September 13, 2001

SCRAMBLE FOR SPACE - BROKERS SEAL DEALS WITH A HANDSHAKE

While rescuers continue to sift through the carnage at the World Trade Center, commercial real estate brokers are combing the rest of the city and neighboring states trying to find...

NOW EVERYONE WANTS GOOD SECURITY

Security companies are suddenly in great demand. Manhattan-based Epic Security company was inundated with orders for armed guards yesterday. "The phones are ringing off the hook with people who want...

THE NATION'S ECONOMY IS NOT OUT OF THE WOODS

WHEN the financial markets reopen, America will have solved its biggest and potentially most troubling problem. We will be saying to the world: our defenses against terrorism may be weak,...

MIDWAY AIR FOLDS; MORE AIRLINES HURT

The airline industry has had its first casualty. Midway Airlines Corp., already under bankruptcy protection, has pulled the plug, ending all flights and firing 1,700 workers. The quick decision to...

NEWSWEEKLIES PLAN SPECIAL TERROR ISSUES

Newsweek said it is would put a 2 million-copy special "America Under Attack" on newsstands worldwide late Wednesday night, while Time is going to print 7 million copies -3 million...

FASHION WEEK BACK IN OCT.

New York's Fashion Week has been tentatively rescheduled for Oct. 22 through 24. The event, which brings hundreds of thousands of dollars into New York's economy was canceled Tuesday by...

STREET FIGHTS BACK - BOND MARTS OPEN TODAY, STOCKS BY MONDAY

America Inc. opened for business today with a clenched fist - not crossed fingers. The bruised but powerful greenback was back on its feet as Europe's financial markets recovered to...

TRADES IN JEOPARDY - TERROR ATTACK ALSO WIPED OUT ; COMPANY RECORDS

Countless deals have been wrecked in the Wall Street disaster and could take years to sort out. Harried executives and consultants were trying to determine yesterday how to handle the...

CITI HIT HARD BY 7 WTC COLLAPSE

Citigroup is furiously trying to minimize disruption of its business following the collapse of 7 World Trade Center, where it was the biggest tenant. The firm said some of its...

NEW FALL SHOWS WAIT IN THE WINGS

IN the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks and destruction of the World Trade Center, the future of the new fall TV season is in question. With wall-to-wall news coverage pre-empting...

VIOLENT SHOWS PULLED

IN the days following the most devastating terrorist attack in America's history, violent programs have been banned on most networks. There will be nothing but news, comedies or romantic movies...

NOTHING BUT NEWS

WALL-to-wall TV coverage of the "Attack on America" continued yesterday - with no end in sight as events continue to unfold two days after the horrific events. "Right now, the...

THE SHOW MUST GO ON - SOME MOVIES, BROADWAY SET TO REOPEN

TWO days after the United States suffered the worst terrorist attack in history, New York's entertainment world slowly emerged from total shutdown as some movie houses and Broadway theaters reopened....

SHAME ON CNN - THIS HORROR DOESN'T NEED THE PUSH OF PUBLICISTS

WHO on Earth would call at a time like this to talk about the ratings? Publicists in the TV news business, that's who. Thousands upon thousands of people are likely...

BRAVE WORDS OF FDNY CHIEF AN OMEN OF OWN GRIM FATE

FDNY Chief Ray Downey was at the funeral for fallen firefighter Michael Gorumba when he said: "We have to accept this as part of the job." Downey, the most decorated...

HEROES REFUSE TO LEAVE HELLISH SCENE

THE firefighters refused to leave. Sweaty and soot-covered, they were beaten down with exhaustion, pain and anger. At ground zero, amid the twisted and ash-coated rubble that had rained down...

A RECKONING FOR THE NOISEMAKERS

AS all Americans grapple with the painful fact of our national complacency in the face of terrorism, America's chattering and scribbling classes are going to face a reckoning of their...

YASSER STRATEGICALLY BOWS OUT OF SYRIA TRIP

Yasser Arafat is so fearful of anti-Palestinian backlash because of Tuesday's terror attacks that he canceled a trip yesterday to Syria - one of seven nations the United States charges...

HUNT ON FOR BLACK BOXES

City officials are distributing pictures of the missing "black boxes" from the two planes that crashed into the World Trade Center and asking the public's help in finding them. They...

ESCAPE FROM THE 78TH FLOOR

One minute, Silvion Ramsundar was waiting for an elevator on the 78th floor of the south tower of the World Trade Center with a crowd of anxious office workers. The...

PRIMARY MIGHT WAIT 2 WEEKS - STATE OFFICIALS MEET TODAY TO SET NEW DATE

Gov. Pataki and state lawmakers will meet in Albany today to try to determine when voting can resume in the mayor's race - with city officials saying the earliest they...

