September 16, 2001
TRADING SET TO BEGIN
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amWall Streeters will brave a variety of overwhelming obstacles as they make their way back to ground zero tomorrow to resume trading for the first time since the Twin Towers...
YES, YOU CAN GET THERE FROM HERE: MASS TRANSIT RETURNS TO WALL STREET
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amYou'll be able to get to Wall Street tomorrow by subway, on foot - and even by ferry. Subway is the best bet. The A train will stop at Broadway-Nassau....
MSDW REPORTS AND REASSESSES
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amLAST Monday, analysts weren't expecting to see many surprises in Morgan Stanley's upcoming earnings report, still planned for this Thursday. But after last Tuesday's terrible events, analysts say last quarter's...
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? SOME SOUND ADVICE FOR INVESTORS FROM MARKET PROS
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amTHE markets open tomorrow to a changed world. "Every economist in town, in the world, recognizes this as a shock to the system," said Rory Robertson, a strategist for Macquarie...
OUR MAD SCRAMBLE TO GET OUT THE NEWS
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amWhen I took my current job as a reporter for The Post two months ago, I never expected to be involved in a story like this. Who in this city...
'MOLLY' A BAWDY DISAPPOINTMENT
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amLONDON - Oscar Wilde described fox hunting as the unspeakable pursuing the uneatable. The recent world premiere of Mark Ravenhill's "Mother Clap's Molly House" at Britain's Royal National Theatre struck...
WHAT I WATCH
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amJAMES REYNOLDSSTAR, "DAYS OF OUR LIVES"I WATCH "BLIND DATE" BECAUSE IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY THAT I'M NOT DATING AND IT MAKES ME FEAR FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SPECIES.LESLEY...
TWO STATIONS EASE OFF NEWS
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amWHILE four of the six major TV stations in New York covered the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks into prime time last night, WABC/Channel 7 and WPIX/Channel 11 returned...
'KATE'S STILL A KEEPER
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amKISS ME KATE Director Michael Blakemore's wunderbar staging of Cole Porter's classic musical "Kiss Me Kate" at the Martin Beck Theater remains as pre-eminently kissable as ever. The show has...
LANG TIME COMING : INSPIRED BY HERO TONY BENNETT, K.D. SWEEPS INTO RADIO CITY
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amEyes closed, k.d. lang rhapsodizes about the man in her life. "It's a lovefest," she sighs. "It's fireworks every night ... There's really some sort of chemistry between Tony and...
VILLAIN IN 'TRAINING' : DENZEL WASHINGTON DISCUSSES HIS NEW BAD-GUY ROLE - AND HIS OSCAR SNUB
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amTORONTO -"I hope guilt goes a long way," joked Denzel Washington, as his booming laughter filled a huge conference room at the Toronto International Film Festival. I'd just asked if...
DENZEL GETS CAREER POINTERS FROM PORTIER
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amEarly in his career, said Denzel Washington, he got some good advice from legendary actor Sidney Portier. "He told me to be very careful choosing my first roles, because that...
ENJOY A LUNCH FIT FOR A RAJAH
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amTamarind 41-43 E. 22nd St. (between Broadway & Park Avenue South) (212) 674-7400 The afternoon sun bathes the dining room at Tamarind, glinting off a collection of brass cowbells hung...
CREATURE COMFORTS: DECORATE YOUR HOME SO YOU AND YOUR PET CAN LIVE IN STYLE
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amAs a senior designer at Madison Avenue interiors Mecca Clive Christian, Claire Unsworth is frequently consulted for her professional decorating insight. Unsworth's own home looks as chic as anything she...
AMAZING GRACE, STYLE AND TASTE SEPARATE A LADY FROM REST OF THE GIRLS
September 16, 2001 | 4:00am'Lady" may sound like an outdated term, but a new book dusts off the moniker and makes it modern. In "The Art and Power of Being a Lady" (Atlantic Monthly...
BOMB THESE BARBARIANS
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amBRING on the noise, Mr. President. I'm at ground zero, just a few feet from "the belly of the beast." The smell of death - an acrid stench - permeates...
ANATOMY OF AN ATROCITY
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - FBI agents still shudder when they recall Feb. 7, 1995 - the day they brought fugitive master terrorist Ramzi Yousef back to New York to face justice. As...
TRAGEDY TURNS BACK CLOCK : EMPIRE STATE BLDG. AGAIN TALLEST IN CITY
September 16, 2001 | 4:00am"If this structure suddenly burst into flames and tumbled to the ground, I wonder what New York would look like." Those were the words of 37-year-old Tom Comerford, a lifelong...
ELECTION IS ON BUT CAMPAIGN IS OVER
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amIn one massive cloud of smoke and dust, all of the frenzied campaigning for mayor over the last nine months was immediately rendered meaningless. The candidates' education agendas, the anti-crime...
