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U.S. Attacked
A Day of Terror in New York and Washington

(AP)

As a new day broke over Manhattan, smoke billowed from the site of the World Trade Center complex.

Hijacked Jets Destroy Twin Towers and Hit Pentagon
By SERGE SCHMEMANN
There was no official count, but President Bush said thousands had perished in the worst and most audacious terror attack in American history. Go to Article
• Buildings Burn and Fall as Onlookers Search for Elusive Safety
• Terrorism Carefully Planned and Synchronized
• Solicitor General Got 2 Calls From Wife on Doomed Plane

No Survivors Are Expected in the Debris at the Pentagon
By DON VAN NATTA and LIZETTE ALVAREZ
Military officials said today that no survivors were expected to be found in the ruble at the Pentagon.

EDITORIAL
An Unfathomable Attack

OP-ED
Safire: New Day of Infamy

CONFIRMED FATALITIES
New York City: 41
Washington D.C.: 80
Pennslyvania: 45

RESOURCES
- Closings and Transit
- Emergency Hotlines
- List: Crashed Planes
- NYC Blood Donation

CHARTS
- Minutes of Mayhem
- 2 Crashes, 2 Collapses
- Worst Terrorist Attacks
- Points of Impact
- Map: Lower Manhattan

IMAGES
- The World Trade Center
- Scenes of Devastation
- The Pentagon Attack
- The World Reaction
- A Day in Terror
- Front Page Image

VIDEO
- Attacks on Manhattan
- A Day of Sorrow

FLIGHT TRACKERS
- World Trade Center Crash
- Pentagon Crash
- Pennsylvania Crash

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