OH. SHIT.

Planes flown into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon...a car bombmay have exploded in front of the State Department (unconfirmed)...all int'l flights to the US are being diverted to Canada...reports of a flight hijacked...

Shit. Sounds like we're under attack...

Planes Hit World Trade Center; Several Dead

Top Stories (Sep 11 10:16am ET)

Peter Morgan/Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two planes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York as office workers began work Tuesday morning, causing huge explosions, eyewitnesses said. TV reports said several people were killed. President Bush called it an 'apparent terrorist attack,' and ordered a full-scale investigation. A Palestinian group claimed responsibility, Abu Dhabi television said.

757 Goes Down In Somerset County

Pittsburgh

Posted: 10:31 a.m. EDT September 11, 2001
Updated: 11:32 a.m. EDT September 11, 2001

PITTSBURGH -- A Boeing 757 passenger jet reportedly crashed in Somerset County, Pa., Tuesday morning.

Officials at Somerset County Airport confirm crash of large plane just north of the airport about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

Glen Cramer of Westmoreland County 911 told WTAE-TV that a call was received that reported that the plane was hijacked.

A call came from a man locked in the bathroom of United Flight 93, Newark to San Francisco.

The caller said that the plane was hijacked, Cramer said.

An explosion was then heard. The crash was reported 10 to 15 minutes later.

The jet went down at approximately 10 a.m. near Indian Lake in Buckstown, Somerset County. It is approximately eight miles from Jennerstown, near Route 30. Click here for a map of the area.

Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh International Airport is shut down as per a national FAA order.

Watch WTAE-TV news for updates.

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Not to rumor-monger, but on LJ I've read something about Camp David being hit. Anyone hear anything else about it?

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Dubyuh just got done talking. And that's all it felt like - talking. Not being a persuasive speaker isn't a sin, but it certainly makes a man hard to rally behind.

This morning, I woke up late, got up, and turned on the TV to watch the news like I do most mornings. Through the fuzzy reception I get from channel 13, the image of two burning skyscrapers etched itself on my retinas. The air went out of my lungs.

I always prided myself on being emotionally hard when it came to things like this. Not today.

I ferlt sick, I felt sad, I...oh hell.

I taped the initial coverage for about an hour & a half this morning. I felt the need to document things.

When I was walking to work, I looked up, and the moon, a white half-dollar, was visible in the morning sky. It was beautiful. As I looked at it, I thought "What are we doing? What are we little creatures doing killing each other like this?"

I even thought about going to church today. Not because I want to call on Jesus all of a sudden, now that there's been a tragedy. Just for the community.

It's really quiet downtown.

Man.