ELECTION JUST ISN'T A PRIORITY RIGHT NOW

The devastating World Trade Center attack has left political observers baffled about what it means for the on-hold campaign to replace Mayor Giuliani. "I would say the whole campaign world...

PLANES DIDN'T SIGNAL HIJACKINGS

Whoever was in the cockpits of the two airliners that destroyed the World Trade Center didn't follow secret procedures meant to alert air-traffic controllers to hijackings, The Post has learned....

NATO: COUNT ON US - JOINT MILITARY STRIKES POSSIBLE

In an unprecedented move, NATO yesterday declared that the terror attack on America was an attack on the entire alliance, opening the door to joint military retaliation. "An attack against...

LIZZIE FACES 26 COUNTS - PLEADS INNOCENT TO DWI, OTHER CHARGES

Publicity princess Lizzie Grubman pleaded not guilty yesterday to a 26-count indictment on charges of assault, drinking and driving and fleeing a crash scene after she backed into a crowd...

MOM-TO-BE IN SCARY WAIT FOR NEWS OF HUSBAND

For Maureen Rogers, who is nine months pregnant, the terror of the hour she spent awaiting news of her husband was compounded by fears for her unborn baby. Rogers, 34,...

HELPLESS DOCS COULDN'T TREAT THE BURIED

WHEN the angels with dirty faces covered with ash, soot and blood stopped coming in, an eerie quiet settled over St. Vincents Hospital. "It was about midnight, and [there were]...

PAINFUL RETURN TO EDGE OF HELL - SOON WILL COME TEARFUL FUNERALS

A BLACKENED stump about seven stories high is all that remains of the north tower of the World Trade Center that once reached 110 stories high, 1,368 feet into the...

DIGGING OUT BURIED FRIENDS

THE fireman dug through the blood-stained rubble, piece by piece, rock by flesh-scarred rock, as delicately as a surgeon. His friends may be in there. "We pulled out bodies. Well,...

'LOST' VOTES POSE DILEMMA

City election officials yesterday were waiting to dig their downtown offices out of the rubble before figuring out what to do with the thousands of votes cast in the city's...

BICYCLIST ON MERCY MISSION IS AMONG THE MISSING

A Manhattan man who biked to the World Trade Center in a desperate bid to try and save his aunt is among the thousands missing. Isaac Rivera, 19, of Manhattan,...

HERO LIEUTENANT COULDN'T CHEAT DEATH 2ND TIME

Hero firefighter Lt. Timothy Stackpole cheated death under terrifying circumstances once - but it was a feat he couldn't pull off twice. The 20-year FDNY veteran was among scores of...

PENTAGON STAFF BACK IN SADDLE - DETERMINED 'TO SHOW THE WORLD'

WASHINGTON - Pentagon employees yesterday went back to work in a "scene from hell," saying they feel grief for their lost colleagues but want to show the world that America's...

MARSHAL LOSES HIS LONGTIME BUDDIES

Chief Fire Marshal Louis Garcia recalled standing amid the rubble of the collapsed south tower with the rest of the brain trust of New York's Bravest, mapping out ways to...

'I GRABBED MY CAT & WALLET AND JUST RAN'

Battery Park City was a good place to live - with the Hudson River and our precious esplanade that we all took pride in and appreciated. The in-line skaters, the...

EBAY BOUNCES SOUVENIR GHOULS

If you type the words "World Trade Center" in the search box on eBay, your mouth might open wide at the sickening memorabilia - like postcards of the buildings and...

RESCUERS FLOCK TO CITY - SAMARITANS RESPOND FROM NEARBY STATES

Sue Graham, 37, a nurse from Sidney, N.Y., rushed to lower Manhattan hours after watching the second plane smash into the World Trade Center. "Originally, I thought I was there...

HEARTBOKEN HOSP STAFFERS COUNT BODIES

Heroic hospital workers - exhausted and weary after 48 hours of non-stop misery, pain and death - are continuing their Herculean efforts to save lives today. But grim-faced doctors and...

'THIS IS A TIME TO TURN TO YOUR GOD'

With heads bowed but spirits unbroken, New Yorkers filled the pews of the city's houses of worship yesterday. Some came seeking sanctuary. Some came looking for answers. Many just didn't...

FIREMEN, COPS LIVE & DIE WITH HONOR

The destruction of the World Trade Center has not only forever scarred the Big Apple's skyline, but also robbed New Yorkers of hundreds of its Bravest and Finest, who put...

