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Tom Barnard: There's been a huge explosion now.

Did that just happen?

Brian Zepp: Just right now.

Barnard: Oh, my God.

Terri Traen: It really is both towers.

Barnard: Both towers are now on fire.

Zepp: It was another plane.

Barnard: Was that another airplane?

Zepp: No.

Barnard: No, no, watch this footage they just showed.

Kim Bodison: Good morning, everyone, and thanks

for joining us for NBC 5 at 5 a.m.

on this Tuesday, September 11th.

I'm Kim Bodison for Nacita Quan today.

Art Norman: Good morning, I'm Art Norman.

We'll have all the news that has happened

since you went to sleep,

plus weather and traffic guaranteed here

every 10 minutes.

Ross Simpson: A new report suggests that the EPA

should get tougher on drinking water standards.

Ken Gallacher: Firefighters are hoping to have a 25-acre blaze

in the San Bernardino National Forest out by tonight.

Dan Moon: Did you see this weird story?

This teacher down in Texas

who went out to get some fried chicken

and spent three days in a sewer?

Rita Foley: Good morning to you, 58 minutes past the hour now.

Today is Tuesday, it's the 11th of September.

There are 111 days left in the year.

Today's highlight in history.

It was on September 11, 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed

the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.

Darrian Chapman: Well, thanks very much.

Good morning, everybody.

I got to say this, even if Michael Jordan decides

that he's not coming back to the NBA,

he sure has done a pretty good job

of capturing the imagination of basketball fans,

especially those here in Chicago.

Bodison: To talk or not to talk? That is the question.

A new Louis Harris poll says 75 percent of American adults

would stand behind laws

used to curb cell phone use while driving.

Looking at other news at this hour,

the West Nile virus apparently spreading

throughout the state, and quickly.

[train horn blows]

Scott Smith: What happens when a million pounds of train

crashes into your car?

You'll see in our special report, "When Seconds Count."

Foley: President Bush is winding up

a two-cay Florida tour

aimed at breathing new life into his education plan.

Reporter: The education plan has been bogged down for months

in disputes over how to define failing schools.

Kim Gordon: This is Kim Gordon in the 84 WHAS newsroom.

Coming up at 9 o'clock, Lieutenant Governor Steve Henry

continues his push for gun safety,

an adult business in LaRue County

has residents roaring,

and Iraq says it has brought down

another U.S. reconnaissance plane,

the second incident in a month.

Christine King: The skates are the first to get a workout.

All of these boxes are filled with skates,

the ones that you'll rent when you come here.

You can choose between the figure skates

or the hockey skates.

Two bucks a pop.

Woman: This is the Warrior's Challenge Corn Maze

at Campbell's Fresh Market in Clever, Missouri.

The thing about this maze

is it's cut in the shape of a magical kingdom,

and there's a story behind this.

Announcer: Covering the city of Charleston, the Low Country,

and the entire world 24 hours a day.

This is News Talk 1250 WTMA, Charleston.

Moon: All right, I just got a news bulletin handed to me.

A plane has apparently crashed into the World Trade Center,

one of the very top towers on the World Trade Center.

How could that occur?

What type of a plane was it?

Just got the report a minute ago.

We'll have details coming up at the top of the hour on that.

Paul Rogers: ...receptions for 115 yards,

in the win for Denver over the Giants.

Bob Sokoler: Paul, let me interrupt

just for a quick second.

We're getting word and we're seeing pictures

of a plane possibly have hitting the World Trade Center

in New York.

Fred Story: Now, here's what we know--

A twin-engine Cessna airplane

flew right smack into the World Trade Center

at the 110th floor.

Barnard: Man, this is unbelievable.

Apparently the report is that a commuter jet had some trouble

and crashed into the...

Oh, we've heard reports that it's both the southern tower

and the northern tower.

Looks to me to be the southern tower.

Story: All eyes in the United States

are on a breaking story that has just occurred

within the last five minutes.

Bill Wills: This is the big one, Newsradio WTAM 1100 Cleveland.

I'm Bill Wills.

News director R.C. Bauer is with us.

Horrific pictures coming out of New York, R.C.

R.C. Bauer: Unbelievable, smoke, thick black smoke and flames

are just pouring out of the upper floors

of one of the towers of the World Trade Center.

It looks like a twin-engine jet has crashed right into the side

of one of the buildings,

and there are reports on CNN that this is a 737,

it would be a commercial passenger plane,

although that's unconfirmed at this report.

Wills: This is just a horrible tragedy.

Smoke coming out of the World Trade Center in New York,

Keep it here on Newsradio WTAM 1100.

This is Bill Wills. Casey Coleman alongside.

Casey, again, this was all early reports,

some sort of a 737 is what the early report was.

You've flown in and out of New York.

Casey Coleman: Right.

