September 13, 2001 Diary: America Responds

Rescuers settle in for grim tasks
Thursday, September 13, 2001
As the smoldering ashes of the World Trade Center slowly yielded unimaginable carnage, investigators fanned out across the country Wednesday to track the conspirators who orchestrated an unprecedented day of terror from the air.

'Good will prevail'
Thursday, September 13, 2001
The United States on Wednesday moved unmistakably toward war. President Bush firmly denounced Tuesday's attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., as "acts of war" and braced a shaken nation for a long fight against the terrorists who orchestrated them. He sought $20 billion to help pay the cost of rescue and retaliation as investigators searched from Florida to Canada and along the Internet for suspects.

How to cope in attacks' wake
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Because of the terrorist attacks, Tuesday was a frightening day for both children and adults. Here are some things children can do to help themselves get through this difficult time.

Number of missing tops 4,700 as rescuers search through rubble
Thursday, September 13, 2001
(Updated Thursday at 6:50 p.m.) Five rescue workers were pulled alive from the ruins of the World Trade Center on Thursday, two days after terrorists toppled the skyscrapers. The city said more than 4,700 people were still missing.

Authorities close in on suspects' associates
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Federal and state authorities raided hotel rooms and searched for vehicles Wednesday from Maine to Florida as they began uncovering the complex plot that led to the deadly terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Officials aim to reopen markets Friday
Thursday, September 13, 2001
The nation's stock markets won't reopen before Friday as New York's financial district struggles to recover from a terrorist attack that devastated the World Trade Center. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt had said earlier that he believed the markets would be ready to open today, according to SEC spokesman John Heine.

Survivor shares experience of horror
Thursday, September 13, 2001
By Dave Ranney

George deMenocal will always remember the women's shoes in the stairwell of the World Trade Center's southern tower. "They were all over the place," he said. "And when we got outside, they were there, too. Everywhere you looked, there were women's shoes." Women fleeing the ravaged skyscraper couldn't keep their shoes on. Everybody was moving too fast. A lost shoe didn't matter.

'Heroic effort' by passengers may have spared lives
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Just before United Flight 93 crashed, some of the passengers learned of the attacks on the World Trade Center and may have tried to overpower their hijackers and keep the jetliner from hitting another landmark.

Residents turn to prayer
Thursday, September 13, 2001
By Terry Rombeck

The Rev. Heather Hensarling said she was touched by what she heard Wednesday at Kansas University as she distributed white ribbons in remembrance of those killed by terrorists. She was also touched by what she didn't hear.

KU's Muslim students feel pressure
Thursday, September 13, 2001
By Terry Rombeck

Husameedin Al-Madani said his dark skin makes him an immediate suspect. People look at the veil wrapped around Asma Rehman's head and wonder if she's linked to thousands of deaths on the East Coast. As speculation continued that Muslim groups were responsible for Tuesday's attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., Kansas University's Muslim students said they returned to classes and faced accusing glares from fellow students.

Investigators seek black box in Pa.
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Investigators Wednesday began what may be a weekslong search for bodies and clues amid growing speculation that United Airlines Flight 93, commandeered by hijackers, had been headed for Washington when it crashed into a remote hillside.

How much?
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Journal-World Editorial

There's no excuse for the part some local filling stations played in feeding Tuesday's gasoline panic. How low can you go?

Travelers coping in tragedy aftermath
Thursday, September 13, 2001
By Mindie Paget

Francois Henriquez took Wednesday off. The Lawrence man needed time to rest after he and four colleagues rented a minivan in Washington, D.C., and drove more than 16 hours to get back to friends and family in Kansas.

Terrorism now a low-tech threat
Thursday, September 13, 2001
By Trudy Rubin
Knight Ridder Newspapers

"This is the second Pearl Harbor," said Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., about Tuesday's unbelievable horrors. In fact, it's worse. The Japanese planes that struck Hawaii didn't reach the U.S. mainland, let alone its political and financial capitals.

Firefighters, police toil on despite grief
Thursday, September 13, 2001
At Hook and Ladder Co. 3 of Battalion 6 on East 13th Street, Mike Moran's tired, sad, bloodshot blue eyes only begin to tell the story. Two-fifths of the firefighter's 25-man company was unaccounted for Wednesday, presumed buried under the rubble that used to be the World Trade Center.

Family takes precedence at time like this
Thursday, September 13, 2001
By Chuck Woodling

This isn't about sports. This is about life. This is about family. his is merely one of millions of stories to evolve from Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon, but it's very close to me. My son-in-law, Gerry Dixon, works in the World Trade Center complex.

World Series in November possible
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Baseball may play its first World Series games in November and Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn could get to finish at home as result of the terrorist attacks that disrupted the major league schedule.

Nebraska game moved to Thursday
Thursday, September 13, 2001
The Big 12 Conference was willing to play a full football schedule this weekend, but ended up with one postponement: No. 4 Nebraska and Rice pushing back their game to next Thursday.

NFL players express fear of flying
Thursday, September 13, 2001
NFL players and coaches are reluctant to play this week's games following the attacks in New York and Washington and several said Wednesday they were afraid to board airplanes.

Gymnastics coach was aboard plane
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Mari-Rae Sopper, the women's gymnastics coach at UC Santa Barbara, was aboard one of the flights downed by terrorists.

Hollywood backs away from violence
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Real-life terrorism has led Hollywood executives to postpone at least one movie and consider changing the scheduling of other films and TV shows that involve terrorist plots against Americans.

A time for mourning, not for games
Thursday, September 13, 2001
First of all, pardon me for saying that if this is where you are beginning your journey through the newspaper, you are in the wrong place. Normally, we'd love to have you. But today there is nothing on this page that is even remotely as important as events that are detailed elsewhere.

Security a fragile commodity
Thursday, September 13, 2001
By Geneva Overholser
Washington Post Writers Group

It took me so long to know of it. I sat at my desk, bent on a deadline, even as sirens screamed, even as our phone rang. Finally I heard my daughter's quivering voice, calling from Utah, on the message machine downstairs. "Mom! Tell me if you guys are all right!"

Our world has changed
Thursday, September 13, 2001
By Ellen Goodman
The Boston Globe

Tuesday morning our world changed. I say it that simply because there is no need for melodrama in our mourning. The facts will do.

America should heed its rage
Thursday, September 13, 2001
By Jill Porter
Philadelphia Daily News

Let more rational voices call for restraint.I heed the rage within. Find the bastards who did this to us and kill them, whoever and wherever they are.

KU staff member creates patriotic Web banner
Thursday, September 13, 2001
(Updated Thursday at 6:32 p.m.) A Kansas University staff member has designed a patriotic banner he hopes will be unfurled on Web sites across the country.

U.S. intelligence efforts under increased scrutiny
Thursday, September 13, 2001
With the United States spending billions on counterterrorism in recent years, the successful attacks this week on targets in New York and Washington must be considered a serious and disturbing intelligence failure, some analysts said Wednesday.

Sports world agonizes
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Tiger Woods and other pro golfers put away their clubs. Baseball parks were silent in the thick of pennant races. Colleges canceled football games featuring top-ranked teams. And the NFL debated what to do, still regretting its decision to play after the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963.

Kansas security remains tight after attacks
Thursday, September 13, 2001
The Kansas National Guard stayed on high alert, McConnell Air Force Base tightened security, and uniformed officers blocked traffic around the Statehouse Wednesday. Fort Leavenworth, like all other military installations, remained at threat level "Delta," the highest security there is.

Pentagon fire finally extinguished
Thursday, September 13, 2001
More than 24 hours after a hijacked airliner smashed into the Pentagon, a fire that tore at the Defense Department headquarters finally was put out. Hopes of finding more survivors in the rubble were all but extinguished, too.

United Congress vows retaliation
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Congress reopened Wednesday with lawmakers demanding a swift response to the devastating terror attacks in New York and Washington. In a day devoted entirely to the attacks, the common theme was that terrorists who crashed hijacked jets into the twin towers of the World Trade Center and into the Pentagon had committed an act of war against the United States.

