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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Tuesday, September 11, 2001

Terror and resolve: Gallery of images

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The second of two hijacked airplanes targets the World Trade Center towers in New York City early this morning.

Associated Press

A ball of fire explodes from the tower after the plane hits the upper floors of the building.

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Smoke billows from one of the towers and flames and debris explode from the second tower.

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The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses about 90 minutes after a hijacked jetliner crashed into the New York landmark.

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People in New York streets flee to safety as the World Trade Center towers collapse. The two crashes took place minutes apart around 9 a.m. About 50,000 people work at the Trade Center.

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Bystanders try to comfort each other as the World Trade Center burns. Both of the center's 110-story towers collapsed today.

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Pedestrians flee the area around the World Trade Center as the south tower collapses after the terrorist attack on the New York landmark.

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President Bush ordered a full-scale investigation to "hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts."

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The south side of the Pentagon burns after it took a direct, devastating hit from an aircraft this morning.

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The nerve center of the Pentagon burst into flames and a portion of one side of the five-sided structure collapsed today when an airplane crashed into it in what apparently seemed a terrorist act. Secondary explosions were reported in the aftermath.

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Ash covers a street in downtown New York City after the collapse of the World Trade Center following a terrorist attack today.

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A distraught woman is comforted by a medical worker as she is brought to St. Vincent's Hospital in New York for treatment following the collapse of both World Trade Center towers.

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In Hawai'i




Lines of cars wait outside the main gate at Pearl Harbor this morning as a result of a heightened state of security at all military bases.

Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser

Security guards were telling drivers arriving at Honolulu International Airport that the facility was closed. All flights today are canceled.

Eugene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser


At the Blood Bank of Hawaii on Dillingham Street, Joanalyn "Joey" Faragan talks with Rabbi Avi Magid, who arrived to donate blood after the crisis in New York, where he has two sons.

Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser

Mayor Jeremy Harris talks on the phone in the city civil defense crisis center following the recent attacks on New York and Washington, D.C.

Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser


An F-15 jet takes off from the Honolulu International Airport this morning to escort national and international in to the airport.

Eugene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser

Mary Victoria Beech, a sixth-grader at St. Andrew's Priory School, prays during a service at St. Andrew's Cathedral for loss of loved ones in the terrorist attack.

Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser