, as well, that we will of government must tread lightly, ever mindful of the very principles of free- differently than you did before mass I think of Dermott, a schoolboy in not trade our anger and grief for ha- was even worse than Belfast dom that terrorist groups find so threatening. To abridge those freedoms in murder intruded on our national Derry, Northern Ireland. I visited him tred. Protestants ston- the name of national security would be to condone the repugnant and op- psyche. There’s a man with a brief- in the late 1980s. In the end, I will rely on faith in a pressive values of the criminals who committed these acts of violence. case. Are there only papers in it? divine power greater than me, ing little Catholic Sinpers: Dermott had a strange schoolgirls as America, after all, is a nation of united states, bound by a common belief There’s a plane overhead. Will it way of getting to school: He’d walk greater than anyone, a power with in democratic ideals. Though the actual terrorist attacks occurred in New more safe times than troubled ones they walked to reach its destination? We deserve a past houses but “run” past the open- their grade York, Washington and Pennsylvania, political and emotional rage reverber- night out. Hmmm. Maybe we should ings between them. When I asked in store for us. All of us. ated throughout the country. I will hug my daughter and my school. just stay at home. why, he explained that the gaps were Central Florida hardly was immune. Some of the victims, no doubt, had ties husband more often, more tightly. When news of I have lived and worked in several where snipers sometimes hid. to Central Florida. Even more know of friends, relatives or loved ones whose So, too, I suspect, will many of you. the World Trade Center and Penta- countries that have endured the per- But the point was, he still went to lives were changed inexorably by Tuesday’s tragedy. And we will live on. Because we gon attacks reached the West Bank cussion of terrorist acts. I met peo- school. He had to go. If the region’s reaction was any indication, the nation is mobilized in its re- must. and Gaza, TV news showed Pales- ple who lived through them and Then there is Israel. It has lived tinians flocking into the streets to solve to stare down despair and emerge triumphant. Thousands of local res- idents, for example, lined up at Central Florida blood banks to help replen- with them. with terrorist attacks for decades, as- Carolyn Davis is deputy editorial-page editor of the celebrate these acts of terrorism. I think of Jolie, a young Rwandan saults that have stepped up with the Philadelphia Inquirer. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tri- This tasteless jubilation came at a ish depleted blood supplies. A nation’s strength, after all, is measured by the woman in her late teens, who was current violence. But the Israelis go bune Information Services. time when the Palestinians’ cause resilience of its people. America may be shaken, but it must steel its resolve and the daily brutality and humilia- to triumph over evil. tion of the Israeli occupation were WE SHALL NOT SUCCUMB YEARS AGO receiving their most extensive and sympathetic airing ever in the Amer- Detroit Free Press: Unbelievable. How else to describe Tuesday’s horrifying ican media. The U.S. government had madness? Today is Thursday, Sept. 13, the landlord. at a dance at St. John Hall in honor denounced Israeli use of assassina- Each new detail, each succeeding image was more unbelievable than the 256th day of 2001. There are 109 Five Croatian nationalists who hi- of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube tions and U.S. aircraft to retaliate one before. Hijacked jetliners destroying the World Trade Center and breach- days left in the year. On this date in jacked a TWA airliner from New York Co.’s 50th anniversary. against the Palestinians. And, while ing the wide walls of the Pentagon. The wreckage of a hijacked jet near Pitts- 1971, a four-day inmates’ rebellion at to Paris give up after a 30-hour or- Violence marks the fourth day of the Israeli lobby remains one of burgh, brought to Earth before it could strike yet another target. the Attica Correctional Facility in up- deal aimed at drawing attention to the strike of 640 workers at the giant Washington’s most powerful, there America fell victim Tuesday to a calculated terrorist plot that will likely be state New York ends as police and their cause. Ravenna Arsenal. In one of several is for the first time a modestly effec- the deadliest in the history of the world, coordinated acts of spectacular de- guards storm the prison; the ordeal James A. Shipley, public relations incidents, a Navy civilian employee tive Palestinian lobby in the U.S. cap- struction hitherto envisioned only in novels or movies. The death toll is ex- and final assault claims 43 lives. director of St. Joseph Hospital in was injured by a brick hurled ital. pected to eclipse the 2,400 killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Then, In 1759, during the final French Warren, is installed as president of through his car window. most victims were military casualties, not civilians who did nothing more and Indian War, the British defeat the Hope: The United States may be the Western Reserve Chapter of the Speaking to elected officials from than go to work Tuesday or board an aircraft on a sunny morning