Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, said in reaction to the news of the terror attacks that "we want to tell the American children that Afghanistan feels your pain and we hope that the courts find justice."
•In New York, more than 10,000 rescue personnel rushed to the scene. The
entire downtown area of Manhattan was evacuated as far north as Rockefeller
Center, according to an official at an emergency command post.
Philadelphia landmarks were also evacuated.
NATO sent home all non-essential personnel from its Brussels, Belgium,
headquarters.
• The Immigration and Naturalization Service has put the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada on highest state of alert.
• Los Angeles International Airport has been evacuated.
• All Disney parks in Orlando, Florida, and Disneyland in Anaheim, California have been closed.
President Bush in the air and is not returning to Washington. The media has
not been told where he will land.