[BRKG] 9/11/01 - 7:52 a.m. - Plane crashes into World Trade Center NYC

[Lurkess]

NBC just announced the crash

Lurkess

 

[Lurkess]

Left tower. Pieces of building falling down. Fire. They THINK its a plane that crashed into the building.

Lurkess

 

[Senses On]

FoxNews with live footage.

Smoke billowing out of top in huge clouds. Looks like maybe 4-6 stories just wiped out. Debris raining down from 110 floors up. Twin engine plane slammed into side of WTC.

Clear blue sky day. Fox calling it a “needle in a haystack kind of accident.” I assume implying this may have been a new wrinkle on “suicide bombing.”

Building looks like Mt. St. Helens.

Horrible.

 

[Heather]

Incredible!

There's a big hole in the tower! Looks like the plane went through it, but CNN said it may still be inbedded in the building.

 

[Lurkess]

Huge hole. Billowing smoke on both sides of building. A bystander confirmed from a policeman that it was indeed a plane that crashed into the building.

But how come holes on both sides of the building?

Katie Couric said it was a small commuter plane.

Lurkess

P.S. I personally wonder if it really was a plane...That building was a target before.

 

[Heather]

Oh I hope no one had gone to work yet....

 

[Heather]

OMG!!!!!

Another plane just crashed....live!!!

OMG!!!!

 

[Lurkess]

Another plane just hit!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[chariver]

another plane just flew sstraight into it now. Terrosit attack

 

[blackmo]

Wow...a 2nd plane just hit the second tower. Looks like it has to be intentional

 

[Senses On]

Fox just caught LIVE a SECOND plane cleaning out a building behind the WTC. Huge explosion.

Is this the beginning?

 

[Heather]

CNN said the first one was a commercial passenger.

This is too freaky for me.

 

[wrench]

The second aircraft was 1 Boeing 737. Definately intentional!

 

[data junkie]

OMG!!! Thanks for the live reports folks! Guess I will have to dig my remote out from under a pile of dust now.

 

[jed brulen]

Yup something the size of a 737, a huge fireball.

 

[chairborne commando]

One plane accidentally hitting the tower I can believe-not two. Oh, man. Talk about Apocalyptic visions.
CNN said that the Emergency Ops Center for NYC is in one of the two towers.

Wasn't there something in the news about a deal being cut for the leader of the bunch that hit the WTC last time?

Could this be the start of a terror campaign?

 

[Senses On]

Now I’m wondering if I should get to the bank and get cash, buy more food, etc.

If this isn't an act of war, I don't know what is.

The second plane was a 737 or similar. A big plane. As the commentator said, those aren’t cheap -- and they are traceable.

I hope the hell they are evacuating all tall buildings in NYC. This is unbelievable.

 

[chairborne commando]

That second plane was huge! It looked like a 737 at the very least.

This is getting intense.

 

[Heather]

Now they are saying the FBI was investigating a high-jacking in NY right before this happened.

 

[jed brulen]

May be just a diversion and the terrorists will hit the stock exchange or someplace else. Not a good day o be in the city.

 

[Vere My Sone]

MSNBC

1st plane-American Airlines plane hijacked and flown into the tower

 

[wrench]

Just a thought, this is a perfect delivery method for a Chemical or Biological attack.

 

[Senses On]

FBI checking out reports of a hijacking just before this occurred.

That means possible commercial jet with passengers.

I am speechless.

 

[Lurkess]

Unconfirmed...An American Airlines plane was hi-jacked/

Please pray for all the sould involved.

Lurkess

 

[Peasant]

hijacking

NBC reporting....United Airlines plane hijacked
& flown into trade center.

OMG...OMG.

 

[Sheri]

I CANNOT get onto any US news website - unable to get ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, CBS or FOX -
Please tell us what is happening

 

[Deb Mc]

MSNBC showing video clips of the 2nd plane ramming into one of the towers and the explosion. Definitely deliberate! Anyone know how many were on the 737 (now saying a 757 by United employees)?

Many prayers needed today!

 

[orion]

So far just plain headline news.....

Plane Strikes Trade Center, Building Aflame

Sep 11, 9:03 AM ET

A plane struck the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan Tuesday morning, an eyewitness reported

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ts/?u

 

[Senses On]

I strongly suggest that anyone working in ANY tall building in ANY American city get the hell out now. There is no reason to believe that this could not happen across the country.

 

[wrench]

Pentagon now announcing it is a terrorist attack according to ABC News

 

[Ryker]

If it was a 737, depending on the model...

The 737-600 can carry 110 to 132 passengers. The 737-700 accommodates 126 to 149 people. The 737-800 can seat 162 to 189 passengers. And the largest Next-Generation model, the 737-900, is capable of carrying 177 to 189 passengers

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/737family/

Just hope it wasn't full of passengers.

 

[stillprepping]

both towers are now experiencing massive fires. i heard something about the city being evacuated (hard to belive). our niece works onthe 38th floor, we're praying she'll be ok.

this is indeed terrifying.

 

[mt4design]

THIS is terrorism.

Pray.

I'm shaking right now from adrenalin and a very heavy heart.

Osama bin Ladin?

"They" finally did it.

Martial Law?

This is terrorism.

Pray.

Peace and love,

Mike

 

[wrench]

Pres Bush going live on national news shortly. He is in Fla. now, headed to DC shortly.

 

[Vere My Sone]

the 3 NY airports and Lincoln tunnel are closed

Bush is heading back to Washington and will be on sometime

 

[Brooks]

SO, I won't be leaving work, but I am now in semi-doomer mode. I'm more concerned about public transportation shutting down. (Could be a long walk back to my car...)

 

[Deb Mc]

Anyone on foreign news channels? We need point men for researching today - anyone wanna help?




Hijacked plane from Boston en route to L.A. Definitely terrorist! People on board!!!

 

[Gayla]

Tuesday September 11 9:01 AM ET
Plane Crashes Into World Trade Center

NEW YORK (AP) - Smoke poured out of a gaping hole in the upper floors of the World Trade Center on Tuesday and there were broadcast reports a plane had struck it.

There was no immediate word on injuries or fatalities in the disaster, which happened shortly before 9 a.m.

``The plane was coming in low and ... it looked like it hit at a slight angle,'' said Sean Murtagh, a CNN vice president, the network reported.

Large holes were visible in two sides of the 110-story building, one of landmark twin towers.

 

[data junkie]

Reuters/CNN:

Stock exchanged "closed indefinitely"...

Pres speaking now about hoping to catch the bad guys...

Also CNN confirmed one of the planes was a Boeing 767 American Airlines jumbo jet flying out of Boston....

 

[ytwok pumps]

Well how do you like that we scooped the
Drudge site. Ho-hahaha! He still doesn't
have it up yet!