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People run from the collapse of World Trade Center Tower this morning in New York City. Twoplanes crashed into the upper floors of both World Trade Center towers minutes apart in a horrificscene of explosions and fires that left gaping holes in the 110-story buildings.

ATTACKEDPresident Bush vowed revenge for

the untold damage and loss of life.Thousands could be dead or injured,a New York official said. The presi-dent promised to “hunt down andpunish” the terrorists responsible.

“Terrorism against our nation willnot stand,’’ he said from an AirForce base in Louisiana.

In a horrific sequence of destruc-tion, terrorists hijacked four com-mercial airliners — including twofrom Boston — crashing two of theminto the World Trade Center in aspectacularly coordinated series ofattacks that brought down the twin110-story towers about 90 minuteslater. About 50,000 people work inthe twin glass and steel towers, andanother 10,000 people visit each day.

Witnesses described people jump-ing from the burning towers justbefore the buildings collapsed in acloud of ashes and smoke.

About an hour after the worldTrade Center attacks, a third air-craft crashed at the Pentagon, rais-ing fears that the seat of governmentitself was under attack.

As the world watched the eventsunfold on television, the twin WorldTrade Center towers collapsed, oneat a time, just as authorities hadbegun to try to evacuate those whoworked inside. Survivors staggeredaway from the scene covered in grayash and soot.

Many others were thought tohave been trapped when the build-ings came down.

Trade Center,Pentagon hitin act of war

By Dave LevinthalEagle-Tribune Writer

Capitol Police reported tocongressmen that more than10,000 people in each WorldTrade Center tower arebelieved dead, New Hamp-shire’s Second District Con-gressman Charles Bass toldThe Eagle-Tribune this after-noon from Washington, D.C.

Bass, along with all mem-bers of Congress, are sched-uled to meet today after beingevacuated from the Capitolearlier this morning. TheWashington, D.C., skies arefilled with fighter jets, he said,and security is at its maxi-mum.

“It is unlikely that even aspitball could get in,” Basssaid from a location fourblocks away from the Capitolat which he was staying thisafternoon.

As a past member of theHouse Intelligence Commit-

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In one of the most audacious attacks everlaunched on American soil, the twin towersof the world Trade Center were destroyedand the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., wasseverely damaged when terrorists crashedhijacked airliners into the seats of power thismorning.

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People run through smoke-filled streets after the collapse of thetwo 110-story towers of the World Trade Center in New York.

By Molly ManchentonEagle-Tribune Business Editor

A Raytheon executive fromTewksbury and a pilot from Dracutwere among those killed today when

two passengerjets crashed intothe World TradeCenter towers.

Raytheon VicePresident PeterA. Gay, the for-mer plant man-ager ofRaytheon’sAndover plant,was a passengeron a Boston-to-Los Angeles

flight that crashed into the WorldTrade Center this morning. Bothplanes — one an American Airlinesjetliner, and the other a United Air-lines jetliner, were flying fromBoston to Los Angeles when they hitthe 110-story towers.

WCVB-TV Channel 5 reportedthis afternoon that Paul Ogonowski,52, of Dracut, was piloting AmericanFlight 11, which was enroute fromBoston to Los Angeles. Investigatorsbelieve the plane was hijacked.

Three other airliners crashed aswell, including a American flightthat crashed into the World TradeCenter, a United Airlines flight thatcrashed near Pittsburgh and a sec-ond United flight. United officialswould not say where that planecrashed.

Raytheon spokesman David Polksaid he could not comment onreports that Gay and the other exec-utive had been killed.

But workers reported that earlythis afternoon, Zack Noshirwani,vice president for Air MissileDefense Systems Operations and thetop executive at the Andover plant,delivered the news by closed-circuittelevision to company employees.

Workers were told they could gohome, if they wanted to, but thatthey could not return if they left.

Most filed out of the plant at 350Lowell St. where the company buildsPatriot, Hawk AEGIS and Ground-

Peter A. Gay

Raytheonexecutive,local pilotkilled

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STEVE MYRICK

NEW YORKCITY — It is 1:22p.m. and for thefirst time, thefear becomespersonal. Thesound of a largeaircraft, verylow, very scary,can be heardthrough the openwindows of thesmall GreenwichVillage apart-ment where I amstaying with afriend.

The feeling ofhelplessness is overwhelming. Ithits home with the force of aboxer’s best body punch. If some-one really wants to attack us, attackus as individuals, attack us as anation, there is little we can do toprevent it.

The sound of the aircraft fades,

the fear does not. CNN’s live televi-sion cameras are pointed at LowerManhattan, perhaps 10 blocks fromwhere I sit. I wonder whether I willsee yet another unfathomable disas-ter happening. It must have beenseconds passing; it seemed like a lotlonger.

First word of the disaster comesby phone, a call to my friend. Thetelevision relays the news of utter,horrifying disaster. It takes time forthe scope of the tragedy to sink in.There is nothing to compare it to,the mind cannot grasp the size ofthe thing.

I walk outside to 6th Avenue. Thetwo towers are clearly visible,straight down the busy thorough-fare. Black smoke is pouring fromthe top of both towers. It is nowabout 15 minutes after the airlinerhit the second tower.

The streets are beginning to fillwith people. The subways havebeen closed, all the tunnels andbridges connecting the island ofManhattan with the rest of theworld have been closed. People who

work in Lower Manhattan had justarrived at their offices. Now theyare leaving and walking backuptown.

Many people are still unaware ofwhat happened. But there is aheavy sense of shock, similar towhat you witness when you see peo-ple who have just been in a caraccident, but on a scale of thou-sands.

More and more people are fillingthe streets. Hundreds of people tryto call out on mobile phones, butfew could get through. I nearlywear out the redial button on myphone, trying to get in touch withmy family.

Suddenly the mass of peoplebegins a collective gasp. The first ofthe towers begins to buckle. Inawful, slow, surreal, time, the build-ing falls straight down upon itself. Idon’t remember any sound, butsurely there must have been some.

Many people begin to cry. Someare hysterical. But mostly, they are

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Smoke and flames rise from the upper floors of the World Trade Center in New York City thismorning in this image from television. Planes crashed into the upper floors of both World TradeCenter towers minutes apart in a horrific scene of explosions and fires that left gaping holes in the110-story buildings.

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Planes went down outsidePittsburgh and at Camp David.

The first attack occurred atabout 8:45 a.m. when an Ameri-can Airlines 767, Flight 11,headed from Boston’s LoganAirport to Los Angeles, washijacked. The plane was beingdiverted to John F. KennedyAirport in New York when itbroke off its route and headedtoward the World Trade Center.

Witnesses said they saw thesmall commercial plane streak-ing toward the World TradeCenter’s west tower building,where an estimated 30,000 to40,000 people work in the heartof New York’s financial district.The plane tore a 10- to 15-storyhole in the tower, and smokeand debris poured from thebuilding. One tower collapsed at10:30 a.m., a second tower col-lapsed less than an hour later.

At 9 a.m., a large jet planestruck the second Trade Centertower, as the world watched ontelevision. A massive explosioncould be seen, and smoke bil-lowed from the building. Aboutan hour later, the 110-storytower — the largest tower inNew York — collapsed.

The first plane struck the top

By Bryon Rivers, Kristi Palma,and Gretchen PutnamEagle-Tribune Writers

For Bridget O’Brien, 26, of Hobo-ken, N.J., a routine commute to workthis morning has turned into herworst nightmare.

While waiting at the subway sta-tion at 9 this morning, she heard anannouncement that no subwayswould be heading to the WorldTrade Center. She said she thoughtnothing of it.

But when she got to work at Clari-ty Incentive Systems at 35 W. 35thSt. in New York City, she learnedthat two planes had hit the WorldTrade Center — right where a goodfriend of hers works as a tax auditor.

