America is Burning

The horror, the shock, the victims

Impossible to Believe

The biggest terror attack in history happened yesterday. Two hijacked airplanes exploded into the Twin Towers in New York and caused their collapse. A third airplane exploded into the Pentagon. A fourth crashed in Pennsylvania. First estimates: between 10,000 and 25,000 dead; more than 25,000 trapped in the ruins. President Bush flew to the headquarters of atomic war in Nebraska. All airports in the U.S. were closed; the borders with Canada and Mexico were locked. The initial suspect: Osama bin Laden. The explosions in the capitol of Afghanistan: U.S.: it is not us. National day of mourning in Israel – Peres: "it is like an atomic bomb"; thousands of Palestinians celebrated in the streets.