Wills: I'm just trying to imagine flight patterns.

I know you fly over the city, but I...

Coleman: You don't come...

Wills: Something horrible has happened here.

Coleman: Something horrible has happened

or someone did it intentionally,

because you don't come within forever...

I mean, anywhere near there.

Wills: My God, that would be

a horrible, horrible, horrible tragedy

if these reports are true.

Moon: Fred, you got any further update on that?

Story: Yeah, Dan, I just saw on TV, it looks horrendous.

Huge amount, a veil of smoke,

and it looks like it's really done some damage.

It looks like a serious hit, and all we've got

is this one sentence right here from AP, Dan.

Hopefully more will be coming down as we speak.

Sandra Kay Daniels: Yes, "playing," get ready.

Children: Must! Daniels: Yes, "must."

Read these words the fast way. Get ready.

Children: Playing. Daniels: Yes, "playing."

Daniels: Get ready. Children: Must!

Daniels: Yes, "must."

Let's read these words the fast way

without making a mistake.

[jet engine]

Barnard: There's been a huge explosion, now.

Did that just happen?

Zepp: Just right now.

A massive explosion,

looked like from the other tower.

Barnard: Did that happen from the other tower?

Zepp: That was about a 200-foot ball of fire

that came out just now.

And that is on the other tower.

Barnard: They showed another airplane.

Zepp: They just reported a second plane

just hit the second tower.

Traen: It's like suicide bombers.

Zepp: It is suicide!

[camera shutters clicking]

Barnard: These lunatics are killing

thousands of innocent people

on these two airplanes, in these two buildings.

Who knows how many people on the ground are dead?

Zepp: And for what? Barnard: And for what?

Barnard: Did we ever think there'd be another date

that would live in infamy?

And here we are.

Announcer: And now, ladies and gentlemen,

here we go with hour number two

of the call-in portion of the Dan Moon Show.

[music playing]

Moon: Seven minutes after 9 o'clock

here at News Talk WTMA, I'm Dan Moon.

Let's go ahead and get the theme out of the way

because I want to jump right in.

I know by now you're just starting to sink in.

Listen to what I'm telling you.

There has been--I'm going to call it a terrorist attack,

and I'm going way out on a limb, but that's my opinion--

on the World Trade Center towers in New York.

And then just a matter of maybe six, seven, eight minutes ago,

we got a report that they, that another plane had crashed

into the other tower of the World Trade Center.

I don't know whether you're following this or not,

we're going to continue to follow it

and gonna talk about it this morning.

Jeb Bush: We don't have all the information,

but it's been confirmed that two planes

have hit the World Trade towers, World Trade Center in New York,

and perhaps we should have a brief moment of silence

to pray for the family members.

Woman: Our daughter had left her purse at her desk

thinking that it was just a fire drill.

All they had heard was a... was a loud noise,

and so they thought that it was a fire drill.

And when she walked outside,

she got down the steps, 33 flights,

and people were moving rather slow

and she got outside the building just in time to look up

and see the building, her building, explode.

Bauer: The Federal Aviation Administration has now ordered

any plane in the air to land at the nearest airport.

Obviously this is a nationwide security situation now.

Nancy Wolf: Right now let's go to Mac Thompson in the newsroom.

Mac Thompson: All right, thanks, Nancy.

We understand, we want to tell people

that may be going to the airport today to take flights,

we just talked to the people

at the Charleston International Airport,

and we do understand that all flights have been held.

Tim Knol: What is happening here at the airport right now is,

anybody that's coming in is being told

that all the flights have been canceled for today.

Pilot: We appreciate your patience very much.

I'll give you just a very brief description of what we know.

We have received a report through our communication lines

that what would appear to be maybe a terrorist activity

or hijacking has occurred.

Mike Nolan: Every single commercial airport

in this country has a ground stop right now.

Every airplane that was going to depart will be grounded,

every airplane that is airborne will land.

Brian Barker: Shock... all eyes fixated

on the unreal, horrible truth unfolding on the television.

Man: It's just a nauseating, incredible feeling

to know how vulnerable we are as a people.

Barker: Hundreds of people pulled off their waiting planes.

The airports closed, travel plans ruined.

But no one can stop watching, stop wincing.

Man: If somebody is willing to give up their life

to create this, there's no way we're going to stop it.

Barker: Virtually everyone says they're angry.

Man: Well, let's find out who did it and let's get them.

Barker: And there are stories of total displacement.

A rare sight on the Colorado Springs tarmac,

this Southwest Airlines plane was forced to land

while on its way to Las Vegas.

Man: We're just flying and all of a sudden,

they're like, you know, "We got a national emergency.

"We have to land the plane

in the next closest area, Colorado Springs,"

so, I don't know, we ain't going nowhere for a while.

