America Under Attack
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"There are only two powers in the world - the power of the sword and the power of the spirit. In the long run, the sword will always be conquered by the spirit." ~ Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France
Craig and I express our heartfelt sympathies and prayers for the families and friends of the many, many victims who are injured, missing or have lost their lives in this terrorism holocaust - New York, Washington DC, and PLEASE, don't forget the ones who officials believe valiantly fought their hijackers as they flew to their deaths over Pennsylvania's countryside.
Though there are many assistance programs for humans, few are for pets. Please, send donations for the animals who are affected by the terrorism attack.
Following the animal and people assistance information are event timetables, photos, and articles regarding the act of war on America and her Allies.
How You Can Assist Orphaned Animals
Thousands of companion animals have lost their guardians due to the attacks. Victims who survived or lost their lives in New York City, Washington DC, and aboard all four hijacked aircraft, including the one that crashed in the countryside of Pennsylvania, included eighty-eight different nationalities: Antigua, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Barbuda, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Grenadines, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nevis, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tobago, Togo, Trinidad, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Yugoslavia, and Zimbabwe. And in the meantime, the pets are homeless. Many people simply haven't considered the animal toll.
PLEASE NOTE: Many organizations in New York have asked that no more supplies and equipment donations be made because they have run out of warehouse space. They need financial contributions at this time.
Rescue Resources for Animals Orphaned in WTC Attack:
AnimalAid is a relief program for companion animals of the September 11 terrorist victims. In the wake of the horrible terrorist attacks which struck our nation, United Animal Nations has established the AnimalAid program to provide relief for any animals who were orphaned or otherwise affected by the tragedies in New York City, Washington, DC and Pennsylvania.
AnimalAid can provide foster care or adoption placement, transportation, and financial assistance (up to $500 per applicant) for animal needs such as veterinary care, boarding arrangements, medication or animal food. Animals whose caregivers were killed or injured by the attacks, animals who were themselves injured or affected by the attacks, or animals involved in the search and rescue efforts qualify for the program. Assistance is available through March 11, 2002.
United Animal Nations
Attn: Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS)
AnimalAid Donations
PO Box 188890
Sacramento, CA 95818
HSUS Disaster Services Program
2100 L Street, NW
Washington DC 20037
You can also donate to HSUS by calling 1-800-HUMANE-1 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EST (press 0 and ask for Customer Service).
New York Center for Animal Care and Control
2336 Linden Blvd.
Brooklyn, NY 11208
If you know of an animal that has been abandoned due to this attack or due to other circumstances, the emergency telephone hotline number for the Center For Animal Care and Control is:
Emergency No: 1-888-LOST123
Note: Please do not call the CACC on this line for any other reasons than to report an abandoned animal. This is for emergencies only. If you wish to contact the CACC in Manhattan their telephone number is: 1-212-722-3620. The CACC Staten Island Shelter number is: 1-718-984-6643.
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How You Can Assist People
Timeline of U.S. Attacks in NYC, DC, PA
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
All times are EDT
- 8:45 a.m.: Jet airliner crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York.
- 9:03 a.m.: A second airliner crashes into its twin south tower, causing a devastating explosion.
- 9:10 a.m.: President Bush, in Sarasota, Florida, is reading to children in a classroom when his chief of staff, Andrew Card, whispers news of the attacks into his ear.
- 9:20 a.m.: American Airlines says one of the planes that crashed into the Trade Center was American Airlines Flight 11, hijacked after takeoff from Boston en route to Los Angeles. The FBI investigates reports of planes being hijacked before the World Trade Center crashes.
- 9:29 a.m.: First reports of casualties indicate that at least six people were killed, with at least 1,000 injured.
- 9:30 a.m.: President Bush declares: "We have had a national tragedy. Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country."
- 9:43 a.m.: Abu Dhabi television reports it received a call from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, claiming responsibility for crashing two planes into the WTC. However, leading officials later deny the claim. Senior law enforcement officials say car bomb explodes outside of State Department in Washington, D.C. Federal protective services later denies car bomb attack occurred.
- 9:43 a.m.: Another plane crashes into the Pentagon in Washington. The nerve center of the U.S. military bursts into flames and a portion of one side of the five-sided structure collapses.
- 9:48 a.m.: Government buildings in Washington, including the White House and the Capitol are evacuated with officials citing a credible threat of a terrorist attack. Authorities across the country go on alert, tightening security at strategic facilities and evacuating high-profile buildings. US monuments and museums in Washington D.C. are closed.
- 9:49 a.m.: The Federal Aviation Administration shuts down all airports across the U.S. Financial markets suspend trading in the wake of the attacks.
