Week of September 8, 2001

Some thirteen current and former Miami police officers are accused by U.S.

authorities of shooting unarmed people and then conspiring to cover it up by

planting evidence.

On Saturday Night Live - Christopher Walken and musical guest Weezer.

First Lady Laura Bush opens the first National Book Festival in Washington -

hailing it as an “exciting chapter for American book lovers.”

The nation’s unemployment is up to a four-year high of 4.9%.

At 8:45am September 11 - American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston with 92

aboard crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York. The

flight was supposed to terminate in Los Angeles.

At 9:08am - United Airlines Flight

175- which was supposed to be

heading to Los Angeles from

News reports now speculate it

could be a terrorist attack.

At 9:41am - American Airlines

Flight 77, which took off from Dulles

International Airport - also heading

towards Los Angeles takes the

original flight path, but somewhere

past Pittsburgh, PA, begins to head back east and crashes into the Pentagon at

9:41am. 64 people were on board.

As millions watch on television - people from both towers jump from their floors

to doom. Both towers eventually collapse and thousands are feared dead in the

worst-ever attack on U.S. soil.

At 10:00am - Flight 93 which originated from Newark NJ and was headed to San

Francisco with 45 people on board, turns back east - past Pittsburgh PA, and

crashes. Apparently - passengers were on to the hijackers and helped bring the

plane down.

Week of September 8, 2001

President Bush vows that Americans will respond with a “quiet unyielding anger”

to the terrorist attacks on the nation. He pledged to retaliate against not just the

masterminds, but also the foreign nations that harbor them.

Attacks - U.S. intelligence agencies say

evidence “strongly points” to the network

of cells run by terrorist mastermind

Osama bin Laden and headquartered in

Afghanistan

President Bush declares that the terrorist

attacks in Washington and New York

were “acts of war” and vows that the U.S.

“will use all our resources to conquer this

enemy.”

President Bush warned Americans of a long, hard war against terrorism. The

Defense Department recommends the mobilization of thousands of reservists

and orders an aircraft carrier battle group to remain near the Arabian Sea.

The Federal Aviation Administration has temporarily banned mail and cargo from

all passenger flights. Mail will have to be delivered from the ground and the post

office is scrambling.

U.S. stock markets will remain closed until at

least Monday - the longest break in trading

since before WWII. But, just before the terrorist

events, the stock market was off some 17.3%

from the beginning of the year.

By the end of the week - the skies are eerily

silent as there is nothing flying - commercial or

private. Everything’s grounded.

Technology - (just before 9/11) - another .com

bites the dust as wine.com says goodbye.

Sports -

Shut Down - Baseball and football as The NFL and MLB call off all games this

week because of the terrorist attacks.

Week of September 8, 2001

Music news -

Another KROQ (Los Angeles) DJ is on MTV - his name is Ted Ramone

follows former KROQ DJ’s Kennedy and Carson Daley into bigger exposure.

Earlier in the week - A Michael Jackson comeback concern at Madison Square

Garden and later - a big party for Jackson on Tavern on the Green. Jackson

was seen escorting his friend Elizabeth Taylor to her seat. He reunited with his

brothers and it was one heck of a concert.

Needless to say - all concerts are put on hold, including Madonna’s “Drowned

World Tour.”

Entertainment news -

Warner Brothers announces it will postpone indefinitely the October 5 release of

“Collateral Damage” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger because it’s terrorism

themed.

Television news

Oprah Winfrey’s season kickoff will

focus on “Dr Phil’s Get Real

Challenge,” a five-day seminar

conducted by life strategist Dr. Phil

McGaw, who is a frequent guest on

Winfrey’s program.

ABC and CBS announce plans to

broadcast all of this season’s prime-

time dramas and comedies in high-

def. So far - well under a half million

homes have HDTV access. . Separately - so far, some 200 of the 1,600 U.S. TV

stations have begun digital broadcasting since the transition from analog to

digital began in 1997, when the federal government gave each station up to five

years to launch a digital channel.

At the movies -

The Musketeer

Two Can Play That game

Jeepers Creepers

Rock star

The Others

Rush Hour 2

American Pie 2

Week of September 8, 2001

Rat Race

The Princess diaries

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