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...Afghanistan is going well. The Rockaway plane crash is looking like an ordinary accident. And there are no new anthrax victims. Seems like a good time to enjoy a breather, a holiday from seriousness, the seriousness we woke up to on Sept. 11. Hence the righteous fulmination from critics left and right against measures the Bush Administration has put in place to detain, question and try suspected terrorists...
When a cause of the Flight 587 crash is determined, it may underscore an unsettling truth about aviation safety: we sometimes don't know where aircraft problems lie until they cause an accident. If that's the case this time, one thing is almost certain. This probe, like others before, will yield improved safety guidelines...
...morning of Sept. 11, however, Greg had an early budget meeting. Michael, whose mother-in-law was late to watch his kids, was still getting dressed in his Queens apartment when he heard on the news about the crash. Minutes later, Greg sent a message through to Michael's Blackberry pager that he was trapped. For more than an hour, the two systems analysts tapped messages back and forth, Michael urging Greg to get out and Greg telling Michael that he loved Nicole and the boys. Greg's final words popped up at 10:03: "Fire here. Love yous...
...better than to declare victory, insisting that Taliban fighters may be preparing to begin a new phase of the war, one in which they could do what they once did best: battle a more powerful foreign force from redoubts in the mountains, where tanks can't go and helicopters crash. The surviving Taliban could still withdraw to avoid the hellfire of American strikes and then spring ambushes on towns and villages below. "They can defect, change their mind and go back," Rumsfeld said. "It is not possible to answer the question as to the circumstance of the Taliban." But their...
...many former Harvard students living and working in New York, many graduates have turned to the Harvard (recent) alum community for support during their most trying moments this fall. Alex Beale 01, a graduate who works in public relations, admits that within 10 minutes of the first plane crash on September 11, she and her friends set up an e-mail list to ensure one anothers safety. And P. Ivonne Thompson 01, an employee of Starwood Hotels and Resorts, said that after the terrorist attacks her friends became her anchor and primary support in the city. Gwens decision to isolate...