NEWSFLASH: US Suffers Massive Terrorist Attack

Wednesday, 12 September 2001, 5:11 am
Article: Alastair Thompson

BREAKING NEWS – THOUSANDS COULD BE DEAD IN SUSPECTED US TERRORIST ATTACKS

- The USA has come under terrorist attack with aircraft crashing into each of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan New York soon after 9am USEST. See... United States Under Terrorist Attack [1] - CNN has reported American Airlines has lost two planes: Flight 11 from Boston with 81 passengers and 11 crew aboard and Flight 77 from Washington Dulles airport with 58 passengers and six crew aboard. Both planes were en route to Los Angeles. See... Passenger Numbers Issued - USA Terrorist Attack [2] - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat condemned the aircraft attacks, shortly after an anonymous caller told Abu Dhabi television that a radical Palestinian group was responsible for the attacks. The group later denied any involvement. See... Arafat Condems Terrorist Attack on USA [3] - Text of a statement issued by American Airlines: American Airlines confirmed today that it lost two aircraft in tragic incidents this morning. See... USA Attacks - American Airlines Issue Statement [4]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0109/S00050.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0109/S00051.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0109/S00052.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0109/S00053.htm

IMAGES OF NEW YORK BURNING

- a series of stills taken from this morning's BBC TV News coverage of the terrorist attacks in the USA. See... Scoop Images: BBC TV Images Of US Terrorist Attack [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0109/S00056.htm

A Kiwi In NYC Reports

“Man. What a unbelievable sight. The first explosion woke me up and sent us scurrying to the back fire escape. We were watching, unable to comprehend the 15 floor blazing hole in the side of the WTC building. Thats when the second explosion came from the ...” See... Eyewitness Report From A Kiwi In Downtown NYC [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0109/S00055.htm

Surreal Morning In San Francisco

Waking to the news that the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York had been hit by hijacked airliners was nothing short of surreal. See... Stateside With Rosalea: Not A Good Morning [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0109/S00054.htm

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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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