in late French on the Plains of Abraham Public Relations Society of America. Israel’s closest ally but the United Mahoning and Trumbull counties, States is also the best hope the Pales- summer. overlooking Quebec City. In 1788, the September 13, 1961: The U.S. Congress of the Confederation au- Atty. Gen. C. William O’Neill pleads tinians have. But the Palestinians The slaughter of innocents on such a scale will be felt across the nation, House passes and sends to the Sen- thorizes the first national election, for cooperation and action in help- seem to have a genius for damaging foremost by the families and friends of the victims, but also by everyone ate a public works appropriation bill and declares New York City the tem- ing him enforce the state’s antipol- their own cause — getting ousted who now must think about the unthinkable, who must believe in the unbe- porary national capital. In 1803, that includes planning funds for the lution law without court litigation. from Jordan, siding with Saddam lievable. It is the random nature of terrorism that makes it so terrifying. That Lake Erie-Ohio River Canal. A two- is the intent of the terrorist — not just to destroy people and symbols, but also Commodore John Barry, considered September 13, 1926: New atten- Hussein when he invaded Kuwait, ri- by many the father of the American year survey of the 103-mile water- oting just as they seemed close to to disrupt a way of life, to paralyze a society, to sow fear and suspicion. way will cost $270,000. dance records are set at various When that happens, the terrorist wins. Navy, dies in Philadelphia. In 1943, Youngstown churches when Home achieving their own state. Chiang Kai-shek becomes president Dr. J. Harry Wanamaker, superin- It is not a figure the American pub- Difficult as it may be in the face of such staggering tragedy, Americans tendent of schools, bans transistor Coming Sunday under the direction must not let that happen. Mourn, we shall, but succumb, we shall not. of China. In 1948, Republican Mar- of the Federated Churches draws lic would ever dwell on, but far more radios in public school classes. Americans were killed in the space Confidence: This will require, in the days to come, that President George garet Chase Smith of Maine is elect- 15,000 persons to worship. ed to the U.S. Senate, becoming the Teachers have complained about stu- of a few minutes Tuesday morning W. Bush find and project a confidence and command that has been lacking “It is the duty of the public schools first woman to serve in both houses dents bringing the small radios to than have died, Palestinians and Is- in his young administration. He appropriately made available Tuesday all of Congress. In 1949, the Ladies Pro- school and listening to news events to find out the ability of the differ- raelis combined, in an entire year of federal resources, including military, to assist local authorities in recovery fessional Golf Association of Ameri- and sports in study halls and classes. ent boys and girls,” John J. Richeson, fighting in the West Bank and Gaza. work. He should also declare a national day of mourning for the victims and ca is formed in New York City, with Youngstown police are searching superintendent of Youngstown pub- As word of the horrendous attack urge appropriate tributes that include lessons on the terrible price that is Patty Berg as its first president. In for a man, believed wounded, who lic schools, tells the Sunday school of spread, jubilant Palestinians took to sometimes paid to live in a free society. 1977, conductor Leopold Stokowski fled from the Dollar Savings & Trust Calvary Baptist Church, Oak Hill Ave. the streets to hop up and down, At a less visible level, Bush must determine how the military and intelli- dies in Hampshire, England, at age Co.’s McGuffey Plaza branch after “Look out, Youngstown, for Aimee cheer, honk horns, pass out sweets gence networks of the world’s most powerful nation failed to detect such a 95. employees foiled his efforts to cash a Semple McPherson,” Dr. A.C. Archi- and let loose with their guns. The large-scale plot. Somebody failed somewhere, even if only by failing to heed September 13, 1976: An 18-year- stolen check. The bank manager, Ray bald warns members of the First celebrants may have been firing in longstanding warnings about our lack of credible information on Third World old Tod Avenue woman is in Trum- M. Leonard, fired five shots at the Baptist Church, informing them that the air, but, as far as America is con- terrorists. Next must come response, which should focus first on any nation bull Memorial Hospital suffering fugitive. the noted woman evangelist may cerned, they shot themselves in the known to harbor terrorists. There is ample precedent for them to suffer the smoke inhalation after being helped September 13, 1951: Joyce Famor, shortly visit the city on a tour of the foot. wrath of American air power unless or until these international outlaws are from her burning apartment by her 18, wins the Miss Campbell contest East. Scripps Howard News Service handed over. Cyan NE W COLO R S FOR CI T Y Yellow Magenta Black K

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L I B E R T Y Gro u n d e d travelers favor increa s e d security Ou t - o f - t own travelers for ced to seek shelter in the Mahoning Val l e y support str i c t er security me a s u r es at airports.

By DAVID SKOL N I C K VI N D I C ATOR STAFF WRITER LI B E R TY — They should have bee n in rea l l y bad moods. But people who wer e on airplane fl i g h t s grou n d e d at the You n g s town - Wa rren Regional Airport in Vi e n n a Township wer e friendly, inqui s i t i ve and a little bit bored. T h ey we re eager to find out all t h ey could about the te rro r i st at- tac ks, the lates t rumors and gos s i p , the rising gasoline prices, what there is to do in the Mahoning Val l e y and what will happen next . Th e y also exp re s s e d concern about their safety on airlines. Ter ror i s ts wer e able to hija c k fou r planes Tue s d a y, and rep o r ts say they s m u g gl ed knives onto the airc ra ft pa s t security. ‘S ECURITY WAS GREAT’: M a rtha Tu r- TIME HAS COME: Lee Jackson of Day- P raise for security: Those on cat te of New Hampsh i r e prai s ed airport ton says it’s time for the United Stat es f l i g h ts that made emergency land- secu r i t y, noting wor ke r s made her open to make it harder for fore i g n e r s to get ings in Vienna had nothing but prai s e The Vindicator/Lindsay Semple her bag after spotting an unusual ob- in to the cou nt r y . “If you ’ re not a citi- for airport security. BETTER SCRU T I N Y : Marie and Car l o s Rios of Hawaii wer e stuck in Liberty at the Holiday Inn Metro P l e x after their fli g h t from ject under X-r ay. The lifelong New Eng- zen, you shouldn’t be here,” he sai d . lander was on the Hawaii to Newar k “I thought security was great,” said Ha waii to Newark was diver ted to You n g s town - War r en Regional Airport in the wak e of Tue sday ’ s ter ro r i s t attac k s in New fl i g ht when the plane was fo rced to M a rtha Tu rc a t te of B a rt l ett, N. H . , York City and the nation’s cap i t al. America should better scr u t i n i z e those allowed into the cou nt r y , Car l o s Rios sai d . S u g ge sts deporta t i o n : Lane, a who was traveling with her husband land here. se l f - d e s c r i b ed “Archie Bunker type,” said not only should the Un i ted f rom Honolulu, Hawaii, to Newa rk, “I’d be willing to give up anyt h i n g “It’s a difficult balance bec a use of ever ything,” Maria Rios said. “They N.J., and even t u a l l y to Boston when for safety ,” she said. that,” McCullough said. “Howeve r, Stat es toughen its immigration laws, wer e che c king us with electronic se- it should kick all noncitizens out of th e y made the unexp e c t ed stop here. Ho u s ton, originally from Dayto n , our way of li f e is ver y precious to us c u r i t y. They did so much ch e ck i n g the country. “E ve r yone did a great job.” was flying to Newa rk planning to and we shouldn’t let te rro r i sts de- befo r e we got on the plane.” “I’d tell them they had to be on the Turc a t t e said she was requ i r ed to ca t c h a plane to Dayt on to visit with str oy it.” D rove inste a d : William Lane of l a st camel out of the country by open her carry-on bag at the airport fam i l y. Instead, her moth e r , Tina Mc- Maria and Carlos Rios of H awa i i , Ch i l l i c o the, Ohio, never got a cha n c e M o n d ay,” he said. “We ’ ve been so bec a use security noti c e d someth i n g Cullough, and her uncle, Lee Jackso n , who we re on the flight to Newa rk, to board a plane Tue s d a y. so f t and given these people so much. st ra n ge in it when it went thro u g h dr ove to the Mahoning Val l e y after also favor tougher immigration stan - Lane was supposed to tak e a flight We get no appreciation from these Ho u s ton told them where she was . da rd s . an X-r ay machine. Inside wer e dried- people. I’d get a whole lot to u g h e r. Ca r los Rios said he thinks that na- fr om Manche s ter , N.H., to Columbus up leis. She also said security in- Houston Lane H o u ston drove to Day ton with her These countries who harbored these s p e c ted and opened