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Show J vyi F(0m BYU students react to terror By AMY K. STEWART The Daily Herald PROVO BYU students stu-dents were glued to televisions televi-sions all across campus Tuesday morning as updates of the terrorism attacks flashed across the channels. Students cried and called their families from campus phones or cellphones, cell-phones, just to keep in touch and talk about the incident. "It makes me feel unsafe," said Julie Lopez, 23, of Provo. She went on campus to watch the news since she doesn't have cable. "America has not been attacked by an outside power like this since Pearl Harbor. We think we're so safe," Lopez said. "So did the people in Pearl Harbor." Har-bor." BYU canceled its weekly devotional at 11 a.m. and replaced it with a special prayer meeting. "I will go because I think prayer is necessary at this point," said Emily Webb, 21, a senior from Germany majoring in zoology. She was watching the incident in the lobby of the BYU David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. Yvonne Taylor, 24, called her dad on her cellphone as she watched the news in BYU's lounge, "The Den," in the basement of the Wilkinson Center. Taylor said she just wanted to make sure none Federal building closes briefly in aftermath By PAT CHRISTIAN The Daily Herald PROVO The J. Will Robinson Federal Building in Provo was briefly closed after today's attack on the Pentagon and World Trade Center. A sign taped to the front door of the federal building located at 88 W. 100 North said the building was closed for an employee meeting. The sign was removed at 9:09 a.m., and the building was re-opened for regular business. "We were not put on alert, but we did close for a while to conduct an employee employ-ee meeting," said Loyal Clark, spokeswoman for the Uinta National Forest. ff I K Campus concern: Business stands still in the BYU Bookstore of her family or friends were on any of the flights; she also knows people back East. "It's scary. Who knows what will happen next," said Taylor, a senior from Evanston, Wyo., majoring in speech pathology. "It makes me sick to my stomach stom-ach to think someone would do this. It makes me scared for our country and for us. It's a sign of the times." Meanwhile, life went on as usual around campus Forest Service offices are located in the federal building, build-ing, along with two other federal organizations: the Office of Public Buildings and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. "We have been in contact with a sister Forest Service in Salt Lake City," Clark said, adding that it was decided that it was business busi-ness as usual at the local federal building. But in reality it was anything any-thing but usual, as employees employ-ees were following on an office television the attacks on federal and other buildings, build-ings, and discussion was focused on the destruction and loss of lives there. Pat Christian can be reached at 344-2556 or at pchristiheraldextra.com. UNDER ATTACK: A ' ' 4, ... .. I 1 ' lT 5 Li' aV "America has not been attacked by an outside power like this We think we're so safe. So did the people in Pearl Harbor." Tuesday morning. Students headed off for classes or snacked in the Cougareat, doing their homework and working on laptops. Some students said today's incident is upsetting, upset-ting, but they weren't too worried. Hospitals, Red Cross plan for blood drives ByTARA DUGGAN The Daily Herald PROVO Utah County residents are already doing what they can to help. "We have been inundated with calls from people who want to donate blood," said Jacque W. Brown, director of marketing and public relations rela-tions at Timpanogos Regional Region-al Hospital. The hospital is planning a blood drive for Thursday, at the hospital. The Provo office of the Red Cross has also been busy. "We have been getting thousands of phone calls of people wanting to help by donating blood," said David Gunn, director of the Red Cross office in Provo. "This is the most horrible Tuenday. September NATION IN ' '1 - k!2 Stunned: BYU students, Eve the terrorist attacks on TV in , as students watch news of the "I don't think Utah is a big target, but I guess with the Olympics coming here, shoot .... " said Rob Whit-ting, Whit-ting, 18, a freshman from Puyallup, Wash., majoring in mechanical engineering. "It will probably change the face of what we have to do for the Olympics," said thing I've ever seen." he said. "It will be worse than Pearl Harbor." Those wishing to donate blood today can go to a Blood Mobile that will be set up at 750 N. 200 West in Provo. The Blood Mobile was expected to be taking donations dona-tions beginning at 11 a.m. today. Another blood donation center is the blood bank at 384 E. 1300 South, Orem, and is open from 1-6 this afternoon. Timpanogos is trying to organize a blood drive as soon as possible, Brown said. Utah Valley Regional Medical Center will not be accepting donations. Tarn Duggan can be reached at 344-2562 or at tmcdermottheraldextra.com. Ir, ' . t - ttt I i, 2001. TH I; DAILY HFRALD. (www CRISIS DAN LUNDThe Dsily Herald Pate, right, and Laurie Sorensen react while watching news of the Wilkinson Center on campus. J - A terrorist attacks on TV. Doug Bennion, 18, a freshman fresh-man from Sandy majoring in civil engineering. Jared Fixmer, 23, a senior sen-ior from Pleasanton, Calif., majoring in international studies, said he was still in shock as he watched the news in the lobby of the Kennedy Center. Olympic officials in cities under attack By TAD WALCH The Daily Herald PROVO The attack Tuesday on New York and Washington D.C. could have immediate impact on 2002 Olympic Winter Games preparations. The Salt Lake Organizing Committee had officials in both cities Tuesday. SLOC president Mitt Romney was beginning his second day of scheduled meetings with Washington officials to lobby for $12.7 million of security funds. That funding is expected to complete preparations for security at the Olympics, though it appears likely that the FBI and Secret Service would review plans in the wake of the attack. HarkTheHerald com), Priivo. Utah Page 3 V lit . ? -- TX " DAN UJNDmic Daily I fcral.l since Pearl Harbor. - Julie Lopez, 23 "There is just no way to prepare for this," Fixmer said. "But I'm sure our political politi-cal leaders are doing everything they can." Amy K. Stewart can he reached at 344-2552 or astewartheraldextra.com. Also, SLOC was preparing to announce Wednesday the names of more than 10,000 Olympic torchbearers in a news conference at Battery Park in New York City. Baseball legend Willie Mays and U.S. Olympic hockey hock-ey team member Pat Lafontaine were scheduled to join in the announcement. It is unknown whether SLOC will postpone the news conference. SLOC spokesman Jeremy Kartchner denied broadcast reports that the organizing committee had evacuated its headquarters building at 299 N. Main St. in Salt Lake City. Tad Walch can be reached at 592-3122 or at twalchheraldextra.com. |