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Show J 1 -, THE NEWSPAPER OF CENTRAL UTAH VOLUME 78, ISSUE 191 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 1, 2001 MORE j I coverage - Wf A -If INSIDE ii U h Missionaries put on hold at MTC. The Federal Building in Provo closes down. Olympics officials react to terrorism. The story in pictures: Two pages of the aftermath. a BYU cancels a devotional for new students. Reaction on the streets in Utah County is one of shock. An area blood drive has been started in an effort to help the victims. The world reacts to the attacks. THE DAILY HERALD PROVO, UTAH NEWSPAPER - -'.i: rl.,j...., - : f. - - - - - -1 ' - -. jl hmmrn imin - - ,. n-a . a t . Panic: People run from the collapse of one of the towers at the Terrorists hit Washington, New York City By JERRY SCHWARTZ AP National Writer NEW YORK In one of the most audacious attacks ever against the United States, terrorists hijacked two airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center in a coordinated series of blows today that brought down the twin 110-story 110-story towers. A plane also slammed into the Pentagon, bringing the seat of government govern-ment itself under attack. Thousands could be dead or injured, a high-ranking city police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Authorities had been trying try-ing to evacuate those who work in the twin towers, but many were thought to have been trapped. About 50,000 people work at the Trade Center and tens of thousands thou-sands of others visit each day. American Airlines said its two hijacked planes were t ., WITT carrying a total of 156 people. peo-ple. Two United airliners carrying a total of 110 passengers pas-sengers also crashed one outside Pittsburgh, the other in a location not immediately identified. This is perhaps the most audacious terrorist attack that's ever taken place in the world," said Chris Yates, an aviation expert at Jane's Transport in London. "It takes a logistics operation from the terror group involved that is second to none. Only a very small handful of terror groups is on that list. ... I would name at the top of the list Osama bin Laden." President Bush ordered a full-scale investigation to "hunt down the folks who committed this act." Within the hour, the Pentagon Pen-tagon took a direct, devastating devas-tating hit from an aircraft. The fiery crash collapsed one side of the five-sided See TERROR, 6 D) t World Trade Center in New York 'it - ; . - . . - 1 l A on Tuesday morning. Below, one - i tpl L f ktsrwwi!arkTheHerakl.com SUZANNE Fl.liNKt I I , I he Associated Press of the towers is hit by a plane. CALL 3.75-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE - |