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Destroyed or demolished Damaged Trade Center crash site buildings aybreak on Wednesday revealed a thick cloud of dust lingering in the section of the New York skyline once occupied by the World Trade Center. Rescue workers worked through the night, searching for survivors and carrying out the grim task of recovering the dead. Bodies were ferried across the Hudson River to a makeshift morgue in New Jersey. Crushed cars were carted off. Debris was cleared by 120-foot cranes, bulldozers, shovels and pick axes. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the American Red Cross coordinated rescue and medical efforts. Emergency teams from around the country converged on the scene. Triage centers were established to aid the wounded. American Stock Exchange FINANCIAL DISTRICT A coating of dust This area is covered with ash- like dust consisting of pulverized concrete, insulation and other materials. Office debris Fallout from the wreckage, including computer printouts, receipts and office paper, litter this perimeter. The search for survivors Rescuers rely on enhanced senses of sight, sound and even smell to locate people trapped under thick layers of steel and concrete. Sight Foot-high robots with rubber treads are used to navigate the rubble and send video signals back to rescue teams. Smell Search-and-rescue dogs — usually German shepherds or golden retrievers — are trained to discriminate between the scent of living people and corpses. Dogs searching for survivors hone in on scents such as those that emanate from breath or sweat. Sound Rescuers use specially designed audio devices to detect vibrations from victims moving, tapping, scratching or calling out. Six highly responsive sensors, 5 inches high, are positioned 10 to 30 feet apart at strategically selected locations on a rubble pile. Specially designed audio and video devices attached to long poles allow workers extra reach. Retail shops One Liberty Place Century 21 building Millennium Hotel Post office building 7 World Trade Center 90 West St. Marriott Hotel North bridge Telephone company building 1 World Trade Center 2 World Trade Center World Financial Center D Classified 5C Comics 6B Hometown 3A Obituaries 5A Opinion 4A Sports 1B Television 9A After hours of discussion over two days, Iowa and Iowa State decided to play their football game as scheduled Saturday. ONLINE WWW.MUSCATINEJOURNAL.COM RECYCLED NEWSPRINT Tales of a hero’s last moments aboard doomed flight (2A) Forecast: Mostly cloudy and cool with a chance of rain late. Low Tonight: 47º High Friday: 65º OUTSIDE INSIDE SEPT. 13, 2001 THURSDAY’S VALUE, VALUES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE SINCE 1840 PRICE 50 CENTS U.S. aviation system to reopen today Federal aviation officials said they would allow air travel in the United States to resume Thursday morning, but cautioned travelers to expect slower operations and tight security. Bond trading resumes stocks remain on hold Bond trading resumed today for the first time in two days as the financial markets began limited operations fol- lowing the World Trade Center attacks. Stock trad- ing, however, remained halt- ed for a third day as the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stock Market and other financial markets regrouped in hopes of reopening by no later than Monday after the assault that shuttered Wall Street on Tuesday. Dead, missing grows to more than 4,000 Though untold bodies were still buried in the rubble of the World Trade Center, some rough counts had begun to emerge. The num- ber of dead and those reported missing in Tues- day’s suicide attacks grew to more than 4,000 Thursday as authorities scrambled to unearth the dead and track down the living. Blood donor programs send mixed message Rival blood donor programs are sending mixed mes- sages to thousands of Americans who are finding long lines as they do the only thing they can think of to help. Independent blood centers, including the New York center, say they have plenty of blood right now and suggested donors come back in a few days. But the American Red Cross contin- ued to actively encourage donations, saying extra units can be frozen and that now is the time that shocked and saddened Americans are motivated to help. Illinois sues gas suppliers for price gouging Following reports that gas prices doubled and even tripled in Illinois after Tuesday’s terrorist attack, Attorney General Jim Ryan on Wednesday sued the owner of 13 Illinois service stations. ‘’I think it’s despi- cable,’’ Ryan said at a news conference. ‘’Now they’re going to have to pay the price.’’ Attack prompts Midway Airlines to shuts down Midway Airlines was already been riddled with financial problems and bankruptcy proceedings when terrorists struck the nation this week, dashing any hope for a recovery at the troubled car- rier. Midway said Wednes- day it will go out of business in the midst of Tuesday’s attacked, the result of hijacked airliners. TERRORISM TAKING IT TO NEW HEIGHTS SEPT. 11 2001 SEPT. 11 2001 A MERICA U NDER A TTACK INSIDE TODAY’S JOURNAL Aftermath “Let’s just say there was a steady stream of body bags coming out all night. That and lots and lots of body parts.” Dr. Todd Wilder, triage surgeon working near the World Trade Center Muscatine’s Musco Lighting heads to Ground Zero to help light the way for rescue workers searching for survivors. Stories trickle home from Muscatine natives close to the danger zone. Rescue crews dig through rubble and body parts, desperately hunting for signs of life amid the smoking remains of the World Trade Center. AT A GLANCE IMAGES Muscatine’s Megan Strong went to the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center Tuesday to donate blood following news of Tuesday’s attack. Details: 3A PAGE 3A Following Tuesday’s attack, some parents were fetching their kids from schools. Photos from around the world. E-mail brings prompt expressions of concern from the former-Soviet world. AND ... Expanded, ongoing coverage of America under attack Page 2A, 6B CONTENTS SPORTS • 1B AMY MEYER for the Muscatine Journal MUSCATINE, Iowa – As mil- lions of Americans left for work Tuesday, no one could have pre- dicted what the day would bring. Some families in Muscatine not only faced the harsh reality of terrorism in our own country, they were also scrambling to find out the where- abouts of their loved ones in New York and Washington, D.C. Bob Sunderbruch, director of human resources for the Musca- tine Community School District, had a very anxious morning as he sat at work waiting to hear from son Jude Sunderbruch, 28, MHS ’92. Jude is in the Air Force reserve and has worked in Wash- ington, D.C., for the Department of Defense for the last two years in the Pentagon. Luckily, Jude happened to be out of the build- ing when the plane crashed. Due to jammed phone circuits and extreme cell phone use, it was difficult for those in Washington, D.C., to communi- cate. Bob Sunderbruch finally got a call from his son approxi- mately two hours after the plane crash Tuesday. After a long day of uncertainty, Bob Sunderbruch’s reaction was sim- ply put, “We were quite relieved.” Later Monday he got to talk to his son further. “He said it was pretty crazy but actually people were very nice. He lives close enough to walk home. Since there were so many more people walking than usual, store owners were giving out ice water. He said it was eerie but cool. People went out of their way to be nice to each other,” Bob Sunderbruch said. Safe, but very traumatized Dennis O’Neill, 27, MHS ‘92, called from New York Tuesday to his mother, former Mulberry Elementary principal Nancy O’Neill (formerly Thornton) and said he was OK. He had been at work across the street from the World Trade Center, she said, and witnessed the horrible scenes up close. Nancy O’Neill, now a princi- pal in Grayslake, Ill., described her son as safe but “very trau- matized” by the experience. She said he lost a lot of friends and colleagues, having worked inside the World Trade Center until a job change in the past year. MORE ON LOCALS, PAGE 2A Musco heads to New York, Washington DANIEL G. CLARK of the Muscatine Journal MUSCATINE, Iowa – Musco Lighting has sent six trucks and several technicians to help light the disaster areas in New York and at the Pentagon. The company has decided to provide lights “until they tell us they don’t need us anymore,” said Diane Crookham-Johnson, Musco’s vice president of administration. She said the New York City Police Department contacted Musco “from a FEMA list,” probably because the company provided lighting equipment to Oklahoma City in 1995 after the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. “We were in Oklahoma City just over 30 days; we anticipate longer in New York City,” Crookham-Johnson said Wednesday. Thursday morning she reported that two light trucks have also been set up at the Pentagon after the Department of Defense accepted Musco’s offer Wednesday. Staff members volunteered for the disaster assignments as drivers and technicians. “We had more volunteers than we needed,” she said. The first teams are all Oskaloosa residents. The company head- quarters is in Oskaloosa; its manufacturing plant is in Muscatine. Crookham-Johnson said Musco sent one mini truck to New York from Newark, N.J., and three large trucks from Providence, R.I. The Provi- dence trucks were escorted through Connecticut and into MORE ON MUSCCO, PAGE 2A Locals spend anxious moments waiting for loved ones THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rescue workers walk amid the rubble of New York’s World Trade Center Wednesday. After a surreal day where the world watched the twin towers crumble, rescue workers burrowed through a smoking mix of soot and rubble in a hunt for thousands of bodies from the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officers patrol outside an arrival terminal with shotguns and an automatic rifle at Newark International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Flowers and messages cover a truck from Ladder Company 24 in New York Wednesday. Ladder Company 24 lost 7 firemen in the attack, including Fire Chaplain Father Mychal Judge. L0CAL L0CAL QUICK HITS