“I’m near mass hysteria,” saidO’Brien, her voice shaking. “I’mdesperately trying to get ahold of

him, but I don’t know anything yet.”O’Brien, who works in midtown,

said she couldn’t see or hear any-thing. But it was pandemonium inher office this morning. Those whowere able to get to work werecrowded around the TV. Many peo-ple called her to say they couldn’tget to work because the subway wasdown. O’Brien said she told them tostay home.

“It’s absolutely chaos here. Peoplecan’t even get home. We’re stuckhere. I’m thinking I’m pretty muchstaying here for several hours.”

Secret Service agent David Cur-ran was working in the agency’sfield office in the World Trade Cen-ter when the first plane crashed. Theoffice is located on the seventh floorin Building 6 of the center, adjacentto the two towers, one of which col-

lapsed after the second crash.“They’ve blown it up. I am fine,’’

the former Medway, Mass., residenttold his wife, Peggy Dee Curran,after the blast. Mrs. Curran wasunaware of the attack before herhusband called. She said all agentswho were in the office were fine, butall of the center’s two buildings hadbeen evacuated.

Curran’s mother-in-law, PeggyLandry of Medway, was devastatedby the news.

“Thank God David is all right, butthis is awful for our country,”Landry said.

Paul P. Lisiak, 27, formerly ofAndover, heard the sound of a veryloud propeller plane flying low as hetook a shower in his South Hamptonapartment in New York.

By Bill BurtEagle-Tribune Writer

Area veterans contacted todaywere in agreement with what theUnited States’ response should be toalleged terrorist attacks in NewYork and Washington.

“Find out who did it and go getthem,” said an angry George Laver-riere, 79, who spent four years in thePacific theater from 1942 to 1945 onthe USS Minneapolis. “This BinLaden character has been gettingaway with murder.

Laverriere, of Salem, N.H., saidAmerica needs to be more forcefulin its reaction because of its severity.

“I’ve seen some bad things overthe years, but nothing ever like this,”said Laverriere. “We can’t take thisfrom these idiots. We have to findout who did it and eliminate them.”

Arthur J. Bourbeau, 79, ofLawrence knows about this kind ofattack. He, too, was a World War IIveteran who served on the USS Den-ver in 1944 when a kamikaze pilotslammed into it.

“If they find out who did, I’d blowthem right off the face of the earth,”said Bourbeau. “We’re too darn freewith them, letting them into thiscountry ... Get rid of them!”

John Doherty, the Andover Veter-ans Services director, thinksresponse to the terrorist attackshould be ‘’swift and very violent.’’

‘’We should vaporize not just thisgroup but any other group whocould do this,” said Doherty. “Thiswas bound to happen sooner or later,

By Rosemary FordEagle-Tribune Writer

The group claiming respon-sibility for the World TradeCenter and Pentagon attackshas a long history of terroristactions, but nothing as devas-tating as the attacks this morn-ing.

The Democratic Front for aLiberated Palestine is a for-merly pro-Soviet group thatsplit from the Popular Frontfor the Liberation of Palestinein 1969.

Its typical acts have includ-ed minor bombings andgrenade attacks.

In May 1974, it took over anIsraeli school house, killing 27and wounding 134 children. InMarch 1979, the groupclaimed responsibility forplanting bombs in Israelibuses to protest PresidentCarter’s visit to Israel.

According to informationWitnesses: New York in a panic

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Terrorists’activities:bombingsand raids

WASHINGTON, D.C.as of 10:30 a.m. today:A plane crashed into thePentagon, a car explodedoutside the State Departmentand there is a fire on theWashington Mall.

TheMall

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Two of the nation’s symbols of internationalpower — The Pentagon in Washington, D.C.,and the World Trade Center towers in NewYork City — were severely damaged by ter-rorist aircraft attacks this morning.

An unknown number of people were injuredand killed in three separate attacks.

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PETER GAY, Tewksbury, Raytheon vicepresident, formerly Andover plant manager.Passenger on hijacked plane.JOHN OGONOWSKI, Dracut. Pilot on AmericanFlight 11.MARIE PAPPALARDO, formerly of Lawrence,Methuen. Passenger.LOUIS MARIANI, Derry, N.H. Passenger.TOM McGUINNESS, Portsmouth, N.H. Co-pilot.CAROL FLYZIK, Plaistow, N.H. Passenger.

KENNETH WALDIE, Methuen. Raytheonengineer, youth basketball referee.Passenger.JANE ORTH, Haverhill, retired. Passenger.DOUGLAS GOWELL, Methuen. Passenger.PETER HASHEM, Tewksbury. Passenger.BETTY ONG, Andover. Flight attendant.ROBERT LEBLANC, Lee, N.H. Passenger.MISSING: CHRIS MORRISON, Andover.Was in the World Trade Center.GAYPAPPALARDO OGONOWSKI WALDIE ORTH

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MILDRED NAIMAN, Andover. Passenger on Flight 11,first plane to hit World Trade Center. Story, Page 7.LEONARD TAYLOR, formerly of Andover. Passenger

Raytheon’s Andover plant. Passenger on Flight 11.JOHN OGONOWSKI, Dracut. Pilot on American Flight 11. Obituary, Page 14.MARIE PAPPALARDO, formerly of Lawrence, Methuen. Passenger.LOUIS MARIANI, Derry, N.H. Passenger on United Flight 175.TOM McGUINNESS, Portsmouth, N.H. Co-pilot Flight 11.CAROL FLYZIK, Plaistow, N.H. Passenger on Flight 11.KENNETH WALDIE, Methuen. Raytheon engineer, youth basketball referee.Passenger on Flight 11.JANE ORTH, Haverhill, retired. Passenger on Flight 11.DOUGLAS GOWELL, Methuen. Passenger on Flight 11.PETER HASHEM, Tewksbury. Passenger on Flight 11. Obituary, Page 14BETTY ONG, Andover. Flight attendant on Flight 11.

MISSING: CHRIS MORRISON, Andover. Was in the World Trade Center.

TAYLORHAYES NAIMAN

on Flight 77, which hit the Pentagon. Story, Page 7.ROBERT J. HAYES, Amesbury. Passenger on Flight 11.Story, Page 7.PATRICK J. QUIGLEY IV, 40, formerly of Methuen.Passenger on Flight 175. Story, Page 7.JAMES TRENTINI, 65, and wife MARY TRENTINI, 67,formerly of Rowley. Passengers on Flight 11.THOMAS PECORELLI, 30, Newburyport native Passengeron Flight 11.DONALD DITULLIO, 49, of Peabody, worked at Andover’sSmith and Nephew. Passenger on Flight 11.

PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIEDPETER GAY, Tewksbury, former vice president at

President to visit N.Y. tomorrowBy Marjory ShermanEagle-Tribune Writer

President Bush, declaring “Iweep and mourn with America,”today said he will visit terrorist-

stricken NewYork tomorrow.Officials said thedeath toll fromcoordinatedattacks earlier inthe week wouldreach into thethousands.

“There is aquiet anger inAmerica,” Bushsaid in a tele-phone confer-

ence call with New York Gov.George Pataki and Mayor RudolphGiuliani.

“My resolve is steady and strongabout winning this war that has beendeclared on America,” the presidentadded. “It’s a new kind of war. ...This government will adjust and thisgovernment will call other govern-ments to join us.”

Bush spoke as Congress hastenedto vote $20 billion as a first install-ment on recovery and anti-terrorismefforts. There was also discussionabout passage of legislation autho-rizing a military response to theattacks in New York and Washing-ton, although administration offi-cials made clear they believed thepresident already had the authorityhe needed.

As rescuers raced the clock to tryto save victims of Tuesday’s terroristattack in the mountain of rubble inNew York, investigators zeroed in on50 people they believe were respon-sible, including about a dozen whomay have hijacked the two doomedplanes out of Boston.

The spotlight focused closely onBoston yesterday as one of the primescenes for the worldwide manhunt.

BUSH: ‘I WEEPWITH AMERICA’

TERROR HITS HOMELOCAL DEATH TOLL MOUNTSValley mourns losses. Page 7.HEROESVolunteers mobilize; hundreds give blood. Page 3.CHANGED FOREVERHow will our children get over thistragedy? Page 11.THE COSTTuesday’s attack will have a lastingeffect on our economy, and foreverchange the way we travel. Page 11.BULLETIN:NFL cancels weekend’s games.