a cooler be i n g mo ther and uncle Wedn e s d a y. ti ves of ce r tain countries do not pose af ter a business trip to New Engla n d . I n stead, his flight and hundreds of te rro r i sts should be on the list. We c a rr i ed onto the plane by anot h e r Favor entry re st r i c t i o n s : T h e a security threat to the Uni t ed State s be tougher security stan d a r ds at air- others wer e canceled after the fou r should hit someone and hit them pa s s e n ge r . th r ee said the time has come for the but others do, and that the Un i ted ha r d or it’s open season on America Th e r e is always room for impr ove- p o rts. Like the Tu rc a t tes, she’s at a Uni t ed Stat es to make it more diffi- Stat es should be able to bett er scru- co m m e r cial planes wer e hija c ked. loss as to what more can be done. Lane got into his re n tal car and for ever y ter ror i s t grou p . ” ment when it comes to security, her cult for for eigners to gain entry into tinize those who enter this country. Lane said he supports str i c t er stan - husband said. But if s o m ething can be done to the country. “America is made up of i m m i- he a d e d wes t. He stop p e d at the Hol- i mp rove safet y, Houston said she id a y Inn Metro P l e x in Liber ty about 4 da r ds for airport security rega rd l e s s “But no one can protect aga i n st “It’s too easy to get into the Uni t ed g ra n ts; eve ryone is from ot h e r of the inconveniences it would caus e . would be willing to give up many of a.m. Wed n e s d ay to get some sleep suicide,” he said. “If you are willing to Stat es,” Houston said. “They’ r e com- places,” his wife said. “But there has “I ’ v e given conveniences up all my the conveniences of fl ying. Houston and eat bre a k fa st and then drove gi ve up your life, there’s nothing you ing in from every w h e r e. We should to be a balance. It’s a ver y compl e x li f e,” he said. “I’m a bel i e ver in tak i n g does not oppose req uiring all luggag e ho m e . can do. Also, they must have had in- toughen the laws up. If you ’ r e not a si t u a t i o n . ” ca r e of your own. Whatever it take s “I don’t know what more can be side people on this, so how do you to be searche d indivi d u a l l y and oth - citizen, you shouldn’t be here. ” The Rioses also prai s e d airport se- to make this country safer I wo u l d pr otect people from that?” er safety measures, even if it means But the three ackn o wled g ed they curity and wer e amazed that ter ror - done to fight te rrorism,” he said. favo r. It’s imp o rtant that we don’t Mo r e support: Ter esa Houston of she has to be at the airport three or ha ve mixed emotions about the sub- i sts could smuggle weapons on “This has been planned for a long h ave a country being te rro r i z ed by Ma ui, Hawaii, who was on the same four hours befo r e her flight is to tak e ject. After all, their ancestors we re bo a r d four aircra f t and hija c k them. time and they had to have people in fan a t i c s . ” Co n t i n e n t al flight, said there should off . im m i g ra n t s to this country. “ T h ey ch e cked eve ryone and the airports helping them.” sk o l n i ck @ v i n d y. c o m

The Vindicator/Bruce Palmer GROUNDED FOR NOW: Two of the six grounded com m e r cial planes sit on the tarmac at the You n g s town - War r en Regional Airport. The planes wer e awaiting cleara n c e from the Fed e r al Aviation Adm i n i st r ation to resume their fli g h ts. Cleara n c e was exp e c t ed som e time tod a y. Travelers search for ways home The local airport was given er ways to get home. Throughout the da y, wea r y passengers trickl e d into permission to reopen after a the airport to nab ren t al cars bei n g s p o ra d i c a l ly ret u r n ed the Avis and security che c k. H e rtz concessions. Many we re to l d that they wer e getting the last car, as By STEPHEN SIFF the