Woman: Again, try to stay in this area.

Barker: More than a hundred people are forced to stay here

for no telling how long,

but that's not what's important, people say.

People here want answers.

Man: We're going to stick together,

they're going to show that we are a strong country.

This will be a minor setback,

and they're really not going to affect us.

Man: There's been a lot of warning about this,

and I think what they said this morning is true.

They've been preparing for biological attacks

and things like this,

and nobody ever thought about some idiot

flying a plane into a building.

Paul Aker: At Springfield's Morgan Stanley Dean Witter,

the future of the American stock market seems hidden

behind the smoking World Trade Centers.

Brokers watched as terrorists

attacked the heart of American capitalism.

Woman: I'm not worried about the market.

Aker: Most everyone in this Dean Witter office

worked in the Trade Center buildings at different times.

Man: When you're up there,

the Statue of Liberty is about that big.

Aker: They have co-workers, friends who still work there.

Man: Were they able to get out? I don't know.

Aker: The explosions destroyed at least some of those offices.

Man: There's been some tears shed.

Woman: The market will come back, but our friends won't.

[applause]

President Bush: Ladies and gentlemen,

this is a difficult moment for America.

I, unfortunately, will be going back to Washington

after my remarks.

Secretary Rod Paige and the Lieutenant Governor

will take the podium and discuss education.

I do want to thank the folks here at Booker Elementary School

for their hospitality.

Today we've had a national tragedy.

Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center

in an apparent terrorist attack on our country.

Reporter: Are you worried about your brother?

Jeb Bush: Absolutely I'm worried about my brother.

He is obviously the number one target

for terrorist acts in the world,

but he's got the best protection in the world, as well.

Reporter: Knowing your brother as you do,

what do you think is going through his mind,

and what emotions do you think he's feeling?

Jeb Bush: Well, I know his first reaction

is going to be a feeling of concern for innocent people

that are killed or hurt by cowardly acts of terrorism.

That's the first responsibility,

and that's the feeling that we all feel.

President Bush: Terrorism against our nation

will not stand.

Moon: Ronnie, hi, good morning, you're on News Talk WTMA.

Ronnie: Dan, this is the most spectacular, uh, event

that I've ever seen in my life.

Moon: You know, I've got to agree with you, Ronnie.

Ronnie: Uh, I've been in war, and, uh, this is terrifying.

Moon: What are you gonna do the rest of the day, Ronnie?

Ronnie: I'm gonna look at television.

Reporter: KYW News, time 9:43.

We're going to return to our live network coverage.

Be aware that there also now has been a blast

and there is a fire at the Pentagon

in the nation's capital,

so the story broadens to Washington, D.C.

Wills: Again, we have evidently two planes that have crashed

into the World Trade Center in New York.

Another, evidently, from what reports are,

a plane has crashed at or near the Pentagon in Washington.

This is live coverage on Newsradio WTAM 1100.

Ellen Qualls: A news conference begins at 9:30.

Former Governor Doug Wilder

endorsing Donald McEachin for attorney general,

a much-needed endorsement lost in the news cycle

where we informed Wilder

the Pentagon had now become a target.

Wilder: What?

Oh, my God.

Qualls: Seconds later, his reaction moderates.

Wilder: The sad thing, though, is we've come to a realization

that there's really no defense against insanity,

no defense against terrorism.

Qualls: One floor below, in the governor's office,

Secretary of the Commonwealth Anne Petera

sees a replay of the second plane

hitting the World Trade Center in New York.

The state police order the lockdown

of the executive mansion and the state capital.

Jim Vance: Good morning on a day that is not such a good day

here in Washington, D.C.,

and indeed in the entirety of the United States of America.

We are broadcasting locally now,

continuing the report of the terrorist attacks,

what are believed to be terrorist attacks,

in at least two cities in this country right now.

Susan Kidd: Megan McGrath has been out at the Pentagon

for some time this morning.

She's with us live to tell us

what's happening there now. Megan?

Megan McGrath: We're getting some movement of some of the,

we're assuming they're employees of the Pentagon,

over by that tree line there, by the exit ramp.

Just within the last couple of minutes

they've really started moving people back.

They were a little bit closer to the building

just a few minutes ago.

[shouting]

[shouting]

Bauer: We're getting word that Mayor White

is going to be holding a news conference at noon today

to talk about this.

Wills: The World Trade Center is just coming down.

Reporter: That's how thick the smoke is.

Bill Handel: We are carrying news live.

One of the World Trade Center buildings just collapsed.

The entire building collapsed.

There is nothing left of it.

The whole thing just came down.

They report an explosion at the base

that took out the foundations,

and if you can imagine, the whole building is now down.

One of the world's great skyscrapers has collapsed.

Woman: I drive a city bus,

and I just heard about it off and on from people.

I just didn't realize how bad this was.

So I just, I had to come over to church.

You talk to friends and my family,

and we're all crying on the phone, but it just...

I have to talk to God.

I have to know why.

This is terrible.

Handel: Back to KFI AM 640, more stimulating talk radio.

Bill Handel, 7:04 in the morning.

You can't even imagine the number of people

that have died and have been hurt.

And they're going to be pulling people out of there

for the next several months.

This is an extraordinary attack on us.

War has been declared against the United States,

it's just that simple.

Bauer: This is chilling. Wills: This is serious.

Bauer: It's difficult to even talk.

Wills: If you may have family, friends,

people working in some of these facilities,

we're trying to keep you as up to date as we can

as far as locally.

People are obviously dying in New York and other places

while we're on the air.

In taking notes over the last hour and a half,

Peter Jennings at one point said

this is Pearl Harbor, 1941.

Bauer: Yeah. This is unbelievable.

This is surreal,

this is the stuff you would expect to see in a novel.

Beth Trepani: We go live now to KYW's Paul Kurtz.

Paul, apparently buildings in Philadelphia

now being evacuated.

Paul Kurtz: Yeah, I'm in front

of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.

A lot of people standing around here out on cell phones.

Trepani: Tell us what it's like out on the streets.

We hear lots of sirens.

What is it like out in downtown Philadelphia right now?

Kurtz: A lot of people milling about,

especially outside this building.

You can hear the fire engine going on.

Certainly this strikes at the heart of everyone.

A lot of fear, a lot of people concerned.

A lot of people just want to go home

and be with their families at this point.

Wills: A lot of you now are listening in your car,

maybe you're in offices, that sort of thing,

but we need to update you on some local happenings,

all because of what is playing out

in New York and Washington this morning, right, R.C.?

Bauer: That's right.

We want to let you know first of all

that Hopkins Airport is not operational at this point.

There are no flights taking off,

so if you've got a plane to catch,

don't go to the airport, check ahead with your airline

because no flights are leaving Hopkins Airport at this time.

Woman: Sir, there has been a terrorist attack in New York

and in Washington, D.C.

There are no flights flying.

Announcer: In Pittsburgh, this may be unrelated,

but officials at Somerset County Airport

confirm that a large airplane has crashed

just north of the airport.

Now, this is about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

Steve Penstone: The plane involved flew over the airport

here in Johnstown at an elevation of about 6,000 feet

with no radio contact with Cleveland Center,

which is the air control center in Cleveland, Ohio,

and they ordered an evacuation of the tower here

at Johnstown Cambria County Airport.

Uh, this airport and the surrounding area

has been in a virtual shutdown

much, I'm assuming, like Manhattan and Washington.

Steve Grant: There was a fourth flight,

word coming in, United Airlines plane that went down,

apparently hijacked near Pittsburgh.

Apparently that happened just after the order

for all airlines to land was given.

Bill Folsom: The result of Fort Carson

shutting half its gates

is miles-long lines of people waiting to get on post.

There's no denying it can be frustrating,

but there's also understanding.

Soldier: Be prepared to physically open up

your trunk and your hood.

Folsom: Each and every vehicle's hood and trunk are opened,

a mirror is used to look underneath,

and a bomb-sniffing dog is on alert.

Soldier: You got to have security like this.

We've got to keep safe around here where we're at.

Woman: My husband's on base. We live on base.

My kids are on base.

My first reaction was,

"Oh, my God, I've got to go get my kids."

Karin Phillips: Elaine, I'm on the west side

of Independence Hall, where traffic is just jammed.

I see a lot of people who are panicked, quite frankly.

I mean, people are trying to get out of town,

people are obviously leaving their offices

and trying to leave town.

Handel: We're now breaking for news, Bill Handel.

This is KFI AM 640, more stimulating talk radio.

Announcer: This is KFI.

Gallacher: Raining terror from the sky.

Good morning, I'm Ken Gallacher,

this is the 7:30 news here on KFI.

You've been hearing from Bill Handel

about the plane crashes in New York.

Handel: Cut! Ken, cut, cut!

The second World Trade Center building is now collapsing.

Second building now collapsing.

This is unbelievable.

We don't even know where this is going to go.

Ken, you want to go back to the news?

The last flash, the second building

of the World Trade Center has now collapsed.

Bottom line.

War has been declared on the United States.

We are in the middle of a terrorist attack

on the very foundations, the very foundations

of who and what we are.

Bill Long: You may be spending time

trying to explain this tragedy to your children,

as we have been discussing.

Well, at Phoenix Christian School,

administrators and pastors brought students together today.

Girl: This is really hard

because those kids don't know if there's gonna be a dad...

when...

just don't know if there's gonna be a dad,

and I think that's really hard

because I know that I would be so upset if my dad wasn't here.