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Victor DiDonato of North Andover displays the Stars andStripes from the pedestrian overpass on Route 125 next toNorth Andover High School.

By Taylor ArmerdingEagle-Tribune Writer

“This will be a monumentalstruggle of good versus evil, butgood will prevail.”

That was the word from the top— President George W. Bushspeaking to the nation after a newDay of Infamy, promising that theU.S. would “rally the world” todefeat rogue terrorists.

But at the bottom — the grass-roots level — the rally was begin-ning even before the president’sspeech yesterday morning. Whilethe shock and grief remained, afterhijacked commercial jets struckthe World Trade Center in NewYork City and the Pentagon inWashington, D.C., a wave of patri-otic fervor was sweeping the Mer-rimack Valley in a way many resi-dents said they had not seen or feltin their lifetime.

It ranged from the symbolic tothe spiritual to offers of materialand personal sacrifice, but it allcarried the same basic message —the nation is unified in its resolveto preserve a way of life thatremains an envy to the world.

American flags “bloomed”throughout the region on utilitypoles, in front of businesses andlocal homes, in an explosion of red,

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Offering comfort, neighbor Robert A. Bonomi (left) hugs DeboraL. Hayes outside her Amesbury home. She is the wife of RobertJ. Hayes, who was among those killed on American AirlinesFlight 11 when it crashed into the World Trade Center tower inNew York Tuesday. Hayes was on a business trip to California.

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Dara and Scott Wooles ofLowell Street, Lawrence, standon their porch over a sign theymade with their neighbors, Pauland Elane, who declined to givetheir last names. The Wooleseslive on the second floor, wherea flag waves as a show ofsupport for the nation.

Valley focuses fervorin patriotic displays

Here are the latest develop-ments in the aftermath of theterrorist attacks on the UnitedStates:

4,763 missingAs rescue crews picked

through the smoking ruins ofthe World Trade Center, NewYork Mayor Rudolph Giulianisaid 4,763 people have beenreported missing in the terror-ist attack.

Added to the deaths inWashington and Pennsylva-nia, the figure would bring thetotal of dead and missing toaround 5,000. That would behigher than the death toll fromPearl Harbor and the Titaniccombined. A total of 2,390Americans died at Pearl Har-bor, and the sinking of theTitanic claimed 1,500 lives.

Today, firefighters armedwith cameras and listeningdevices on long poles searchedfor survivors amid the smok-ing remains of the WorldTrade Center. German shep-herds and golden retrieversclambered over the debris,sniffing.

Yesterday, five people werepulled alive from the rubble —three of them police officers.But the dead far outweighedthe living. A morgue set up ina clothing store receivedremains one limb at a time.

30,000 body bagsMayor Giuliani said the city

had some 30,000 body bags

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SUSPECT:MohamedAtta

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ATTACK ON AMERICABRACING FOR THE CALLParents fear sons will have to fight.Page 2.TAKING TO THE SKIESAirports reopen to limited service,tight security. Logan still closed.Page 3.GRIEVING OUR LOSSHere at home and across theworld, we unite in prayer. Page 13.TARGETING THE CULPRITSWho is Osama bin Laden? Page 12.SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORSThe anatomy of a rescue; loved onessearch for the missing. Page 20.

President Bush will activate up to50,000 members of the National Guardand Reserve in the biggest mobilizationof troops since the Gulf War.

Here are the latest develop-ments in the aftermath of theterrorist attacks on the UnitedStates:

‘Black boxes’ foundSearchers today found the

flight data and cockpit voicerecorders from the hijackedplane that flew into the Penta-gon and exploded. The two“black boxes,” crucial touncovering details about thedoomed flight’s last moments,were recovered at about 4 a.m.The voice recorder was dam-aged on the outside and theflight data recorder wascharred. But the FBI is confi-dent the data can be recoveredfrom both devices.

Detainees freedUp to 10 people who were

detained at Kennedy andLaGuardia airports in NewYork yesterday have beencleared of any connection toTuesday’s terrorist attacks.Authorities were trying todetermine if they were accom-plices to Tuesday’s hijackingsor if they were trying to pull offnew hijackings.

The Washington Postreported that two armedgroups of five people eachwere detained with knives,false identification and opentickets dated Tuesday — theday of the attacks.

Latestdevelopments

Bush poised to call up thousands of reservists.Rumsfeld says U.S. is readying itself for war.Congress approves $40 billion in emergency spending.Families in Valley on standby.

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Defense Secretary Donald Rums-feld said today that the troops will beused to aid recovery and securityefforts after terrorist attacks earlierthis week in New York and Wash-ington, D.C.

Meanwhile, the United States willlaunch sustained military strikesagainst those behind the terroristattacks as well as their support sys-tems, a senior Pentagon official said.

In the most explicit descriptionyet of the Bush administration’sintentions, Deputy Defense Secre-tary Paul Wolfowitz said the militaryretaliation would continue until theroots of terrorism are destroyed.

“One has to say it’s not just simplya matter of capturing people andholding them accountable, butremoving the sanctuaries, removingthe support systems, ending stateswho sponsor terrorism,” he told anews conference in a Pentagonbriefing room that still smelled ofsmoke and soot.

Other defense officials, speakingon condition of anonymity, said theadministration was consideringoptions that included the use of air,sea and land forces over a lengthyperiod. They said it was clear theadministration would go wellbeyond the limited strikes of recentyears against Iraq, Afghanistan andSudan.

“This is not going to be a shortprogram,” said Navy Secretary Gor-don England.

Large-scale war: A senior WhiteHouse official, speaking on condi-tion of anonymity, said Bush is plan-ning a sweeping campaign againstterrorist groups that could last sev-eral years. The official seemed to bebracing the public for the likelihoodthat, although Bush may not actquickly, he will act forcefully with a

By Nancy C. RodriguezEagle-Tribune Writer

Fifth District CongressmanMartin T. Meehan adamantlydenied a report this morningthat he scoffed at the idea thatAir Force One was a target inTuesday’s terrorist attacks orpainted President George W.Bush as a weak leader.

“The story is just simply

inaccurate,” the Lowell Demo-crat said. “I support the presi-dent and have supported thepresident in all the resolutions.I think the president has donean excellent job in this crisis.”

According to the BostonHerald, Meehan questionedthat Air Force One was target-ed by terrorists. “I don’t buythe notion Air Force One was atarget,” Meehan was quoted as

saying. “That’s just PR. That’sjust spin.”

Lawrence resident JohnPrendergast said he was out-raged at Meehan’s comments.

“I know he’s going to back-track, but he cannot backtrackon this,” said Prendergast. “I’llmeet him in the street right now... I am going to work day andnight to bounce him out of there.

“You can’t believe how upset

I am with that loser,” said Pren-dergast, with anger in his voice.“Ask him what war he served in...Why didn’t he just keep hismouth shut and say he support-ed the president period.”

According to White Houseaides, the reason Bush did notimmediately return to Wash-ington after the attacks wasCongressman

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Chris Corbort (left) and Andrew Clancey, students at Central Catholic High School, react during a memorial service this morningin the school gym. Gatherings like this one will be repeated all over the Merrimack Valley and the nation today as Americans heedPresident Bush’s call for a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the victims of the terrorist attacks Tuesday in New Yorkand Washington, D.C.

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NEW YORK — As authorities announced the firstarrest in the terror attacks investigation, sopping-wetsearch crews slogged through the rubble of the WorldTrade Center yesterday under gray skies that mirroredtheir dwindling hopes for miracle rescues.

Though President Bush made a morale-boosting visitto the site in the afternoon, the grim reality was that for asecond straight day, no survivors were found in thedebris.

Night fell in New York and across the nation to theflickering light of candles, from a few dozen outside aCharleston, W. Va., bank to 2,500 in cups on the steps andbalcony of Rhode Island's capitol.

