16 september 2001 was een zondag onder het sterrenbeeld ♍. Het was de 258e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was George W. Bush.
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Date: 17 September 2001
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
MSNBC charges that CNN improperly used Coast Guard helicopter to get first aerial video footage of New York City devastation by terrorists; CNN holds it arranged for camera operator to ride with Coast Guard as part of planned report on threat to waterways and later decided to show vivid footage immediately; Coast Guard says it insisted CNN make footage available to all news organizations (M)
Date: 17 September 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Live television coverage of aftermath of terrorist attacks, in which raw reporting process unfolds before audience, has led to some erroneous reports; various law enforcement branches are operating with damaged communications systems, adding to problem; photo (M)
Date: 17 September 2001
By Richard L. Berke and Janet Elder
Richard Berke
New York Times/CBS News Poll suggests Americans are bracing for US to go to war, and overwhelmingly feel nation should take military action against those responsible for terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon; poll's findings discussed (M)
Date: 16 September 2001
By James Risen
James Risen
Congressional leaders who oversee nation's intelligence system conclude that America's spy agencies should be allowed to combat terrorism with more aggressive tactics, including hiring of unsavory foreign agents; are discussing reversing nation's 25-year ban on using covert agents to assassinate foreigners; some also say terrorist assault on New York and Pentagon represents colossal failure of American intelligence; New York Times/CBS News poll finds that 65 percent of Americans favor assassination of people in foreign countries who commit terrorist acts against Americans (M)
Date: 16 September 2001
By Erica Goode
Erica Goode
Therapists of all varieties and degrees of expertise have set up impromptu grief counseling centers, offered their wisdom in media and gone to sites of devastation to provide crisis support; but in open letter to their colleagues, group of psychologists issues warning to tread easy and not force help on people that, however well intentioned, has potential to make matters worse by preventing people from going through normal recovery process (M)
Date: 16 September 2001
Compiled by Rick Gladstone
Rick Gladstone
For Hyman Brown, the engineer who oversaw construction of the World Trade Center, rebuilding the 110-story twin towers is the only option.
Date: 17 September 2001
By Jack Lynch and Sherri Day
Jack Lynch
Despite a cut in interest rates by the Federal Reserve aimed at stabilizing the market, stocks plunged today.
Date: 17 September 2001
By David D. Kirkpatrick and Stuart Elliott
David
Media industry faces heavy losses, running no advertising against backdrop of death, destruction and mourning in wake of terrorist attacks; television industry has lost up to $100 million a day; some analysts hope gloom will lift as people return to daily routines or seek relief through entertainment; networks begin testing viewers' reaction to return of commercials (M)
Date: 16 September 2001
By The New York Times
On Sunday, police in Macao detained five men suspected of having links to last week's terrorist attacks.
Date: 16 September 2001
Several of today's sections, including The Times Magazine and The Sophisticated Traveler, went to press before the terroist attacks last week. The Times regrets that some references to events are outdated, and that the tone of some articles and advertising is inconsistent with the gravity of the news.