- 10:00 a.m.: Officials at Somerset County Airport say United Airlines Flight 93, en route from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco, crashes in western Pennsylvania, about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The crash site is 85 miles northwest of Camp David.
- 10:05 a.m.: The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses.
- 10:29 a.m.: The north tower of the World Trade Center collapses.
- 12:33 p.m.: United Airlines confirms a second of its planes has crashed at an unknown location.
- 12:39 p.m.: Flown to Barksdale Air Force Base near Shreveport, Louisiana, President Bush makes a second statement, vowing to hunt down and punish those responsible.
- 2:48 p.m.: New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says the eventual death toll from Tuesday's attack may be "more than any of us can bear."
- 2:51 p.m.: The Navy dispatches missile destroyers and other equipment to New York and Washington.
- 4:25 p.m.: Securities and Exchange Commission says all financial markets are closed for the day. The American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange say they will remain closed on Wednesday.
- 4:30 p.m.: President Bush leaves Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska aboard Air Force One to return to Washington, where he will make a nationally televised address.
- 5:25 p.m.: World Trade Center 7 collapses.
- 8:30 p.m.: President Bush addresses the nation. "These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat," he said. "But they have failed; our country is strong."
- 8:35 p.m.: President Bush attends national security meeting.
Timeline Courtesy of time.com and FOX News.
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President Bush's Day of Terror Timeline
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
All times are EDT
- 9:00 a.m. -- President Bush arrives at Sarasota, Florida, school for speech. White House chief of staff Andrew Card tells him a plane has crashed into the World Trade Center.
- 9:05 a.m. -- President Bush is visiting a second-grade class when Card whispers to him that a second plane has struck the towers. President delays plans to address the tragedy, deciding to get more information first.
- 9:30 a.m. -- President Bush meets privately with National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, who briefs him. He delivers first remarks on the tragedy.
- 10 a.m. -- Aboard Air Force One en route to Louisiana, President Bush calls Vice President Dick Cheney and puts America's military on a high alert status. Sifts through reports from staff, including erroneous report that a car bomb had struck the State Department. Gets news that plane has crashed near Pittsburgh.
- 11:40 a.m. -- President Bush arrives at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, where he makes series of telephone calls from a general's conference room. Tells Cheney in telephone call, "It's the faceless coward that attacks." He also talks to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and New York Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.
- 1:15 p.m. -- President Bush departs conference room for Air Force One in a camouflaged Humvee. Talks to Cheney again en route to Nebraska air force base and schedules a 4 p.m. meeting of his national security staff. Also talks to New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Gov. George Pataki. "I know your heart is broken and your city is strained and anything we can do, let me know," Bush says.
- 3:07 p.m. -- President Bush arrives at U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.
- 4:36 p.m. -- President Bush departs for Washington. En route, he calls first lady Laura Bush and says, "I'm coming home, see you at the White House." Works with aides on his prime-time speech.
- 7:00 p.m. -- President Bush arrives at White House to prepare for address.
- 8:30 p.m. -- President Bush speaks to nation.
- 8:35 p.m. -- President Bush attends national security meeting.
- 10:21 p.m. -- Meeting has ended. Secret Service radio squawks with news that President Bush has gone home to bed: "Trailblazer. Second floor of the residence."
Timeline Courtesy of FOX News.
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Hijacked Planes Timeline
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
The informed defense officials laid out a timeline of the events surrounding the series of terrorist attacks as follows: (Times are EDT and reflect actual, rather than scheduled departure times of flights.)
- --7:59 a.m.: American Airlines flight 11 takes off from Boston's Logan International Airport.
- --8:14 a.m.: United Airlines flight 175 takes off from Boston's Logan International Airport.
- --8:20 a.m.: American Airlines flight 11 stops transmitting IFF beacon signal while over the Hudson River.
- --8:20 a.m.: American Airlines flight 77 departs Dulles International Airport near Washington.
- --8:38 a.m.: Boston air traffic center notifies NORAD that American Airlines flight 11 has been hijacked.
- --8:43 a.m.: FAA notifies NORAD that United Airlines flight 175 has been hijacked.
- --8:44 a.m.: Otis Air National Guard Base in Mass. orders to fighters scrambled.
- --8:46 a.m.: American Airlines flight 11 strikes the World Trade Center's north tower.
- --8:47 a.m.: NORAD informed of the plane striking the World Trade Center.
- --8:50 a.m.: United Airlines flight 175 deviates from its assigned flight path.
- --8:52 a.m.: Two F-15 Eagles take off from Otis ANG Base in effort to intercept hijacked plane(s) after first plane has struck the World Trade Center.
