MSNBC is the only operational site after my hour away from the computer. Now i’m off to give a tour, but rest assured i’ll keep dissecting as the day goes by.
by krisis
Personal
All flights nationally have been grounded. Philly Stock Exchange is being evacuated.
American Airlines Flight 11 which was meant to be heading from Boston to Los Angeles. There are reports that one of the WTC towers has collapsed. I’ll continue coverage after doing some real work; one of our international counselors just got back into the country and is beside herself and so i’m taking over for her today.
CNN.com: NEW YORK (CNN) — In what President Bush called a terrorist attack, two planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers on Tuesday, leaving them both in flames from explosions in a terrifying scene as black clouds of smoke billowed over Manhattan.
CNN has switched to a text-only main page format with a single headline picture to handle the load on their server. Further bulletins included “Fire reported on National Mall” and “White House evacuated.”
Breaking network news indicates that a third plane has crashed into the Pentagon within the last half hour. The section where the impact occurred had just been newly remodeled and reopened to workers. Someone was quoted as saying that the “floor buckled and the roof caved in.” During the day the Pentagon is literally a small city… hosting over 35,000 workers. Reporters noted that people have been brought out of the building on stretchers.