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We all stopped yesterday topray for our country, for strength,for justice and for those missingamong us.

From President Bush and digni-taries from around the world in theNational Cathedral in Washington,D.C., to rescue workers in NewYork, to families, friends andworkers in cities large and small itwas truly the Day of Remem-brance.

In the Merrimack Valley, hun-dreds attended memorial servicesin the Selimiye Camii Mosque in

Methuen, at Temple Emanuel inAndover and St. Monica’s CatholicChurch in Methuen.

And hundreds more flocked tothe streets in impromptu vigils lastnight.

In Haverhill, Main Street was aflurry of candlelight and and honk-ing horns as people rushed to showtheir devotion to this country andtheir compassion for the victims.About 40 families on Norfolk andPrimrose streets rallied around aflag as did families on LockwoodStreet.

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As rescue efforts continue in the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York, President Bushstands with firefighter Bob Beckwith on a burnt fire truck in front of the World Trade Center during a

tour of the devastation, yesterday. The crowd cheered Bush, yelling ‘‘U.S.A.! U.S.A.!’ Other people inphoto are unidentified.

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Jessica Jojokian,19, of Bradford and Amy Carbonneau,18, ofMethuen comfort one another as they hold a candle on theBradford Common, as part of a ceremony that was part ofyesterday’s national Day of Remembrance honoring those whoperished in Tuesday’s terrorist attacks.

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� Red, white and blue can be seen inflags, bandannas, pullovers, buntingsand wristbands, decorating places andpeople in the Merrimack Valley andSouthern New Hampshire.

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Just a week ago, the idea of scouring departmentstores for 2,700 red, white and blue light bulbs and

spending seven hoursmounted to a rooftopplugging them into theshape of an American

flag would have sounded crazy to some, stupid toothers.

But after thousands of innocents died whenhijacked airplanes crashed into the World TradeCenter’s twin towers and the Pentagon Tuesday,activities like this are being embraced across the

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John Ogonowski,DracutPilot of AmericanAirlines Flight 11

Tom McGuinness,Portsmouth, N.H.Co-pilot of Flight 11

Carol Flyzik,Plaistow, N.H.Passenger onFlight 11

Robert J. Hayes,AmesburyPassenger on Flight 11

Jane Orth,HaverhillPassenger on Flight 11

Leonard Taylor,formerly ofAndoverPassenger on American Flight 77 whichhit the Pentagon

Kenneth Waldie,MethuenPassenger on Flight 11

Douglas Gowell,MethuenPassenger on Flight 175

Peter Hashem,TewksburyPassenger on Flight 11

Mildred Naiman,AndoverPassenger on Flight 11

Louis Mariani,Derry, N.H.Passenger onFlight 175

MariePappalardo, Formerly ofLawrence,Methuen.Passenger on Flight 175

Peter Gay,TewksburyFormer vicepresident atRaytheon inAndover.Passenger on Flight 11

Chris Morrison,AndoverAt World TradeCenter forbusinessconference. Stillunaccounted for.

Donald Ditullio,PeabodyWorked atAndover’s Smithand Nephew.Passenger on Flight 11

N. Janis Lasden,PeabodyGeneral Electricemployee.Passenger on Flight 11

Patrick J.Quigley,formerly ofMethuenPassenger on United Flight 175

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How 21 local livestragically intersectedEditor’s note: Thelives of 20 local peo-ple came to a tragicend in Tuesday’s terrorist attacks onNew York andWashington. Anotherlocal man was in theWorld Trade Centeron business whenthe attacksoccurred, and is stillmissing. This is thestory of how theirlives becameentwined in theworst violence everunleashed uponAmerican citizens,gathered from exten-sive interviews withtheir families andfriends.

By Kathie Neff Ragsdale,Will Courtney, Krista Zaninand Jason B. GroskyEagle-Tribune Writers

It promised to be a perfectday for flying — sunnyand clear, with little wind— as, one by one, they

roused themselves across theMerrimack Valley.

There were 20 of them alto-gether. Two young men withpregnant wives. An older cou-ple planning to baby-sit theirgrandchildren in California. Aman whose wife had held yardsales to raise money for histicket. A middle-aged womangoing to meet a new love.

Two, including a popularRaytheon executive, wouldlater take seats behind and next

to a trio of men with Arabic sur-names. A former Hale Hospitalnurse would sit kitty-corner infirst class to two others.

Meanwhile, an Andover manwas in New York for businessat the World Trade Center.

On that late summer morn-ing, Sept. 11, 2001, none couldhave known they were about tobecome part of the worst ter-rorist attack in American his-tory.

Flight 11While his wife, Margaret,

and their three daughters slept,John Ogonowski eased himselfout of bed about 6 a.m. thatmorning and prepared to flythe route he had flown so often

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As one grim reality appeared to be set-ting in yesterday at the wreckage of Tues-day’s terror in New York — that the lastsurvivor was likely found days ago —President Bush drove home another with asimple message to the nation’s military:

“Everyone who wears the uniform —get ready,” Bush said from Camp David,after once again declaring what hasbecome obvious through the nation’satmosphere and actions:

“We’re at war.”Bush spent yesterday meeting with

advisors and preparing Americans forwhat has reportedly been dubbed “Opera-tion Noble Eagle.” He warned the cam-paign will not be clean, quick or simple.

“Victory against terrorism will not takeplace in a single battle but in a series ofdecisive actions against terrorist organiza-tions and those who harbor and supportthem,” he said, promising that those whostarted this war “have chosen their owndestruction.”

“You will be asked for your patience, forthe conflict will not be short. You will beasked for resolve, for the conflict will notbe easy,” Bush told the country. “You willbe asked for your strength, because thecourse to victory may be long.”

Today, aides said, Bush will challengeAmericans to defy terrorists by returningto the normal course of their lives andreassure jittery financial markets byespousing the fundamentals of the econo-my.

There were a number of developmentsin the federal investigation yesterday,including the apparent confirmation of aconnection between Tuesday’s attacks inNew York and Washington D.C. and thebombing of the USS Cole last October.

CNN reported that two men suspectedof hijacking the airliner that slammed intothe Pentagon were under surveillanceprior to Tuesday’s attacks because of theiralleged associations with Osama binLaden and the Cole bombing. One of thesuspects, Khalid Al-Midhar, was seen on asurveillance tape from Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia, meeting with a man that U.S.officials suspect played a hand in the Coleattack.

It was also learned yesterday that Boe-ing 757 manuals, three illustrated martialarts books and an 8-inch stack of EastCoast flight maps were found by a Floridamotel owner cleaning out the room vacat-ed by a suspected hijacker two days beforehe flew into the World Trade Center. Mar-wan Al-Shehhi and another Arab manspent a week at the Panther Motel in Deer-field Beach, and they had a constant visi-tor. Owner Richard Surma said Saturdayhe recognized Al-Shehhi from FBI pho-tographs, but not the other two men.

In recovery efforts yesterday, workersat the Pentagon reported finding manybodies of those killed in the crash Tues-day. Eighty-five human remains have

been recovered from the Pentagon, theDefense Department said. The agencysaid 188 people — a combination of mili-tary and civilian employees at the depart-ment and the passengers and crew in theplane — were believed killed.

The department said several pieces ofevidence were also found, but would notsay if they were parts of American Air-lines Flight 77. A damaged voice recorderand the charred flight data recorder fromthe hijacked plane have been sent to the

With President Bush telling Ameri-cans to prepare for a long, difficultstruggle against terrorism, The Eagle-Tribune went to the street yesterdayand asked some local residents thefollowing question:Are YOU prepared for war?

“I’m not ready to go to war if itmeans droppingbombs on innocentpeople. We need todo things patientlyso that I know thatwe’re taking retal-iatory action intel-ligently, ratherthan irrationally.But we do need to

step up security.”Sarah Hawn, 47, of Andover

“I just feel so emotional about thewhole thing thatit’s hard to thinkabout war. Nobodywants to go to war,but in light ofwhat’s happened,we need to dosomething, and ifit’s done right, I’mready.”

