-Caveat Lector- EYE-WITNESS USC administrator watched in disbelief as first plane hit World Trade Center By ASHLEIGH WILSON Special to The Chieftain It's been more than seven weeks since the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. But for Puebloan Paul Romero, it still seems like yesterday. It was early morning that fateful Tuesday in New York City. In just a few hours, Romero was planning to eat lunch in the World Trade Center. Little did he know that instead of eating lunch, he would be witness to one of the biggest news events in world history. Romero, director of the Center for New Media at the University of Southern Colorado, got up early and began getting ready for his final day of consulting at New Jersey City University. His taxi driver was to pick him up at 8:30 a.m. Not wanting to be late, Romero went down early to the hotel lobby. He had time to walk along the riverfront and enjoy the view. It would be the last time he saw the World Trade Center standing intact. The driver arrived. As Romero was stepping into the car he heard a jet flying over his head. He thought nothing of it as he glanced over his shoulder. "There is lots of noise downtown," he remembered thinking. Still, he noticed that the jet was flying low and erratically. "It looked small in comparison to the size of the buildings," said Romero. "It looked like a commuter plane." As he placed his briefcase in the car, Romero turned around and saw the first plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center. ****************************************** A handful of NS&S employees were working near the World Trade Center towers when the terrorist planes hit the buildings. They escaped on foot, on boat and, in one case, by diving into the Hudson River. Here's their harrowing account of those terrifying few hours.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, six employees of ITT Industries Network Systems & Services business sat on the 27th floor of their New York City office. Two-and-half blocks away, the world was about to change. At 8:45 a.m., American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north tower of the World Center. The NS&S employees heard the news from a phone caller who was watching CNN, but at that point it was thought to be a small commuter plane. "Just another day in New York City," thought Bob Trautwine, NS&S Americas senior account executive. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I got to the office, and no work was being done. Everyone was huddled around those desks that had radios. My boss, Bill, said he had heard on the radio that the first plane was a commuter plane out of Westchester that had been hijacked, http://www.nycstories.com/places/911/140/142.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