LHS students explore attacks' impact
Thursday, September 13, 2001
By Tim Carpenter

Lawrence High School honor student Josh Massoni declared Wednesday that his generation's moment of truth had arrived. Terrorist attacks that toppled the World Trade Center and blasted the Pentagon are proof, he said.

Protesters favor forgiveness
Thursday, September 13, 2001
By Dave Toplikar

Several area people who oppose U.S. retaliation for the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., staged a peaceful protest Wednesday afternoon along a busy Lawrence street.

Diverted planes allowed to complete journeys
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Thousands of passengers whose flights were diverted after Tuesday's terror attacks began resuming their journeys Wednesday, but officials kept the rest of the nation's commercial air fleet on the ground.

Military recruiters report jump in applicants
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Josh Gipe had been considering joining the Army to pay for college. The terrorist attacks against the very symbols of American power steeled his resolve. Wednesday morning he went straight to an Army office here, filling out paperwork and answering recruiters' questions. The 24-year-old hopes to be in basic training in two weeks.

Stranded air travelers continue waiting for flights
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Her suitcases piled besides her, Rosemary Matcheny sat waiting Wednesday at Mid-Continent Airport for news of when flights would resume. The Illinois woman was flying to San Diego for her father's funeral.

World continues to condemn attacks
Thursday, September 13, 2001
In Berlin, mourners lit candles and left a promise scrawled in red, white and blue outside the heavily guarded U.S. Embassy: "America, you'll never walk alone." At the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, they brought lilies, compassion and a shot of vodka. "I feel as though they were my loved ones," said Valentina Bonkova, 53, in tears. "Everyone here is so terribly sorry."

Bond trading resumes; stock trading to resume Monday
Thursday, September 13, 2001
(Updated Thursday at 4:13 p.m.) The nation's stock markets will resume trading Monday, ending a four-day shutdown that followed the destruction of the World Trade Center, officials said Thursday.

Congress works on anti-terrorism bill
Thursday, September 13, 2001
(Updated Thursday at 2:29 p.m.) In an extraordinary show of bipartisan unity, congressional leaders said they intended to begin pushing an emergency anti-terrorism package through Congress as early as Thursday with a price tag that could exceed $20 billion.

KU postpones Islamic expert's speech
Thursday, September 13, 2001
(Updated Thursday at 4:10 p.m.) Kansas University has postponed a speech by an expert on Islamic religion and law because he wasn't able to fly to Lawrence from Atlanta.

Business Briefs
Thursday, September 13, 2001
• Corporations: Finding workers is top priority for firms
• Economy: U.S. trade deficit falls in second quarter
• World Trade Organization: Diplomats delay decision on China
• European Union: GE, Honeywell appeal merger rejection

Business Briefs
Thursday, September 13, 2001
• Terrorist attack prompts Midway Airlines to close
• Central banks: G-7 nations pledge unity
• Insurance industry: World Trade Center disaster expected to reach record

6News report: Students threatened
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Kim Hall reports on threats made towards KU's Muslim students.

6News report: State department reissues caution statement
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Kim Hall reports on the State Departments reissue of its World Wide Caution, warning Americans about travelling abroad.

6News report: Lawrence firefighters trying to help in New York
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Kim Hall reports on local firefighter efforts to raise money for their New York counterparts.

6News report: Tips on coping offered
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Josh Garber reports on tips on dealing with crisis.

6News report: Vigils helping some local residents
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Kim Hall reports on a candlelight prayer vigil that took place at Danforth Chapel on Wednesday evening.

6News report: Red Cross still in need of help
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Josh Garber reports on the request for aid from the Red Cross.

6News report: Mail backed up
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Josh Garber reports on the backup of mail due to the FAA grounding of flights.

6News report: Ribbons signify united campus
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Josh Garber reports on KURA's white ribbon's that have been handed out on campus.

6News report: Identities of most hijackers now known
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Kim Hall reports on the collapse of another World Trade Center building.

6News report: Secretary Powell requests a world wide coalition
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Kim Hall reports on Secretary of State Collin Powell's request for a World Wide Coalition against terrorism.

Memorial vigils continue in city
Thursday, September 13, 2001

Government fails
Thursday, September 13, 2001