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Destroyed ordemolished

Damaged

TradeCentercrash sitebuildings

aybreak on Wednesdayrevealed a thick cloud of dustlingering in the section of the

New York skyline once occupied bythe World Trade Center. Rescueworkers worked through the night,searching for survivors and carryingout the grim task of recovering thedead. Bodies were ferried across theHudson River to a makeshift morguein New Jersey. Crushed cars werecarted off. Debris was cleared by120-foot cranes, bulldozers, shovelsand pick axes. The Federal EmergencyManagement Agency and theAmerican Red Cross coordinatedrescue and medical efforts.Emergency teams from around thecountry converged on the scene.Triage centers were established toaid the wounded.

AmericanStock Exchange

F I N A N C I A L D I S T R I C T

A coating of dustThis area is covered with ash-like dust consisting ofpulverized concrete, insulationand other materials.

Office debrisFallout from the wreckage, includingcomputer printouts, receipts and office paper,litter this perimeter.

The searchfor survivorsRescuers rely onenhanced senses ofsight, sound and evensmell to locate peopletrapped under thick layersof steel and concrete.

SightFoot-high robots with rubber

treads areused tonavigate the

rubble and send videosignals back to rescueteams.

SmellSearch-and-rescuedogs —usuallyGermanshepherds or goldenretrievers — are trained todiscriminate between the

scent of living people andcorpses. Dogs searching forsurvivors hone in on scentssuch as those that emanatefrom breath or sweat.

SoundRescuers use specially

designed audiodevices todetect

vibrations from victimsmoving, tapping, scratchingor calling out. Six highlyresponsive sensors, 5inches high, are positioned10 to 30 feet apart atstrategically selectedlocations on a rubble pile.

Specially designed audioand video devices attachedto long poles allow workersextra reach.

Retailshops

One Liberty Place

Century 21 building

Millennium Hotel

Post office building

7 WorldTradeCenter

90 West St.

MarriottHotel

North bridge

Telephonecompanybuilding

1 WorldTradeCenter

2 WorldTradeCenter

World Financial Center

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Classified 5CComics 6BHometown 3AObituaries 5AOpinion 4ASports 1BTelevision 9A

After hours of discussionover two days, Iowa and

Iowa State decided toplay their football gameas scheduled Saturday.

ONLINEWWW.MUSCATINEJOURNAL.COMRECYCLED NEWSPRINT

Tales of a hero’s last momentsaboard doomed flight (2A)

Forecast: Mostly cloudy and cool with achance of rain late.Low Tonight: 47º High Friday: 65ºOU

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SEPT. 13, 2001

THURSDAY’SVALUE, VALUES AND

COMMUNITY SERVICE SINCE 1840PRICE 50 CENTS

U.S. aviationsystem toreopen today Federal aviation officialssaid they would allow airtravel in the United States toresume Thursday morning,but cautioned travelers toexpect slower operationsand tight security.

Bond tradingresumes stocksremain on holdBond trading resumed todayfor the first time in two daysas the financial marketsbegan limited operations fol-lowing the World TradeCenter attacks. Stock trad-ing, however, remained halt-ed for a third day as theNew York Stock Exchange,Nasdaq Stock Market andother financial marketsregrouped in hopes ofreopening by no later thanMonday after the assaultthat shuttered Wall Streeton Tuesday.

Dead, missinggrows to morethan 4,000Though untold bodies werestill buried in the rubble ofthe World Trade Center,some rough counts hadbegun to emerge. The num-ber of dead and thosereported missing in Tues-day’s suicide attacks grewto more than 4,000 Thursdayas authorities scrambled tounearth the dead and trackdown the living.

Blood donorprograms sendmixed messageRival blood donor programsare sending mixed mes-sages to thousands ofAmericans who are findinglong lines as they do theonly thing they can think ofto help. Independent bloodcenters, including the NewYork center, say they haveplenty of blood right nowand suggested donors comeback in a few days. But theAmerican Red Cross contin-ued to actively encouragedonations, saying extra unitscan be frozen and that nowis the time that shocked andsaddened Americans aremotivated to help.

Illinois sues gassuppliers forprice gougingFollowing reports that gasprices doubled and eventripled in Illinois afterTuesday’s terrorist attack,Attorney General Jim Ryanon Wednesday sued theowner of 13 Illinois servicestations. ‘’I think it’s despi-cable,’’ Ryan said at a newsconference. ‘’Now they’regoing to have to pay theprice.’’

Attack promptsMidway Airlinesto shuts down Midway Airlines was alreadybeen riddled with financialproblems and bankruptcyproceedings when terroristsstruck the nation this week,dashing any hope for arecovery at the troubled car-rier. Midway said Wednes-day it will go out of businessin the midst of Tuesday’sattacked, the result ofhijacked airliners.

TERRORISMTAKING IT TO NEW HEIGHTS

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A M E R I C A U N D E R A T T A C K

INSIDE TODAY’S JOURNAL

Aftermath“Let’s just say there was a steady stream of body bags coming out

all night. That and lots and lots of body parts.” Dr. Todd Wilder, triage surgeon working near the World Trade Center

� Muscatine’s Musco Lighting heads to Ground Zero to help light the way forrescue workers searching for survivors.

