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2002-08-19

Most of these are emails received from my roommate to my work address on September 11, 2001. Not sure why I saved them all, but am glad I did. The last three are work related.

Email addresses and personal information changed. All other content is real.

From: roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:18 AM
To: me.com
Subject: Hi
NEWS BULLETIN: The World Trade Center in NYC has been attacked.......just
before 9 a 747 flew into the WTC and then just a few minutes ago another one
flew into it as well......its all on the news if you have a TV available!!!!

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:34 AM
To: me@com
Subject: Hi
The President just said that Terrorism will not stand and we seek out and
hunt for those responsible attacking the U.S.....had a monent of silence and
that was all at this time, he's on his way back to Washington.......

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:45 AM
To: me@com
Subject: Hi
Fire has now been confirmed at the pentagon

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:52 AM
To: me@com
Subject: Re: Hi
They are saying that an explosion was heard at or near the pentagon, you can
see all the smoke...nothing real accurate on that one ......, its in the
court yard of the Pentagon.......also a plane crash.......they just had bomb
squads checking out Air Force 1 before the President heads back to
Washington.......

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:57 AM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
One of the two planes that flew into the WTC was hijacked from Boston enroute
to LA, it was American Airlines Flt 11

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:59 AM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
They are now ordering all aircraft that is in the air in the U.S. to land at
the nearest airport

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:01 AM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
The south tower of the WTC just collapsed onto the streets

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:21 AM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
All Federal buildings in Washington have ordered to evacuate

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:27 AM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
The one plane had 90 passengers plus crew......the other had 60 passengers plus crew........A car bomb has now exploded outside the State Dept

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:29 AM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
The second tower just collapsed

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:35 AM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
I was just talking to a friend and one of her friends just called in a panic
because her husband is at the WTC............

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:39 AM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
They were saying something about Bin Laden but didn't catch it all........now
something about a hijacked plane bound for the Capitol........not confirmed
yet though.......

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:51 AM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
A large plane crash just happened 80 miles SE of Pitts.......

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:57 AM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
The Pentagon just caved in from the top.....looks like a scene out of WWII.....they are saying that one air craft is flying and unaccountable for......perhaps the one heading for DC........they are evacuating people in office buildings in Pitts......Chicago shut down the Sears building.........it wasn't a car bombing at the State Building......

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:59 AM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
Alot of aircraft flying are being diverted to Canada......i sure hope they
don't let people fly out of Canada now, Aunt Anni is suppose to fly to
Germany tomorrow out of Canada......

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:10 AM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
Colleges in PA are being evacuated....... they are saying that a plane went
down at Camp David where the President was suppose to land and now don't know
where to take him.......I'm in News Arena chat room and alot of people are
also listening with cb's and getting info.....they just said that the plane
that went down in Pitts was hijacked from Cleveland.....everything in Pitts
is being closed down......

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:22 AM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
Heavy casualties at the Pentagon........more than 20,000 people work at the
Pentagon......highest ranking people work there, some presumed to be injured
or dead.........huge plane slammed into it! Bin Laden is at the top of the
list for being responsibile for this attack on the U.S.......it is utter
chaos on this live news coverage....unbelieveable!!

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:37 AM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
Canada has also shut down their airports........one more plane is still
believed to be flying around but not sure where at.......of course the FAA
and FBI know but we haven't been told yet.

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:44 AM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
The U.S. has been put on the highest alert level.....Delta something or
another.....
The collapse of the WTC has sparked other fires and gas leaks throughout the
area.....fear of more explosions because of gas leaks is possible.....

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 12:09 PM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
Another plane has just crashed but don't know where.......

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 12:15 PM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
200 fire fighters they say are unaccounted for at this time in NY.......Kathy
Scott from News 13 is in NY, just a few blocks from the WTC..she just
reported in on whats going on.....

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 1:30 PM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
a London-based Arab journalist said followers of bin Laden warned three weeks
ago that they would carry out a ``huge and unprecedented attack'' on U.S.
interests.

Abdel-Bari Atwan, editor of the Al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper, said he received
a warning from Islamic fundamentalists close to bin Laden, but did not take
the threat seriously.

``They said it would be a huge and unprecedented attack but they did not
specify,'' Atwan said in a telephone interview in London.

``We usually receive this kind of thing. At the time we did not take the
warnings seriously as they had happened several times in the past and nothing
happened. ``This time it seems his people were accurate and meant every word
they said.''

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 1:31 PM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
Details on the planes that crashed Tuesday:

American Airlines Flight 11: A Boeing 767 en route from Boston to Los Angeles. The plane was carrying 81 passengers, nine flight attendants and two pilots. The location of the crash has not been determined.

American Airlines Flight 77: A Boeing 757 en route from Dulles Airport near Washington to Los Angeles. The plane was carrying 58 passengers, four flight attendants and two pilots. The location of the crash has not been determined.

United Airlines Flight 93: A Boeing 757, crashed southeast of Pittsburgh while en route from Newark, N.J. to San Francisco. The plane was carrying 38 passengers, two pilots and five flight attendants.

United Airlines Flight 175: A Boeing 767. The flight was bound from Boston to Los Angeles. It was carrying 56 passengers, two pilots and seven flight attendants. The airline would not say where the plane crashed.

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 2:02 PM
To: me@com
Subject: (no subject)
Auntie is still safe and sound in, just talked to
mom........they weren't going to leave until this evening for
Canada.......they won't be leaving for anywhere much less Germany now!!! She
said that they have closed all government buildings there even the DMV in
[smaller town upstate NY]!!

From: Roommate@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 2:07 PM
To: me@com
Subject: Re: (no subject)
I wonder if your brother-in-law has been put on alert since he is the Guards or is it the
Reserves?

From: a coworker in the Netherlands
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 3:15 AM

Subject: Our condolence
To all our Americain colleges.

Hereby we bring you our condolence about the lost of so many lives at the big attack on your country.
We all were shocked by seeing the pictures on tv and the big disaster what happened in NYC an Washington DC.


All Dutch Colleges


From: a coworker in Singapore
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 1:59 AM
Subject: Our condolences.
Dear All,

1.
My colleagues and I in Asia are shocked at the devastation that New York
City has suffered, and the lost of love ones that many parents, brothers,
sisters, children, husbands, wives, and friends have to endure.

2.
We condemn the cowardly action of the terrorists, and call that they are
eventually brought to justice.

3.
We offer our condolences and wants you to know that we grieve with you for
the lost of innocent lives in this evil incident.

4.
May God calm the souls of all who have suffered, and may the USA emerge from
this stronger.

With Best Regards,

co worker


-----Original Message-----
From: company president
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 8:10 AM
Subject: FW:


We have all listened and watched throughout the day and last evening to the tragedy of the terrorist attack on our Country. Our prayers and any assistance we can provide are for those who grieve. Here in the New York area the impact has been devastating as we begin to learn who we lost. Fortunately, I am not aware of any [in our company] that were injured in the attack.

Our President said "the government and American economy will be open for business today". So shall [our company].

May God bless us.

September 11 and 12, 2001

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