WE DON'T TOLERATE A CULTURE OF EVIL

On Nov. 18, 1997, my family and I stepped off a boat in Luxor, Egypt and attempted to make our way to the magnificent Temple of Hatshepsut. There were no...

POWERHOUSE WAS THE HUB OF WORLDWIDE FINANCE WHEEL

Cantor Fitzgerald is one of the most powerful bond brokerages on Wall Street, and its importance to international bond markets cannot be overestimated. Cantor, located on the top floors of...

ARMED MARSHALS DUE ON ALL FLIGHTS

When the country's airports get back to normal after Tuesday's attack, passengers can expect beefed-up security measures - including armed sky marshals on planes. Flights that were diverted after the...

EVIL BASTARDS KILLED THEM ALL - PORTRAITS OF THOSE MURDERED ON PLANES

A busy executive taking a quick trip out West to retrieve the family dog. A young mother anxious about leaving her children. Two best friends excited about a trip to...

ITALIAN BIG: LET'S HELP REBUILD TOWERS

Europe should help rebuild one of the World Trade Center towers as an expression of "solidarity" and a symbol of "brotherhood" toward the United States, an Italian official said yesterday....

BUILDING CRANES LIFT DEBRIS - AND HOPES

Huge cranes became mechanical heroes at the World Trade Center blast site yesterday as rescue workers used the heavy equipment to expedite the search and recovery mission. Tasks that had...

SCHOOLS BEGIN THE EMOTIONAL HEALING

City school officials vowed they were ready today to help returning students shell-shocked by the World Trade Center disaster - and use the tragedy to teach kids the American values...

RUDY EYES PRICE GOUGERS

Mayor Giuliani yesterday warned greedy gougers not to jack up prices on food and other necessities - or they'd face getting socked with sky-high fines. A newly signed Consumer Affairs...

CORPORATE BIGS OPEN WALLETS

The WTC tragedy has spurred some major corporations to reach into their pockets - deeply - to help the families of the city's fallen police, fire and rescue workers. General...

$1B INSURANCE FIGHT - 'ACT OF WAR' CLAIM MAY LET FIRMS OFF THE HOOK

The new and previous owner of the World Trade Center are bracing for what might become a battle royale over more than $1 billion worth of insurance proceeds. Whoever wins...

RESCUERS UP AGAINST NEW PERIL - ASBESTOS

Federal safety experts worked feverishly yesterday to protect thousands of rescuers as they stepped over smoking debris - and into a potential land mine of lung-choking asbestos and cornea-scratching silica....

ARABS UNDER SIEGE HERE - NEW YORKERS VENT RAGE AT INNOCENTS

Members of local Muslim communities held their breath yesterday as New York's boiling temper exploded following the devastating terrorist attacks that left thousands dead. From Brooklyn to Long Island, there...

TRIO WHO CHEERED ATTACK FACE BOOT AS ILLEGAL ALIENS

Three men who celebrated as the Twin Towers crumbled are facing deportation, The Post has learned. The men, described as illegal immigrants from the Middle East, were arrested Tuesday afternoon...

REELING BIZMEN BANK ON U.S. AID

New York began calculating the heavy price of economic recovery from the terror attack yesterday - and although Mayor Giuliani didn't say whether the toppled World Trade Center would ever...

PREZ GIVES 'BLANK CHECK' TO AID NEW YORK

WASHINGTON - President Bush is vowing to spend "whatever it takes" to help rebuild downtown Manhattan - and Sen. Charles Schumer said the president told him: "You have a blank...

SAVED - BY A PULLED MUSCLE

As firefighter Derek Brogan leaped up the stairs of the World Trade Center's north tower, he was hit with severe chest pains - a heart scare that ended up saving...

BREAKS OFFERED ON CAR RENTALS

While some price-gouging hotels and other businesses tried to make a fast buck in the wake of Tuesday's horrific terrorist attacks, most top rental-car agencies looked to ease the nerves...

HOW DO WE HIT BIN LADEN? - MILITARY WEIGHS RETALIATION IDEAS

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is considering a massive retaliatory assault on terror master Osama bin Laden, but finding the right military scenario to bring an end to his threat...

RUDY RISES TO THE OCCASION

Mayor Giuliani, forced into the role of lame duck by term limits and the election campaign to replace him, is back doing what he does best. The mayor was thrust...

BRAVEST, FINEST IN GREATEST SACRIFICE

The city's police and firefighters earned their reputations as New York's Finest and New York's Bravest with an unprecedented sacrifice in the face of Tuesday's horrific World Trade Center attack....