- --9:02 a.m.: United Airlines flight 175 strikes the World Trade Center's south tower (F-15 fighter jets from Otis ANG Base are still 70 miles away.)
- --9:25 a.m.: FAA notifies NORAD that United flight 77 may have been hijacked.
- --9:27 a.m.: (approximate time) NORAD orders jets scrambled from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia to head to intercept United Airlines flight 77.
- --9:35 a.m.: Three F-16 Fighting Falcons take off from Langley AFB headed toward Washington area.
- --9:37 a.m.: American Airlines flight 77 is lost from radar screens.
- --9:38 a.m.: American Airlines flight 77 strikes the Pentagon.
- --9:49 a.m.: F-16 fighter jets arrive over Washington, D.C. to perform Combat Air Patrol (CAP) over city. (The fighters broke the sound barrier and traveled supersonic at 720 knots to Washington, making the approximately 130 miles in 14 minutes.)
The following timeline is for United Airlines flight 93, scheduled to fly from Newark International Airport to San Francisco. The flight crashed in Pennsylvania.
- --8:42 a.m.: United Airlines flight 93 takes off from Newark International Airport.
- --9:16 a.m.: FAA informs NORAD that United Airlines flight 93 may have been hijacked.
- --9:40 a.m.: Transponder signal from United flight 93 ceases and radar contact is lost.
- --10:02 a.m.: After a review of radar tapes, a radar signal is detected near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Timeline Courtesy of CNN.com. |
Pictorial Events of Attack
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
New York City: American Airlines Flight 11 hijacked from Boston, Masschusetts, slams into the World Trade Center's north tower in Manhattan.
A second plane, United Airlines Flight 175, crashes into the World Trade Center's south tower, causing a massive explosion.
Washington, DC: An American Airlines flight from Washington to Los Angeles plowed into the Pentagon with 64 passengers and crew aboard. The jet, which had just taken off from Dulles Airport, set the world's largest office building ablaze.
Pennsylvania Countryside: United Airlines Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville. Radar showed the Boeing 757, bound for San Francisco, California, from Newark, New Jersey, had nearly reached Cleveland when it made a sharp left turn and headed back toward Pennsylvania, crashing in a grassy field edged by woods about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. There were no survivors.
Firefighters raise the flag late in the afternoon Tuesday in the wreckage of the World Trade Center towers.
Photos Courtesy of CNN.com and time.com. |
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Office of the Press Secretary Fact Sheet
Campaign Against Terrorism Results
Period Covered September 14-30, 2001
Department of State
- Russia offered to share information and the use of their airspace for humanitarian flights.
- China offered to share information.
- India offered to share information and pledged support of U.S. actions.
- Japan offered diplomatic and military (logistical) support, and assistance to Pakistan.
- Australia offered combat military forces and invoked Article IV of the ANZUS Treaty, declaring September 11 an attack on Australia.
- South Korea offered military medical and air and naval logistics support.
- UAE and Saudi Arabia broke diplomatic relations with the Taliban.
- Pakistan agreed to cooperate fully with the request for assistance and support.
- Secured overflight and landing rights from 27 countries.
- Obtained 46 multilateral declarations of support.
- 19 nations of NATO invoked Article V declaring an attack on one as an attack on all.
- The United Nations Security Council unanimously enacted a binding resolution requiring all member states to pursue terrorists and those who support them, including financial support systems.
Department of the Treasury
- Adoption of Terrorist Financing Executive Order.
- Froze approximately 30 al-Qaida accounts in the U.S. and almost 20 overseas.
- Put 27 names on the Terrorist Financing list.
- Reviewing additional persons and entities for possible inclusion on the Terrorist Financing list.
- Froze approximately $6 million linked to terrorists.
Department of Defense
- Approximately 29,000 military personnel, 349 military aircraft, 1 Amphibious Ready Group, and 2 Carrier Battle Groups currently deployed in Theater.
- Approximately 17,000 members of the Reserve have been called to active duty, as well as several thousand National Guard operating under State authority.
Department of Justice
- Analyzed 241 serious/credible threats.
- Conducted 540 interviews.
- Conducted 383 searches.
- Issued 4,407 subpoenas.
- Arrested/Detained 439 persons.
- Approximately 30-plus countries offered support in criminal investigations.
Intelligence
- Over 100 countries have offered increased intelligence support.
- Approximately 150 arrests and detentions of terrorists and suspected supporters of terrorism in over 25 countries.
- Intensified counterterrorist operations with over 200 intelligence and security services worldwide.
Courtesy of The White House. |
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