� Stories trickle home from Muscatine natives close to the danger zone.

� Rescue crews dig through rubble and body parts, desperately hunting for signs of lifeamid the smoking remains of the World Trade Center.

AT A GLANCE

IMAGES

Muscatine’sMegan Strong

went to theMississippi

ValleyRegional

Blood CenterTuesday to

donate bloodfollowingnews of

Tuesday’sattack.

Details: 3A

PAGE3A

� FollowingTuesday’s attack,

some parents werefetching their kids

from schools.

� Photos fromaround the world.

� E-mail bringsprompt expressionsof concern from theformer-Soviet world.

AND ...Expanded, ongoing coverage of America under attack

Page 2A, 6B

CONTENTS SPORTS • 1B

AMY MEYERfor the Muscatine Journal

MUSCATINE, Iowa – As mil-lions of Americans left for workTuesday, no one could have pre-dicted what the day would bring.Some families in Muscatine notonly faced the harsh reality ofterrorism in our own country,

they were alsoscrambling to findout the where-

abouts of their loved ones inNew York and Washington, D.C.

Bob Sunderbruch, director ofhuman resources for the Musca-tine Community School District,had a very anxious morning ashe sat at work waiting to hearfrom son Jude Sunderbruch, 28,MHS ’92.

Jude is in the Air Forcereserve and has worked in Wash-ington, D.C., for the Department

of Defense for the last two yearsin the Pentagon. Luckily, Judehappened to be out of the build-ing when the plane crashed.

Due to jammed phone circuitsand extreme cell phone use, itwas difficult for those inWashington, D.C., to communi-cate. Bob Sunderbruch finallygot a call from his son approxi-mately two hours after the planecrash Tuesday. After a long dayof uncertainty, BobSunderbruch’s reaction was sim-ply put, “We were quiterelieved.”

Later Monday he got to talk tohis son further.

“He said it was pretty crazybut actually people were verynice. He lives close enough towalk home. Since there were somany more people walking thanusual, store owners were giving

out ice water. He said it waseerie but cool. People went outof their way to be nice to eachother,” Bob Sunderbruch said.

Safe, but very traumatizedDennis O’Neill, 27, MHS ‘92,

called from New York Tuesdayto his mother, former MulberryElementary principal NancyO’Neill (formerly Thornton) andsaid he was OK. He had been atwork across the street from theWorld Trade Center, she said,and witnessed the horriblescenes up close.

Nancy O’Neill, now a princi-pal in Grayslake, Ill., describedher son as safe but “very trau-matized” by the experience. Shesaid he lost a lot of friends andcolleagues, having worked insidethe World Trade Center until ajob change in the past year.� MORE ON LOCALS, PAGE 2A

Musco headsto New York,Washington DANIEL G. CLARKof the Muscatine Journal

MUSCATINE, Iowa – MuscoLighting has sent six trucksand several technicians to helplight the disaster areas in NewYork and at the Pentagon.

The company has decided toprovide lights “until they tell usthey don’t need us anymore,”said Diane Crookham-Johnson,Musco’s vice president of

administration.She said the

New York CityPolice Department contactedMusco “from a FEMA list,”probably because the companyprovided lighting equipment toOklahoma City in 1995 after thebombing of the Alfred P.Murrah Federal Building.

“We were in Oklahoma Cityjust over 30 days; we anticipatelonger in New York City,”Crookham-Johnson saidWednesday.

Thursday morning shereported that two light truckshave also been set up at thePentagon after the Departmentof Defense accepted Musco’soffer Wednesday.

Staff members volunteeredfor the disaster assignments asdrivers and technicians.

“We had more volunteersthan we needed,” she said. Thefirst teams are all Oskaloosaresidents. The company head-quarters is in Oskaloosa; itsmanufacturing plant is inMuscatine.

Crookham-Johnson saidMusco sent one mini truck toNew York from Newark, N.J.,and three large trucks fromProvidence, R.I. The Provi-dence trucks were escortedthrough Connecticut and into � MORE ON MUSCCO, PAGE 2A

Locals spend anxious moments waiting for loved ones

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rescue workers walk amid the rubble of New York’s World Trade CenterWednesday. After a surreal day where the world watched the twin towerscrumble, rescue workers burrowed through a smoking mix of soot and rubble ina hunt for thousands of bodies from the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officers patroloutside an arrival terminal with shotguns and an automatic rifle atNewark International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Flowers and messages cover a truck from Ladder Company 24 inNew York Wednesday. Ladder Company 24 lost 7 firemen in theattack, including Fire Chaplain Father Mychal Judge.

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