Planes Crash Into World Trade Center
NewsMax.com
Tueday, Sept. 11, 2001
New York – What appear to be commercial jetliners, possibly 737-type planes, have plowed into the World Trade Center at approximately 9 a.m., causing what one eyewitness described as a "huge boom," after which debris rained down on the financial district below.
Smoke is now pouring out of the 110-story towers, and several floors appear to be completely devastated.
The FBI is investigating the hijacking of an American Airlines plane en route from Boston to Los Angeles. It is not known whether passengers were aboard.
The State department had issued, on Friday, a worldwide alert regarding Osama bin Laden and possible terrorist attacks. All parties were supposed to be on a 'heightened state of alert.'
The Lincoln Tunnel has been closed, and other New York airports have been closed. Armed Jets are patrolling Manhattan, ready to shoot down other threats.
President Bush has just made a statement, saying that we will "use the full resources of the fedral government to hunt down" the people who have perpetrated this act, and that: "Terrorism against our nation will not stand."
More details to come ...
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