inven to r y of cars at both busi- VI N D I C ATOR STAFF WRITER nesses had been wiped out the night befo re . VI E N N A — Stra n d e d travelers wor - The Vindicator/Bruce Palmer ri e d about lost friends and searche d “It is like the movie ‘Planes, Trai n s and Aut omobiles,’” said Don Byrne, ON THE ROAD : Don Byrne of Bed fo r d, N.H., heads into the You n g s town - War r en Re- for rides home on the day after ter - gional Airport in sear ch of a ren tal car . He was one of the hundreds of travel e r s ror i s t attac ks, while the planes that a business traveler from New Hamp- sh i r e, who took a limo from the Pitts- str anded here Tue sda y when all air travel was grounded. Byrne found a car and un ex p e c t ed ly dro p p ed them at the planned to head home Wed n e sda y. Yo u n g stow n -Wa rren Regional Air- b u rgh to the Yo u n g stow n -Wa rre n Regional Airport on a travel agen t ’ s po r t sat idle on the tar m a c . m i s p l a c ed advice that flights we re The Fede r al Aviation Adm i n i st r a- m o re than 100 had doubled up in Pas s e d FAA inspection: The local still leaving from here. tion issued a communiqué Tue s d a y rooms the night befo r e, said Van e s s a ai r p o r t passed a security inspection “The next place I’ll be is on the in- evening allowing some of the rou g h - M oye r, the ge n e ral manage r. Those by an FAA official Wedn e s d a y after - te r sta te with my fi n ger out for a ly 200 airc ra ft dive rted from their remaining congrega t ed in the lobby noon and was given permission to tr u c k,” he said. for news of when their flight might of fic i a l l y reopen at 3 p.m., said Davi d regular ro u tes to fly home empt y, The number of pa s s e n g ers stu c k at said Tom Nolan, the Yo u n g stow n - continue home. O ve n s y, ch i e f o f the Vienna Po l i c e local hotels dwindled through the “I just can’t even bel i e ve it. I can’t War ren Regional Airport’s direc t or of De p a r tment, which provides securi- d ay, as passengers signed up with imagine it,” said Helen Mehber g, of aviation. One or two of the six com- ty to the airport. pr i vat e limousine services and head- Sta ten Island, as she wa t ch ed the me r cial jets grou n d e d at the airport ed to Greyhound stations. A group of n ow- familiar fo ota ge of the Worl d B e fo re reopening, officials at the ma y leave overnight, he said. th r ee passengers off the grou n d e d Trade Center destruction on TV. ai r p o r t wer e requ i r ed to map out a “T h e y rea l l y haven’t given any in- flight from Honolulu to Newa rk Two chi l d r en of a friend wor ked plan that includes more freq uent se- dication of when commercial flights tea m e d tog ether to drive a ren t al car on the 102nd and 103 r d floors of th e curity che c ks and more rest r i c t i o n s will resume,” Nolan said. to New Yor k. Another group of fou r building and are now pre s u m ed on visitor areas. The Vindicator/Bruce Palmer Found ways home: I n d i c a t i o n s made friends for the drive to Boston . dead. Her home had a view of t h e O vensy said no additional police LOOKING TO LEAVE : Travel e r s trickled into the You n g s town - War r en Regional Air- fr om local hotels are that most of th e On l y about a dozen stra n d e d trav- Wor ld Trade Center’s tower s . o fficers at the airport will be re- po r t throughout the morning Wed n e sda y in sear ch of ren tal car s to cont i n u e rou g h l y 300 stra n d e d travelers stu c k elers rem a i n e d at the Hampton Inn “W e are all awar e we are all under qui r ed. One police officer is on duty their trips, which wer e inter r u p ted when their planes wer e grounded at the air- he r e Tue s d a y night have found oth - in Libe rty Wed n e s d ay night, afte r at ta c k,” she said. at the airport 24 hours a day, he said. po r t after Tue sday ' s ter ro r i s t attac k s.