Day of terror
AP Photo / Carmen Taylor
A jet
airliner is lined up on one of the World Trade Center towers.
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Retrieving
bodies, chasing terrorists
Fires burned, buildings crumbled and the death toll mounted Wednesday
in New York and Washington as a stunned nation tried to cope with a terrorist
attack that left thousands of people dead or missing.
FBI
says it has identities of hijackers
WASHINGTON
–The FBI said its agents had confirmed most of the hijackers' identities,
using airline passenger lists, intercepted phone calls and Internet records.
They served search warrants in three states and detained people for questioning
but, by late Wednesday, had made no arrests directly linked to Tuesday's
strikes on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
Search-and-rescue workers ordered to leave Pentagon damage site; hopes dim
for survivors
WASHINGTON – Search-and-rescue workers at the Pentagon were temporarily
evacuated Thursday morning following a telephoned bomb threat, a U.S. official
said. Crews had worked through the night with little hope for finding more
survivors.
Wednesday, Sept. 12
• Police check whether hijackers entered from Canada
• Rescuers pull third person from rubble; another sought
• Officials investigate how security at Boston's Logan airport was breached on two flights
• Feds probe possible terrorist-attack links in Florida
• White House, Air Force One were terrorist targets
• Federal authorities investigate four separate cells of terrorists
• FAA allows flights diverted to continue journeys
• FBI teams converge on downtown Boston hotel
• Government probe focuses on bin Laden; 700 leads investigated
• Terrorists may have used own pilots to crash planes into trade center, Pentagon
• Federal government reopens after attack
• Bush says nation will fight back, recover from 'acts of war'
• New York digs out of 'devastating, unspeakable' carnage
• No more survivors expected at Pentagon
• Source: Bin Laden happy over deadly strikes in U.S., but denies involvement
• Boston airport breaches investigated
• War at home
• Congress reconvenes to show unity after attack
• Transportation Department reinforces security at airports
• Sports come to standstill following terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon
Tuesday, Sept. 11
• Bush puts government on highest alert
• List of victims
• U.S. probe focuses on bin Laden
• Nation reels in horror
• Timeline of Tuesday's events
• Pentagon takes direct hit
• Jet crashes in Pa.; passenger reported hijacking in phone call
• Bush promises full force of U.S. government will track down terrorists
• American Airlines planes hit towers
• Two United Airlines jetliners crash
• London editor says he was warned of attack
• NY workers walk miles to safety
• Terrorists must have had own pilots in scheme that defied planning, experts say
• Pain rekindles for Oklahoma City survivor
• Chaotic scene of devastation unfolds on national television
• Text: Bush addresses nation from Oval Office
• Powell uses democracy meeting to make stand against terrorism