Jane Kelleher, 51, of Andover

“No, I’m definitely not readybecause I don’tagree with war. Tome, it’s somethingpointless. To knowthat I would beparticipating insomething I don’tagree with wouldbe emotionallyharmful for me.”

Kevin Hatcher, 14, of Detroit, a fresh-man at Phillips Academy

“Right now, I’m not ready, butdepending on the developments, andthe reaction of Palestinians and Mid-

Wave that flag! Patriotismrenewed across the region

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An American flag sits on the edge of thefootball field as the Whittier Wildcats headto the locker room at halftime during theirgame against Pentucket High yesterday.

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U.S. stocks fell sharply within minutes of today’s mar-ket opening, as investors bet that last week’s terroristattacks would further shake an already fragile economy.

As expected, thebiggest sell-offs wereamong airline andinsurance stocks.

Even a half-pointinterest rate cut,which came an hourbefore marketsopened, could notbuoy the markets.The Dow Jonesindustrial averagefell in 50- and 100-point bursts as its 30components openedfor trading. WhenAmerican Expressbegan trading, thelast Dow componentto open, the index'sloss crossed the 600-point mark.

By late morning,the market regainedsome ground —another expectedturn in what waslikely to be a difficult

day — and the Dow was off 463 points. The Nasdaq wasdown 75.

The sell-off followed an emotional opening at the NewYork Stock Exchange.

Workers — most grieving the loss of friends, familyand colleagues, had to pass through security checkpointson their way into the building. Some were turned away.

At 9:30, traditionally the time the opening bell rings,the trading floor fell silent for a two-minute salute to thethousands killed by last week’s terrorist attacks. Then,as representatives of the city’s fire, police, and EMS ser-vices rang the opening bell, traders burst into applause.

“Let us celebrate these wonderful men and women,”said NYSE Richard A. Grosso.

Investors across the country saluted the country’seffort to get back to business.

“Anybody who bets against America is wrong,” saidWilliam T. Ryan, president of Ryan Financial inAndover.

The initial stock tumble didn’t surprise him.“I think the market did what we all thought it would,”

he said. “It’s opening slightly lower because, typically,the most nervous investors have been queuing up theirsell orders all week. The professional investors are wait-ing in the wings to buy those stocks at big discounts.

By staff and wire reports

American Airlines pilot ThomasMcGuinness and his family lived a“Leave It to Beaver” life, his wife

of 18 yearstold mourn-ers at amemorialservice forhim yester-day.

“He wasmy dreamcome true,my child-hood sweet-heart,”CherylMcGuinnesssaid.

McGuinness was first officer onAmerican Airlines Flight 11, whichwas hijacked after takeoff Tuesday

and crashed into the World TradeCenter. About 1,500 people attend-ed the memorial service for him atBethany Church in Greenland,N.H. — almost half listening fromoutside the sanctuary.

His children described him as aloving father committed to God.

“Dad, you are my hero,” 14-year-old Tommy McGuinness said.He spoke of happy times with hisfather: going on skiing trips, build-ing a snowman, moving into a newhome and chatting about life.

“My dad was truly a cheerleaderof God’s peace,” daughter Jen-nifer, 16, wrote in a message her

Fed drops interest;stocks tumble early

By Robert O’NeillAssociated Press

BOSTON — Federal authoritiesare investigating whether a manwho toured the tower at LoganInternational Airport three daysbefore Tuesday’s terrorists attackswas one of the hijackers, the FAAconfirmed yesterday.

The man, who showed a pilot’slicense, said he had family inAfghanistan and claimed to live inHaverhill, entered the towerunescorted, several hours afterfour men who appeared to be ofMiddle Eastern descent asked acontroller how to gain access to thetower.

“We’ve initiated an internalinvestigation,” Jim Peters,spokesman for the New Englandregional office of the Federal Avia-

tion Administration, told The Asso-ciated Press.

The investigation is complicatedbecause there is no log kept fortower visitors, and the securityvideo in the tower’s restricted 19thfloor automatically tapes overrecorded material every 24 hours.

As a result, everyone whoworked at the tower must be inter-viewed, Peters said.

The FAA, as a courtesy, allowspilots to tour the tower, thoughaccess is restricted. An FAAsource, who spoke to The Associat-ed Press on condition of anonymi-ty, said that someone with a pilot’slicense would not have any diffi-culty getting a tour with littlenotice.

“If work load permits, they’d

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Lawrence Fire Department Lt. James Flynn helps clear debris from the ruins of the World Trade Center in NewYork City.

By Mark E. VoglerEagle-Tribune Writer

LAWRENCE — When Lawrence FireDepartment Lt. John R. Duxbury seesimages of the rubble that was once NewYork City’s World Trade Center, heremembers the remains of peoples’doomed lives he sifted through last week.

“We were pulling out phones and cell

phones, pagers and other stuff out of peo-ple’s offices. One picture we found was ahusband, his wife and three kids,” saidDuxbury.

“It was pretty unnerving, just to seethat picture and knowing that it was sit-ting on somebody’s desk somewhere inthe building that’s now strewn all overthe ground. There were tons of post cardsof the New York skyline and hundreds of

red Beanie Babies teddy bears with ‘Ilove New York.’ They must have beenfrom a gift shop.”

Duxbury, a 17-year veteran, is one of10 Lawrence firefighters who went toNew York City last week to join thou-sands of other emergency personnelfrom around the country in the search formore than 5,000 people who are beneaththe ruins of the twin towers that weretoppled by two hijacked jetliners lastTuesday.

He was part of the massive brigade in

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Tommy McGuinness iscomforted by his mother,Cheryl McGuinness, during amemorial service for his father,Thomas McGuinness, 42,yesterday at Bethany Church inGreenland, N.H.

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Pilot a cheerleader for peace� Friends and family described Thomas McGuinness asa gracious, compassionate man of faith.

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� For three days last week, a team of Lawrence firefightersworked alongside emergency personnel from all over the countryin a massive rescue and recovery effort in New York City.

Latestdevelopments‘Hand over bin Laden’

A delegation of Pakistaniofficials trying to head off aU.S. attack on Afghanistanarrived in the heart of Talibanterritory today to push for theextradition of Osama binLaden to the United States.

The delegation was expect-ed to meet with reclusive Tal-iban leader MullahMohammed Omar, who hasdeclared himself Amir-ul-Momineen or Leader of theMuslims.

The delegation’s messagewas straightforward: Handover Laden to the UnitedStates or be certain to be hitby a punishing retaliatorystrike from a U.S.-led interna-tional coalition.

Secretary of State ColinPowell said the United Stateswould make its own overtureto Taliban officials in the nextfew days to expel Laden’s net-work. (More on Page 5)

Missing and deadThe confirmed death toll at

the World Trade Center hit190, with 115 of those identi-fied. The number of missingstood at 4,957. At the Penta-gon, the death toll was 188.

No survivors have beenpulled out since Wednesday,and Mayor Rudolph Giulianisaid that most of what res-cuers found was body parts,not bodies.

Among the grisly finds havebeen a pair of hands, boundtogether, found on a rooftop.Another was the torso of aPort Authority police officer,identified by the radio stillhanging from his belt.

James Monsini, a volunteerand demolition expert fromBrockton, Mass., said workerswere concentrating on sub-basement level garages andshops, hoping for air pocketsthat would allow victims —

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Let it begin.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThat was the overwhelmingresponse across the Merrimack

Valley this week to President GeorgeW. Bush’s declaration that last week’sterrorist attack means war.

“Of course,” said Steve D. Carpen-ter, 44, a firefighter from NorthAndover, asked if he is ready for the

nation to go to war. “I’m a firefighter,and I take this very personally. It’s anattack on America and our way oflife.”

“I’ll go myself if I have to,”declared Thomas K. Duffy, 22, a stu-dent from Methuen. “I’m definitely

ready. I think we should bomb them(terrorists), and the country’s readyfor that.”