BUSH VOWS: WE'LL WIN WAR - ENEMY CAN'T HIDE FOREVER, HE SAYS

President Bush yesterday declared that the terror attacks on America were "acts of war" and vowed: "Make no mistake about it - we will win." A day after the attacks,...

DESPERATE B'DAY GIRL WANTS DAD HOME

Lauren Asciak has only one wish for her birthday this weekend - for "Daddy to come home." Her father, Michael, is among the thousands missing after the leveling of the...

1,000 STAFF; 200 FOUND - BOND TRADER WIPED OUT IN WTC HORROR

One of the nation's top bond dealers and a key component in the American financial system has been dealt a critical blow - as much as 80 percent of its...

PA. PASSENGERS MAY HAVE TACKLED TERRORISTS

Passengers on United Flight 93 learned two other hijacked planes had slammed into the World Trade Center and decided if they had to die they'd die fighting - saving countless...

'IF I DON'T SEE YOU AGAIN, I LOVE YOU' - CELL-PHONE FAREWELLS FROM WTC RUINS

As the world crumbled around them, some victims trapped in the Twin Towers were able to call family to reassure them that they were OK - while others called knowing...

DRAGNET! - GIULIANI REQUESTS 6,000 BODY BAGS AS RESCUE WORKERS RACE TO PULL SURVIVORS FROM THE RUINS; FAMILY MEMBERS TELL OF HEARTBREAKING FINAL CALLS FROM DOOMED LOVED ONES; MASSIVE INVESTIGATION FROM COAST TO COAST; POSSIBLE ACCOMPLICE NABBED

The multi-tentacled investigation into the terrorist slaughter swung into high gear yesterday - as Mayor Giuliani called for 6,000 body bags and only a handful of miracle survivors were found...

RESCUERS TOIL AMID NEW DANGER - THREE BUILDINGS NEAR COLLAPSE

Exhausted - and increasingly pessimistic - rescuers yesterday battled their way through the twisted World Trade Center carnage, desperately seeking possible survivors, as three other buildings teetered on the brink...

SUSPECTS TOOK FLYING LESSONS IN FLORIDA

The Saudi and Egyptian madmen who turned hijacked jetliners into winged bombs came from Florida and Canada and may have been training for their murderous mission for more than a...

MEN WHO WOULD SUCCEED RUDY STAND WITH HIM

Temporarily shelving their campaigns to succeed Mayor Giuliani, four candidates joined the mayor last night for a bipartisan show of solidarity in the wake of the Trade Center tragedy. "We...

SAD PILGRIMAGE FOR LOVED ONES - KIN SCOURING HOSPITALS FOR THE MISSING

For the families of the missing, there was a hellish pilgrimage yesterday, as thousands searched hospital to hospital, often on foot, for their vanished loved ones. Miracles were rare. "Gracias...

LIZZIE DENIES DWI RAP - FACES 26-COUNT INDICTMENT FOR HAMPTONS CRASH

Publicity princess Lizzie Grubman pleaded not guilty yesterday to a 26-count indictment on charges of assault, drinking and driving and fleeing a crash scene after she backed into a crowd...

FEARING BACKLASH, ARAFAT LOWERS PROFILE

Yasser Arafat is so fearful of anti-Palestinian backlash because of Tuesday's terror attacks that he canceled a trip yesterday to Syria - one of seven nations the United States charges...

W.: WE'LL SPEND 'WHATEVER IT TAKES' TO FIX N.Y.

WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday vowed to spend "whatever it takes" to help rebuild New York, and Congress also rallied behind the devastated city with its own "I Love New...

BUSH VOWS TO WIN THE WAR

President Bush yesterday declared the terror attacks on America were "acts of war" and vowed: "Make no mistake about it - we will win." A day after the attacks, amid...

MAYORAL CAMPAIGNS SHELVED

As New Yorkers reeled from the shocking twin terror attacks, the six mayoral candidates shelved their campaigns indefinitely, perhaps permanently - and pitched in to get the city back on...

CAMPAIGN JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER ANYMORE

The devastating World Trade Center attack has left political observers baffled about what it means for the on-hold campaign to replace Mayor Giuliani. "I would say the whole campaign world...

OSAMA HUNTER MAY BE DEAD IN RUINS

John O'Neill, the former FBI special agent in charge of tracking down Osama bin Laden, is missing in the rubble of the World Trade Center and presumed dead. O'Neill was...

HEALING BEGINS AT SCHOOLS

City school officials vowed they were ready today to help returning students shell-shocked by the World Trade Center disaster - and use the tragedy to teach kids the American values...

OSAMA HUNTER BURIED BY BLAST

John O'Neill, the former FBI special agent in charge of tracking down Osama bin Laden, is missing in the rubble of the World Trade Center and presumed dead. O'Neill was...