WHAT THE RESCUERS NOW NEED
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amThanks to a generous outpouring of donations from around the country, rescue workers are asking only for specific items, some of which they desperately need. Workers at ground zero urgently...
WHY POL CAST HER 'NO' VOTE
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The lone congresswoman to oppose the $40 billion aid package and resolution allowing President Bush to use force against terrorists is no stranger to being out on her...
CELL-PHONE NUMBERS KEY TO RESCUE
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amFederal officials yesterday asked people to come forward with cell phone and pager numbers for the thousands of people missing in the World Trade Center rubble. The Federal Emergency Management...
NOBILITY OF HIS DEATH LENDS COMFORT TO COMRADES
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amVETERAN firefighter John McSweeney said it simply: "He couldn't have died a better death." McSweeney, who as a drummer in the Emerald Pipe Band is on call at all the...
NYPD WIDOW ASSISTS FRIEND
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amSix years ago, Patricia Boesch's husband, a city cop, died in a police drug raid. Now she's using the hard lessons she learned to help her next-door neighbor Stacey Roy...
EXEC WON'T GIVE UP ON MISSING 7
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amBusinessman Craig Spitzer is determined to find his seven missing employees - and to help their families cope while waiting for word of their fate. Spitzer, whose Alliance Consulting Group...
TRAGIC LINK IN AIR DEATHS: HIS 'CHILD' IN CARE OF HOPEFUL, LOYAL PAL
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amAbucar Haji walked around Gramercy Park yesterday with a dog that does not belong to him. Haji, a stockroom worker at Morgan Stanley, showed up at the armory on Lexington...
LOST SOULS WEIGH ON CLERGY ; TRAGEDY BRINGING ALL FAITHS TOGETHER
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amThe Rev. Lyndon Harris looked out yesterday at the foot-deep ash blanketing the cemetery of his church, the church he now calls "the chapel at ground zero." "Some of those...
EXPERTS FEAR CHEMICAL ATTACK
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Master international terrorist Osama bin Laden might try to use deadly chemical or biological weapons in a future attack, according to worried U.S. officials. The officials say they...
TO DESERT KILLERS...
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amWhile you're having a helluva time celebrating the horror you've created, there are a few things about us Americans you really should know. You may wonder why a nation filled...
SHOULD WE REBUILD - OR REMEMBER?
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amAs the nation wipes its tears and digs out from piles of rubble, thoughts turn to what should rise on the 16 acres that were a workday home to seven...
STRUGGLING AIRLINES CUT FLIGHTS, JOBS
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amMore major commercial airlines buckled under the strain of Tuesday's terror attacks yesterday, cutting service and, in one case, sidelining thousands of employees. Northwest Airlines joined American Airlines in announcing...
BRAVEST MOURN FALLEN LEADERS
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amThousands of people lined up to salute two firefighters and the department's beloved chaplain yesterday as New York's Bravest braced for a long string of farewells to fallen comrades. They...
THEY COME TO HONOR TRUE GIANTS
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amTOM Guida of Brooklyn Heights is, for the time being, partly blind, and his nerves are shot. He was nearly killed when the World Trade Center's south tower came down,...
SCHOOL BUS KILLS BOY ON L.I. STREET
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amA Long Island mother grieved yesterday for her 9-year-old son, who was killed by a school bus around the corner from their home. Elijah Walker, a fourth-grade honors student at...
FDNY PROMOTIONS TINGED WITH SORROW
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amReeling from the loss of some of its most dedicated veterans, the Fire Department is starting the painful task of rebuilding. Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen said the FDNY today...
2ND WARRANT AS SUSPECTS START SPILLING TO FEDS
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amFederal prosecutors in New York issued a second arrest warrant yesterday in their probe of last week's terror strikes - as officials revealed some of the 25 people rounded up...
SEA OF SORROW FOR OUR FINEST : COURAGEOUS COPS WHO ARE STILL MISSING
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amSomewhere, lost amid the rubble of the devastated World Trade Center, are 23 of the NYPD's Finest. Here are some of their stories: Sgt. Michael Curtin Curtin, of Emergency Service...
'HOPE & DESPAIR AT SAME TIME'
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amRescue workers kept up their heroic efforts at ground zero yesterday - but with no new survivors found, hospital officials said they're getting ready to prepare relatives of the missing...
BUSH: BATTLE SET TO BEGIN
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amPresident Bush called the nation to arms yesterday for a long, tough war against the "barbarians" who brought terror to America, and he told U.S. troops: "Get ready." "We're at...
FEDS RELEASED 3 PLOTTERS IN JUNE : WERE NABBED TAKING PICS OF GOV'T BLDGS.