The responses, from a random sur-vey conducted by Eagle-Tribunereporters throughout the region,essentially mirrored the results from

national polls that showed 70 percentto 80 percent of U.S. citizens supportmilitary action against terrorists, evenif it means the deaths of innocent peo-ple.

In a street survey of 82 people fromthe region, 61 (74 percent) said theyare ready for war. Another seven said


These are the latest developmentsin the terrorist attacks on America:

� Boston connections: The FBI isprobing Osama bin Laden’s relativeswho live in the Boston area. Hisbrother Mohammed bin Laden ownsseveral properties in Boston —including four condominiums atFlagship Wharf on Boston Harbor —but moved back to his native SaudiArabia a few years ago. Anotherbrother, Nawaf bin Laden, also ownsa Flagship Wharf condominium.Neighbors in the complex haveexpressed fears of reprisals againstthe building.

Abdullah bin Laden, also a broth-er, is a 1994 Harvard Law Schoolgraduate and has offices in Cam-bridge, according to the Boston Her-ald. Osama bin Laden’s family mem-bers have disavowed him, and sev-eral media outlets have reported hisfamily members are leaving toreturn to Saudi Arabia to avoid pos-sible reprisals against them.

The FBI is also probing MouldiSayeh, who owns the Jewel of New-bury restaurant and hotel on New-bury Street. He has been describedas a “broker” for the bin Laden fam-ily, according to the Herald.

� Extradition: Afghanistan’s Tal-iban rulers discussed conditions forpossibly extraditing Osama binLaden to a country other than Unit-ed States, a Pakistan governmentsource said. The comment camehours after the Taliban urged

Afghans to prepare for a holy waragainst America.

The conditions, including interna-tional recognition of the Taliban gov-ernment and lifting of U.N. sanc-tions, were discussed in a meetingyesterday in Kandahar, headquar-ters of the Islamic militia that rulesmost of Afghanistan, the official saidon condition of anonymity.

A grand council of Islamic clericswas gathering today in Kabul to dis-cuss the ultimatum. But the rulingTaliban said bin Laden has beenwrongly implicated in last week’sterror attacks in New York andWashington, and they have beenpreparing Afghans for the worst.

President Bush said the UnitedStates wants bin Laden “dead oralive.”

Defense Secretary Donald H.Rumsfeld raised doubts that Osamabin Laden’s surrender would beenough to avert a military campaign.

“If bin Laden were not there theorganization would continue doingwhat it’s been doing. So clearly theproblem is much bigger than binLaden,” he said.

� Stock market: Investors sentstocks reeling on Wall Street’s firstday of trading since the attacks, butit started to recover this morning.Yesterday the Dow lost 684.81points, its worst-ever one-day pointdrop, and closed below 9,000 for thefirst time in more than 21/2 years.The Nasdaq fell more than 115points to 1,579.55.

By 10:30 this morning the Dowhad climbed about $40, and the Nas-daq was up about $24. Analysts wereconfident of a recovery, but thought

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North Andover Middle School teacher Ann Olkovikas hangs a flagthat was printed by The Eagle-Tribune in one of the front windowsof the school. The school hung a total of 52 flags in the windows inremembrance of the World Trade Center attack.

By Meredith WarrenEagle-Tribune Writer

NORTH ANDOVER — They can’tgive blood and they can’t travel toNew York to join the rescue effort.Instead, students at North AndoverMiddle School are doing all they can

to help the victims of Tuesday’sattack from inside their classrooms.

Students and teachers started byplastering the front windows of theschool yesterday with 52 paperAmerican flags that were printed byThe Eagle-Tribune. And inside, theystarted filling large plastic water

jugs with money to be sent to theAmerican Red Cross for its reliefefforts.

Teacher Robert Poirier said heplaced the jug near the lunch line so

that students could donate theirspare change “instead of spending50 cents on ice cream.”

“It’s for a good cause,” saideighth-grader Emily Beaudoin, whodropped some coins in the jug as shewas leaving the lunchroom.

Eighth-grade science teacherTheresa Evenson started a collec-tion so that students could con-tribute to the rescue effort in NewYork.

� A pilot, patriot, farmerand father killed in theSept. 11 terrorist attack isremembered at a memorialservice.

By Cathleen F. CrowleyEagle-Tribune Writer

DRACUT — Their crisp navyblue suits and bright white shirts,military bearing and calm

demeanorsinstill confi-dence intheir pas-sengers.

Yester-day, nearly500 uni-formedAmericanAirlinepilots andflight atten-dants gath-ered at St.FrancisChurch inDracut tolend sup-port andcomfort to

each other.

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Margaret Ogonowski, widow of American Airlines pilot John A. Ogonowski, is surrounded by herdaughters (from left) Mary Katharine, 11, Caroline, 14, and Laura, 16, all of Dracut, after receivingan American flag during the memorial service at St. Francis Church in Dracut.

Patrick J.Quigley IV

Artist, hard worker had realized dreamBy Jeffrey KlinemanEagle-Tribune Writer

NEWTON, Mass. — During a quietfuneral Mass that spoke more to pursu-ing peace than exacting revenge, PatrickJ. Quigley IV was remembered as a manwho had earned his share of the Ameri-

can Dream.Quigley died last Tuesday when Unit-

ed Airlines flight 175 to Los Angeles washijacked and crashed into the SouthTower of the World Trade Center.

Friends and family membersdescribed Quigley, 40, a Wellesley resi-dent who grew up in Lawrence, as a

hardworking executive at the consultingfirm PricewaterhouseCoopers whoadored his wife, Patricia, and daughter,Rachel, 5.

Patty Quigley, who is eight monthspregnant with the couple’s second child,

Children help in their own way

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Do you have astory to tellabout patriotismin the MerrimackValley? CallJohn Macone at(978) 946-2217.

� For Kelly Krebs, 11, the impending U.S. military actionshave hit close to home; her brother is in the military. Herclass is collecting money for the Red Cross.

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FBI probing Bostonbin Laden connections

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By Shawn ReganEagle-Tribune Writer

ANDOVER — Touring the ruinsaround the World Trade Center is anemotional whirlwind of sadness andoptimism, according to Douglas C.Barron of Andover.

“You have to see it in person to

understand the unbelievabledestruction and loss of life every-where, words and TV can’t describehow awful it is,” said Barron, whoreturned Monday from New YorkCity.

He spent the weekend truckingmedical supplies and nurses from anAmerican Red Cross staging ground

in Manhattan to the massive searchand recovery operation at the baseof what’s left of the World TradeCenter.

“But it’s also unbelievably uplift-ing how people are working togeth-er,” said Barron, who owns Barron’s

Country Store on Route 28 and livesnearby on Haggetts Pond Roadwith wife Julie and daughtersLeanne, 8 and Brooke, 14 months.

“You can’t stand somewhere for10 minutes without someone com-ing up to you and offering water orfood or clothing or something theythink you need. And on the way outof the area, it’s like a parade, with

crowds of people lining the streetclapping and cheering and holdingup signs calling you a hero andsinging ‘God Bless America.’ ’’

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� Lawmakers either don’tknow or aren’t willing toreveal the nation’s plan ofattack.

By Cathleen F. Crowley, Dave Levinthal and Nancy C. RodriguezEagle-Tribune Writers

Servicemen — both active andreserve — and their families areawaiting news of America’s

response to lastweek’s terroriststrikes.

But detailsabout what kindof response it willbe and when itwill start arehard to come by.The senators andcongressmenwho representthe region saythey’re not will-ing to speculate.

After lastweek’s attacks inNew York Cityand Washington,D.C., the nation’smilitary bases

are on high alert and local membersof the National Guard and Reservesare ready to be called to duty. Presi-dent Bush has authorized activatingup to 50,000 reservists and NationalGuard troops to protect militarybases and help with the recovery ofvictims of the World Trade Centerand Pentagon strikes.

“At this time, none of our unitshave been notified for alert,” saidDavid L. Watson, a public affairsspecialist for the Army Reserves atHanscom. “None of them are beingcalled up at this time.”

