President comes face to face with devastation
President Bush on Wednesday personally inspected the effects of a terrorist attack that killed hundreds of people at the Pentagon but according to his aides was aimed at him. "I...
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President comes face to face with devastation
President Bush on Wednesday personally inspected the effects of a terrorist attack that killed hundreds of people at the Pentagon but according to his aides was aimed at him. "I...
`Tragic day’ puts mark on capital
As darkness fell Tuesday on the nation's capital, smoke still smoldered from the roof of the ripped-open Pentagon nearby while a shuttered and eerily silent city groped to recover and...
`Tragic day’ puts mark on capital
As darkness fell Tuesday on the nation's capital, smoke still smoldered from the roof of the ripped-open Pentagon nearby while a shuttered and eerily silent city groped to recover and...
TRAVELING WITH CHILD IN THE BIG N.O.
New Orleans is a theme park for the senses. It will invite you in to any number of establishments that celebrate the human form, and some of them are even...
Part 1: The longest day
A story in 3 acts ACT 1: A STORM GATHERS The air smells like stale hamburgers and unbrushed teeth. It smells like cold coffee, like sour beer. It smells like...
PART 2: Wind, neglect propel glass on a deadly path
The "L" train carrying Ana Flores rumbled straight toward the CNA building, coming within feet of the red skyscraper before it rounded the curve into the station. High above her...
PART 1: Howling window signals skyscraper’s fatal flaw
The glass falls like a shadow, swift and silent, a dark blur swooping through the wet sky. For weeks, the cracked window on the 29th floor of the CNA building...
EDGAR SETS A BATTERED WIFE FREE TO FEAR
Diane Hirtzig's life now is contained in nine boxes stored on the floor of a friend's apartment. In them are a television set, a radio, a fan and a blanket...
FINDING JOB EASY, KEEPING IT REAL TEST
At the main security gate of Midway Airport, amid the periodic squawk of metal detectors and the flashing succession of pictures on the X-ray machines, you can also see stark...