Shock and Awe Page #2

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is going to be very useful...

when I'm mopping the floor

at Staples.

REPORTER:

Both of the twin towers...

the World Trade Center in New

York's lower Manhattan...

have been struck by planes this

morning within 20 minutes.

First, it was the North Tower

that was struck...

with a gaping hole left in two

sides of that building.

Good God.

20 minutes later, the second

building...

the second tower in that World

Trade Center complex...

I think we should keep Elizabeth

in school.

Yeah, no, I think that's

a good idea.

Why freak her out, huh?

And I'll call Ali and Jennifer

as soon as the phones open up.

- I love you.

- I love you.

Okay.

REPORTER:

We should tell you that...

we have gotten calls from

people...

who live and work around the

Pentagon who have told us...

that they have seen

something...

that they have described

as an explosion.

This is information we have not

been able to confirm.

Get up.

Sorry, Dad.

Monday Night Football went long.

Let's clean this place up.

COMMENTATOR:
Trade Center

here in New York...

have been hit by airplanes.

In Washington, there is a large

fire at the Pentagon.

The Pentagon has been

evacuated.

And there is, you can see,

perhaps, the second tower...

the front tower, the top

portion of which is collapsing.

Good Lord.

Lot of people going to need

a drink tonight.

Soldiers drink free.

REPORTER:

There are no words.

All federal office buildings

now...

all federal office buildings

in Washington, D.C.

are being evacuated as we speak

to you now.

We are in the middle of an

extraordinary catastrophe.

The most important things to

tell you if you just joined...

in is that what has all the

makings of an extraordinarily..

well-planned terrorist attack

on both Washington and New York

has taken place this morning.

The Trade Centers here

in New York...

the two World Trade Center

towers have collapsed...

after being hit by planes.

Yeah, this is John Walcott

from Knight Ridder.

Is he there?

Yeah, okay, well, tell him

I'll try him back later.

Thank you.

I just spoke with my wife.

She and the kids are

afraid to leave the house.

What are they doing over there?

They're watching the White

House.

To see if it gets hit?

Yes.

Oh, Jesus. All right, go home

to your family.

And tell your colleagues that

maybe they want to stay away...

from the windows, okay?

- Thanks, John.

- Yeah.

Okay. All right. Okay.

Their working thesis is that

this is overseas terrorism...

not domestic.

Attention will quickly turn to

the bin Laden group...

because it has long

tentacles.

There are very few others that

could have pulled this off.

Are we sending somebody

to New York?

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