Massachusetts has 6,310 ArmyReservists and New Hampshire has1,600.

Congress voted last week to give

Bush the power to wage war on ter-rorism, but stopped short of an offi-cial war declaration. Since then,members of the Bush administrationhave been the de facto spokesmen ofthe nation’s anti-terrorism effort.

Lawmakers agree that the nationmust fight back, that the militaryplan must be carefully thought out,and that action should come soonerrather than later.

But whatever the action, it islargely out of Congress’ control, theysay.

“I have enough confidence toleave that up to the president,” saidU.S. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H.

The routines of local enlisted menand women are changing as the

Plotters planned second waveof attacks, authorities say

Authorities have grown increasingly certain —from intelligence intercepts, witness interviewsand evidence gathered in hijackers’ cars andhomes — that second wave of violence wasplanned by those who plotted last week’s attack onAmerica. They said Sept. 22 has emerged as animportant date in the evidence but declined to bemore specific.

The Sept. 11 attacks were “part of a larger planwith other terrorism acts, not necessarily hijack-ing of airplanes,” said Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla.,chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.“Those acts were going to occur in the UnitedStates and elsewhere in the world.”

In the face of the evidence, Attorney GeneralJohn Ashcroft vowed to wage a “concerted nation-al assault” on terrorists as he expanded the inves-tigation to marshal the resources of every U.S.attorney in the country.

No decision on bin LadenHundreds of Islamic clerics met today in the

rocket-damaged Presidential Palace in Kabul,Afghanistan, but made no decision whether toextradite terror suspect Osama bin Laden. Themeeting will resume tomorrow.

The clerics also are expected to decide whetherMuslims in Afghanistan and other countriesshould declare a holy war against the UnitedStates if it attacks Afghanistan.

The meeting opened with the reading of aspeech from Taliban leader Mullah MohammedOmar denying bin Laden was behind the attackson America and saying that Washington is lookingfor “an excuse” to harm the Taliban.

In New York, the U.N. Security Council told theTaliban to hand over bin Laden and close all ter-rorist training camps “immediately and uncondi-tionally.”

The Boston connectionFederal investigators are looking for a former

city resident believed to be a member of Osamabin Laden’s terror network who may have metwith two men suspecting of hijacking the planescrashed into the World Trade Center.

The man, Nabil Al-Marabh, 34, a cab driver wholived in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood for 10years, was sought in Detroit Monday by federalagents, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.

According to The Boston Globe, Al-Marabh wasconvicted Dec. 15 in South Boston District Courtof assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.He failed to show up to serve his sentence in

Associated Press

Pvt. Dian Narayan (left) and Pvt. Josue Castillo put out a recruiting sign in front ofthe Army recruiting office in downtown Miami. Traffic in recruiting offices hasincreased since the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center andPentagon.

By John BasilescoEagle-Tribune Writer

From Lawrence to Pelham, N.H.and Kittery, Maine, gun sales are onthe rise in the wake of last week’sterrorist attacks.

Local gun shop owners, includingTerry Good of Collector’s Firearmsin Pelham, N.H. and Robert Kalil,co-owner of Gun & Sport North inLawrence, say they believe thespike in their sales is tied to the ter-rorist attacks.

Since Sept. 11, sales have gone up

about 15 percent at Gun & SportNorth, mostly for small compactrevolvers, also referred to as “per-sonal defense weapons,’’ Kalil said.

“The terrorist attack has madeeveryone a little concerned,’’ hesaid. “A couple of guys who recent-ly bought revolvers here said theyhad been thinking about getting agun for protection, and this (the ter-rorist attacks) pushed them over thetop.’’

Good said he believes the 20 per-cent to 25 percent increase in hisvolume of gun sales is due to last

week’s terrorist attack, too. Theextra guns he has sold have includ-ed shotguns and handguns, he said.

Kittery Trading Post in Kittery,Maine, one of New England’slargest gun stores, has sold about 25percent — or 100 more guns — thispast week than it sold for the sameperiod a year ago, said Kim Adams,co-owner of the store.

“We know the terrorist attacksare on everybody’s lips,’’ Adamssaid. “It’s hard to put our finger onwhether actual sales are tied to theattacks, but we believe they areconnected to some degree.’’

The additional weapons sold atKittery Trading Post have includedrifles, handguns and shotguns.

Many of the store’s customers comefrom Massachusetts, including theHaverhill-Lawrence area, Adams

said.Joseph Quinn, owner of Aardvark

Limited in North Andover, whichsells collectible firearms, said hehas gotten three times the normalnumber of phone calls from peoplewho want to purchase handguns orrifles.

The callers say they want to buy agun “because of what’s going on,and the implication is because ofthe terrorist attacks,’’ he said.

Quinn said he has to tell thecallers that his business specializesin collectible firearms and doesn’tcarry the type of firearms thecallers are looking for, except for alimited number of huntingweapons.

Marine LanceCpl. BethanyMoran ofHaverhill is onalert in NorthCarolina.

Douglas C. Barron of Andover stands by his Top Dog Enterprises’dump truck next to what’s left of the World Trade Center. Hespent last weekend hauling supplies to the search and recovery siteand debris out of the area. He is wearing a mask to protect himfrom dust and asbestos in the air.

Man drove nurses to Ground Zero� An Andover man hauled supplies to the recoverymission at the base of the World Trade Center, two Pelham,N.H., men solicited honks for every attack victim and inBradford, a church bell had to be rung by hand at a vigil.

Reservists ready,families edgy

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Area shops see surge in handgun sales‘‘A couple of guys ...said they had been think-ing about getting a gunfor protection, and this(the terrorist attacks)pushed them over thetop.’’Robert Kalil, co-owner of Gun& Sport North in Lawrence

� Area gun shop owners believe a spike in their sales isdue to last week’s terrorist attacks.

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THE WAITING GAME

� Ripples of fear arestarting to show their effectsin many aspects of day-to-day life.

By Kathie Neff RagsdaleEagle-Tribune Writer

Signs of the tension are every-where:

In New York, organizers abruptlycancel a weekend memorial expect-ed to draw about a million people.They give no explanation.

So many travelers ask about post-poning vacations that the Massachu-setts Office of Consumer Affairsissues a bulletin on cruise lines’ can-cellation policies.

A woman comes to the Andoverpolice station to report she saw twomen of Middle Eastern descentusing the computer at MemorialHall Library to look up addresses —three years ago.

A national poll finds that seven in10 say they’ve been feelingdepressed.

Nine days after the worst terroristattack on the United States in histo-ry, Americans have the jitters.

“I had a trip planned for Novem-ber, but now I don’t think I amgoing,” said Amy Delzingo, 32, ofTewksbury. “I don’t want to fly now.I also don’t think I would go into sky-scrapers as freely as I did before.”

She is not alone.

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Islamic clerics today urgedOsama bin Laden to leaveAfghanistan voluntarily, but theWhite House flatly rejected the pro-posal and geared for military actionto hunt him down.

The clerics set no deadline for binLaden to decide whether to leave,and White House press secretaryAri Fleischer said the suspectedmastermind of the Sept. 11 terroristattacks in New York and Washing-ton cannot be allowed to move “fromone safe harbor to another safe har-bor.”

“It’s time for action not words,and the president has demandedthat the key figures of the al-Qaidaterrorist organization, includingOsama bin Laden, be turned over toresponsible authorities and that theTaliban close terrorist camps inAfghanistan. The United Statesstands behind those demands.”

Sending soldiers, ships and air-craft across the sea for conflict, theUnited States launched the pursuitof bin Laden on several fronts:

� Combat aircraft, including F-16Fighting Falcons and F-15 Eagles,were ordered to the Persian Gulf,setting in motion “Operation InfiniteJustice” for the promised war onterrorism. It probably will takeabout a week to get the combatplanes in position, one official said.

� The aircraft carrier USSTheodore Roosevelt and the ships inits battle group left their home portat Norfolk, Va., yesterday. A loud-speaker played “New York, NewYork” as the carrier pulled awayfrom the pier on the way to theMediterranean.

� The Army said it was ready toconduct “sustained land combatoperations” in support of the war onterror.

Associated Press

An F/A-18 Hornet lands on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt yesterday evening after the ship left Norfolk Naval Base inNorfolk, Va., on a previously scheduled mission to the Mediterranean. The carrier began air operations within hours of leaving the portand heading into the Atlantic Ocean. Navy officials declined to say whether last week’s terrorist attacks had changed the battle group’sdestination. As part of the first few days of operations, pilots must requalify for carrier landing.

Warplanes sent to GulfCarrier group sailsPresident to speak tonight

THE HUNT IS ONBush to clerics:Asking bin Ladento go not enough

Americans jittery after attacks

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Jonathan P. Gay of Hyannis hugs a mourner at yesterday’smemorial Mass for his father, Peter A. Gay of Tewksbury. PeterGay, a vice president with Raytheon Co., was a passenger last weekon American Flight 11, which hijackers crashed into the WorldTrade Center in New York. Thousands attended the memorialMass in Lowell. For more on this and other local stories related tothe attacks, please see Page 13.

“I feel reasonably safe. It is ter-rible what happened, and I travela lot, but I am not terribly leery oftraveling. I am confident in (Pres-ident) Bush, and I am confidentthe administration will do some-thing. Before, there was such laxsecurity, it was really a disgrace. Ithink now they will identify theproblems and remediate them.”

— Robert B. Shapiro, 62, ofAndover, speech language patholo-gist

“I flew up here from Florida onSaturday. I think the state of thecountry is definitely on everyone’sminds, but I still feel flying is thesafest way to travel. I refuse to livemy life being afraid that somethingwill happen to me.”

— Beverly J. Beanland, 45, of Florida,formerly of Methuen, homemaker

‘‘Not in my present situation,but maybe if I were in a differentenvironment. I was supposed tofly out (today) to California, but Ipostponed it. I think everybody’slifestyle has changed, no questionabout it.’’

— Ken Keamy, 71, of Methuen,retired from AT&T

“I don’t feel safe traveling untilthey resolve some of the problemsthey have. I am definitely notmaking any travel plans at thistime. Up to this point, I always feltsafe here. But now, who knows?”

— Renee E. Conway, 38, ofMethuen, with daughter Erin, 2,stay-at-home mom

“I think because of what hap-pened, I think the security will be alot tighter. I think it is pretty safe totravel. This won’t stop me from fly-ing, but I think I would be more ner-vous in big buildings now.”

— Brian Wilkins, 21, of Dracut, stu-dent

“I feel safe in this area but Idon’t feel safe enough to travel. Idefinitely wouldn’t feel safe inNew York City. I love to travel,and I hope to in the future, butright now I don’t want to fly.”

— Ann Dougherty, 37, of EastHampstead, N.H., preschool teacher

Do you feel safe? The Eagle-Tribune askedpeople, “Do you feel safe?”Here are their responses.

We were warnedThe Los Angeles Times

quoted an unnamed lawenforcement official in today’seditions as saying FBI and CIAofficials were advised inAugust that as many as 200Islamists with terrorist lean-ings were slipping into thiscountry and planning “a majorassault on the United States.”

The advisory, passed on bythe Mossad, Israel’s intelli-gence agency, cautioned that ithad picked up indications of a“large-scale target” in theUnited States and that Ameri-cans would be “very vulnera-ble,” the official said. Thepaper said it is not known howU.S. authorities reacted.

Greenspan:‘We’ll recover’

As stocks fell again, FederalReserve Chairman AlanGreenspan told Congresstoday that last week’s terroristattacks had produced a signifi-cant drop-off in activity in analready weak economy butstressed that the country’slong-term prospects remainstrong.

“I am confident that we willrecover and prosper as wehave in the past,” he said. “Aswe struggle to make sense ofour profound loss and itsimmediate consequences forthe economy, we must not lose

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RAYTHEON BOSS MOURNED

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Boston warnedof terror strike

Menino said Ashcroft called himyesterday, but the mayor wouldnot say what specific issues werediscussed.

He said after the call he imme-diately met with public safety offi-cials, but they couldn’t find any-thing to corroborate the threat.

“We couldn’t find any basis forit,” he told The Associated Presstoday, adding that no extra mea-sures are planned this weekend.“It’s not a time to get alarmed. It’sa time to go back to your routines.”

Authorities have said intelli-gence intercepts, witness inter-views and evidence gathered inhijackers’ cars and homes havemade them increasingly certain

‘We will not fail’

President stirs nation; Taliban threatens holy war

Bush rises to occasion,challenging us to dosame. Taylor Armerding, Page 4

Sununu tells localbusiness leaders tobrace for long war. Page 4

BULLETIN: Taliban rejects U.S. demands to turn over terrorists.FBI warns Boston of possible attacks. See below

Associated Press

President Bush holds the police badge of New York Police Officer George Howard, who died while trying to save others in the World Trade Center, during his address to a joint session of Congress on CapitolHill last night.

Latestdevelopments

By Fernanda SantosEagle-Tribune Writer

DERRY, N.H. — The expressionson her face said it all.

Her smirk signaled defiance. Thequivering of her lips showed sad-ness. The squinting of her eyes,skepticism. The arching of her eye-brows, surprise.

As President Bush addressedCongress and the nation from Capi-tol Hill last night, a gamut of emo-tions ran through Ellen Mariani, aresilient woman who believes thatactions speak louder than words.

Her husband of 13 years, LouisNeil Mariani, was a passenger onUnited Airlines Flight 175, the sec-ond of two hijacked planes to crashinto the World Trade Center’s twintowers in what has been deemedthe worst terrorist attack in U.S.history.

As Bush uttered the words Tal-

iban, al-Qaida and Osama binLaden — words that until Sept. 11were foreign to Mariani’s vocabu-lary — the former nurse reacted tothe president’s message, all thetime clenching a passengers mani-

fest open on the page that bore herhusband’s name.

“I face fear. I’m determined. I amdetermined that no one is going toaffect my life,” she said emphati-

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As President Bush addresses the nation last night, Ellen Mariani ofDerry, N.H., listens and looks down at a flight manifest fromUnited Airlines Flight 175. Her husband, Neil, perished on theaircraft, one of two that terrorists crashed into the World TradeCenter last week.

We will fight, says victim’s wife

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� The widow of NeilMariani, a passenger onUnited Airlines Flight 175,is determined to fight fear.

President Bush warned Afghanistan’s Talibanrulers they must hand over Osama bin Ladenand other suspected terrorists or “share in theirfate” when the United States strikes.

Today, defiant Taliban leaders virtually guar-anteed action by the United States when theyrefused the demand and said they are ready fora fight.

A White House spokesmanimmediately reiterated what Bushsaid last night: “These demandsare not open to negotiation or dis-cussion.”

The Taliban’s refusal wasannounced by its ambassador toPakistan, Abdul Salam Zaeef.

“Our position on this is that ifAmerica has proof, we are readyfor the trial of Osama bin Laden inlight of the evidence,” Zaeef said.

Asked if the Taliban were readyto hand bin Laden over, hesnapped “No,” but his translatorsaid, “No, not without evidence.”

Addressing a united Congressand a large TV audience last night,Bush braced the nation for thestruggle ahead but vowed victory.

“Our nation, this generation,

will lift the dark threat of violencefrom our people and our future,”Bush said. “We will rally the worldto this cause by our efforts, by ourcourage. We will not tire, we willnot falter, and we will not fail.”

Bush told U.S. military forces to‘‘be ready’’ for war: ‘‘The hour iscoming when America will actand you will make us proud.

The Taliban envoy said todaythat his government will fightback. “If they want to show theirmight, we are ready and we willnever surrender before might andforce,’’ he said. ‘‘According toIslam, the blood of anyone whospies for the enemy or sympa-thizes with it in time of war must




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