FIRM'S CALAMITY - BOND TRADER FEARS HUGE LOSS OF LIFE

Of all the firms and businesses crippled by the World Trade Center devastation, Cantor Fitzgerald may have suffered the worst blow. Cantor, one of the nation's top bond dealers and...

THEY'RE ALIVE! - EXHAUSTED RESCUE WORKERS RACE THE CLOCK TO PULL SURVIVORS FROM THE RUINS; FAMILY MEMBERS TELL OF HEART-BREAKING FINAL CALLS FROM DOOMED LOVED ONES; MASSIVE INVESTIGATION FROM COAST TO COAST; POSSIBLE ACCOMPLICE NABBED

Rescuers plucked a handful of miracle survivors from the fiery World Trade Center wreckage yesterday as a multitentacled investigation into the terrorist slaughter swung into high gear. Hotels, flight schools,...

N.Y.-PENN CANCELS FINAL SERIES

Still reeling from Tuesday's tragedy, the New York-Penn League has canceled the remaining games in the Championship Series between the Brooklyn Cyclones and Williamsport Crosscutters. League President Ben Hayes made...

HOCKEY WILL MISS ITS ACE

ACE Bailey was a friend. To so many. On 911 Day when everyone's lives were touched, the NHL lost one of its real people and real personalities. Ace Bailey, head...

YANK MINDS NOT ON PLAYING

With their game shut down and Yankee Stadium off limits due to several bomb threats, the Yankees spent yesterday not knowing when they were going back to work and remained...

VINNY & JETS: LEAGUE SHOULD CANCEL GAMES

Vinny Testaverde was as resolute as he's ever been behind center or conducting a locker-room team meeting. The question, in the wake of Tuesday's horrifying terrorist acts on Manhattan and...

TINO REACHES OUT TO NICK

When David Cone said Tino Martinez was the best teammate he ever had, here is what Cone was talking about. About three hours after the World Trade Center towers were...

RANGERS TRY TO COPE WITH TRAGIC LOSS

The Rangers will return to business today, but when training camp opens this morning at Rye, they, like so many New York families, will be grieving for one of their...

HERMAN TRIES TO MAINTAIN ROUTINE

JET NOTES Jet coach Herman Edwards yesterday walked into the auditorium at Weeb Ewbank Hall for his weekly Wednesday team meeting, a session that's usually one bustling with conversation. He...

STUYVESANT GRIDDERS HOPING TO OVERCOME

As New York City attempts to return to some form of normalcy, it will likely elude Stuyvesant for the foreseeable future. On Saturday, Will Andersen caught a touchdown pass and...

GIANTS ARE WAITING ON LEAGUE'S DECISION

With thousands killed, New York devastated and the World Trade Center destroyed, the Giants are feeling the same helpless feeling and asking the same helpless question the rest of the...

COWARDS CAN'T STOP US: BOBBY V

Like everyone else, there is sadness for Bobby Valentine when he reflects on the World Trade Center terror. There is also something else when he thinks about how the "faceless...

ISLES MOURN BAILEY, BAVIS

LAKE PLACID - As the dust begins to settle after the tragic attacks Tuesday on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the worst is still ahead. For those whom...

BELMONT TO RE-OPEN SATURDAY

Racing at Belmont Park, suspended yesterday because of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, was canceled again today and tomorrow. The track will reopen Saturday. The Meadowlands also...

HOPKINS-TRINIDAD FIGHT POSTPONED

Bernard Hopkins was scheduled to hold a workout for "invited press" on Tuesday to show how prepared he was for his fight with Felix Trinidad for the undisputed middleweight title....

GAME ON? JINTS WAIT (& GRIEVE)

Still unsure if their Sunday game will go on as scheduled, Giant players tried to go about their weekday routines yesterday at Giants Stadium. But on this day, tragedy made...

SPORTS WORLD COMES TO HALT IN AFTERMATH

In the wake of the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, the sports world remains at a standstill and it remains unclear when games will be played again. The acts...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON HOLD

The horrific and cowardly attack on the United States on Tuesday has left college football's schedule in limbo and probably will significantly impact the national championship. The Washington at Miami...

JINTS' COMELLA: LET'S HELP CAUSE, NOT PLAY

Giant fullback Greg Comella called coach Jim Fassel yesterday morning to tell him he wouldn't be able to make it out of Manhattan. And if it was up to Comella,...

REAL ESTATE GETS A LIFT

While rescuers continue to sift through the carnage at the World Trade Center, commercial real estate brokers are combing the rest of the city and neighboring states trying to find...