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...with a six-month tourist visa. Within a month, Atta and Al-Shehhi signed up for flight training at Huffman Aviation International in Venice, Fla. When the two men moved into a little pink house in nearby Nokomis, they brought sweets to their rental agent. Their Venice landlady, Dru Voss, says that while Al-Shehhi was a likable guy, Atta was an icicle who never looked...
...Internet bust, Mohamed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi spent their days buzzing up and down the Florida coast in small Cessnas, building time. Their training began in earnest in July. They were quiet and private. For a week or two they leased a room--$17 a night--from Charlie Voss, a bookkeeper at Huffman. But Voss's wife did not like their slovenly habits. In the morning they would pad from the shower with wet hair and snap their heads around. "You've been here long enough, and you need to find a place," Charlie told...
Bobby carries his charm onto the floor of the gym as he passes out a rose to each member of the girls' softball team, whose coach has `recently died. Then he strolls over to principal Voss and hands her a bouquet. When the pep rally ends and school is dismissed early for the day, Bobby passes a freshman sitting on the steps outside. He says, "Hey," and waves. To be recognized by a jock like Bobby is a big deal to the kid, who beams. It is part of Bobby's charm. It brings him fame. Bobby climbs into...
...witnesses," says Ken Winingham, who teaches psychology. "Our school is wide open at night. If you want to plant a bomb here, you can." But the team can't agree on any new restrictions on access. They suggest the school install a caller-ID system, but principal Voss says it would cost "a full teacher's salary for a year...
Instead, this very day, phone technicians are installing equipment that will make it easier to trace calls coming in to Webster High. Earlier in the day, Voss asked the school's maintenance chief, Frank Schaffer, to post two employees on the roof whenever the school has a crisis evacuation or drill. "I'm worried about that situation in Jonesboro, where the kids with guns shot the other kids as they were leaving the building for a fire drill," she said. "It would be good to have someone on the roof to make sure it's safe to leave...