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amThree suspects in the bloodiest terrorist attack in U.S. history were in federal custody in New York three months ago - and set free, The Post has learned. The three...
A NIGHTMARE WE CAN'T WAKE UP FROM
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amEACH morning I wake up, thinking it was all a bad dream. Each night, I dread closing my eyes, fearing what I'll see in the blackness. On Monday, we were...
TWIN TOWERS' GLORIOUS ERA : LANDMARK WAS REVERED AND REVILED
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amThey were ugly. They were inhuman. They were omnipresent, whether from five blocks away or 50 miles. And now, they're gone. The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center -...
TAKING KID TO SCHOOL SAVED WINDOWS ON THE WORLD OWNER
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amDavid Emil's son saved his life. Emil, owner and operator of Windows on the World and Wild Blue atop in the north tower, "normally would've been there [when the planes...
CANADA BORDER A TERROR SIEVE
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amForeign terrorists bent on wreaking havoc in the United States have found the path of least resistance into our country - Canada. At least four suspects in last week's attack...
THIS MUSLIM SURVIVOR NOW 'FEELS AMERICAN'
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amTHE clap of thunder catapulted the woman's sleeping body off the bed. The second clap during the fierce storm early Friday morning sent the terrified 31- year-old Iranian woman scurrying...
DAD PINS HOPE ON DEPTHS OF RUBBLE
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amRetired police officer Al Regenhard survived the city's gritty streets. But now he agonizes over his rookie firefighter son, Christian, who is missing after responding to the World Trade Center...
FBI SEARCHING IN MEXICO FOR 8 'KEY PLAYERS'
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amFederal prosecutors in New York issued a second arrest warrant yesterday in their probe of last week's terror strikes - as officials revealed some of the 25 people rounded up...
STUYVESANT GRIDDERS LEND A HAND
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amIt takes a lot to stand out among the thousands of volunteers in the downtown area, but one group found a way. At the urging of head coach David Velkas,...
ISLES ADDING SOME MUSCLE TO THEIR TALENT
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amLAKE PLACID - Now that the Islanders have some star power, there are players on the team who can score goals in bunches. So someone is going to have to...
SWEDE'S OPENING DEVIL EYES
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amThe two vital remnants of the one of the Devils' most crucial lines are likely beginning their final year with the team. Ironically, they may finally be getting a regular...
JETER EXPECTS TO PLAY
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amDerek Jeter expects to play. So, too, does Scott Brosius. Chuck Knoblauch should be healthy. However, Paul O'Neill likely won't be ready by Tuesday night when the Yankees re-start their...
SORE KNEE POSTPONES LINDROS' RANGER DEBUT
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amIt's a tweaked knee and not a scrambled brain, but nevertheless, Eric Lindros' debut as a Ranger has been postponed because of injury. Originally scheduled to play in tomorrow night's...
PLAYES : WE CAN'T FEAR FOR OUR PERSONAL SAFETY
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amBats connecting with BP pitches was the only sound at Yankee Stadium yesterday where the three-time defending World Champions held a workout draped in silence. While rescue workers continued their...
YANKEES BEGIN LONG & EMOTIONAL ROAD BACK
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amSOMETIME soon, but not yet, it really is going to matter how Derek Jeter's hamstring and Paul O'Neill's foot are doing. We are going to return to wondering if the...
RUSTY REACHES OUT TO VICTIMS
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amRusty Staub's eyes moistened as he spoke about the "charlatans" who are stealing money that is intended for the families of the police and fire fighters lost this week. "For...
MLB'S SECURITY MEASURES WALK FINE LINE
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amAttempting to ensure a safe atmosphere without making it feel like "an armed camp," Major League Baseball has enacted several new security policies that will blanket every ballpark, including Shea...
METS GIVE THEIR ALL
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amThe international relay took place outside Shea Stadium: From the back of a Wal-Mart truck, the Dominican's Timo Perez to Japan's Tsuyoshi Shinjo to Vinny from Queens. Cases of bottled...
COLLEGES TAKING SMALL STEPS BACK
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amThe journey of a thousand miles, according to the Chinese proverb, begins with a single step. Some time - somehow - athletes in the United States will immerse themselves in...
FISHING A GREAT DIVERSION FROM TODAY'S GRIM REALITY
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amIT IS hard to be concerned about where the fish are biting when there are thousands of people who are still waiting to hear about their husbands or wives, mothers...
'WIPE OUT THE TERRORISM!' WAR HERO FELLER CALLS FOR REVENGE
September 16, 2001 | 4:00amHE SPEAKS the truth without regard to how it will be interpreted by correctoids. Now, more than ever, his is a booming voice of experience. So listen to what Hall...