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'Kamikaze' Attacks On U.S.

Two planes have smashed into the World Trade Centre towers in New York and
a third into the Pentagon in what is being described as the worst
terrorist attack in history.


One of the 1,360-ft towers housing thousands of workers has collapsed.

It is reported two United Airlines passenger planes were hijacked shortly
before the first plane struck the Trade Centre in Manhattan.

One was thought to be a 737 capable of carrying more than 100 passengers.
Another is believed to be a Boeing 767 taken from Boston airport, the FBI
said. A 767 can carry up to 269 people.

There are reports a third plane has slammed into the Pentagon just outside
Washington DC. Much of the complex is in flames.

The first plane smashed into the top stories of the tower, leaving two
gaping holes in the side.

Minutes later another aircraft approached, turned in the air and crashed
into the lower storeys of the second tower - the footage was seen live on
TV stations around the world.

The second explosion engulfed several floors.

More than 50,000 workers would have been in the building at the height of
the morning rush-hour.

A person who answered the phone on the trading floor at interdealer-broker
Cantor Fitzgerald, located near the top of the World Trade Center, said:
"We're f***ing dying," then hung up. There was screaming and yelling in
the background. A follow up call was not answered.

"This has got to be one of the most horrendous terrorist attacks perhaps
ever perpetrated," terrorism expert Chris Yates told Sky News.

At least 1,000 people have been reported injured. The 110-storey 1,360ft
tower is in lower Manhattan.

In February 1993 six people died when a truck bomb was planted in the twin
tower's underground car park in a terrorist attack.

More follows .


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Bush Will 'Hunt Down' Attackers

US President George W Bush has vowed to hunt down the people behind "an
apparent terrorist attack on our country".

He was speaking about half an hour after the first plane hit one of the
tallest buildings in New York.

"I have ordered that the full resources of the federal government go to
help the victims and their families," he said, before asking his audience
to hold a minute's silence, and offering a prayer for the victims.

"Terrorism against our nation will not stand," he said.


Last Modified: 15:06 UK, Tuesday September 11, 2001