September 18, 2001
WASHINGTON BACKS WALL ST.
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amBELIEVE it or not, there was some good news in yesterday's stock market drubbing. And, in the spirit of getting people through this incredible crisis, I'll start with the one...
BUYBACKS STEM DOW'S STEEP SLIDE
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amMore than 75 American companies thumbed their noses at terrorist attacks on capitalism and used the re-opening of the stock market to prop up stocks by buying back shares. Their...
EX-WTC RETAILERS MOVING EAST
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amFormer retail tenants at the World Trade Center are moving east, shifting the epicenter of Downtown in the process. "The World Financial Center will suffer, but Broadway and east will...
AIRLINES IN FREEFALL - PLUMMET 40%, THREATEN BANKRUPTCY
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amAirline stocks went from bad to worse yesterday, opening on average 40 percent down. No airline stocks were down less than 20 percent, and ailing America West dropped a whopping...
MEDIA STOCKS DOWN ON HUGE LOSS IN AD $$$
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amMedia stocks took it on the chin, with many registering double-digit declines amid growing fear that last week's terrorist attacks will rock consumer confidence and cause further cutbacks in ad...
FIRMS ARE BACK ON THEIR FEET
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amWall Street's battered firms - some working out of briefcases and borrowed offices - made a triumphant comeback yesterday. "We didn't miss a beat," said one official at Lehman Brothers,...
SKITTISH INVESTORS SNAP UP DEFENSE, SECURITY STOCKS
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amDefense and security related stocks leaped yesterday as investors bet that the coming war would be good business for at least some people, as they led the gainers on both...
STARR REPORT
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amCleveland's connection to WTC tragedy In a strange twist of events, a portion of the Cleveland, Ohio radio audience learned of last week's World Trade Center attacks from an unlikely...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amLeaf it to them A drive in the country is a good tonic for frayed nerves, and fall is a prime time to head north. To provide up-to-the-minute reports on...
LOST IN TORONTO, LONGING FOR HOME
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Toronto International Film Festival wasn't terribly festive as it limped to a close over the weekend, days after many of us shattered New Yorkers had slowly made our way...
'BIG BROTHER 2' CONTESTANTS ARE STILL IN DARK OVER ATTACKS - 'CRUEL' TO MAKE THE FINAL THREE PLAY OUT THE GAME
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amFANS of the reality show "Big Brother 2" are calling for the show to end - now. The final three contestants on the show apparently have been told only the...
N.Y. CAN BREATHE FREE - HEALTH EXPERTS SAY AIR QUALITY'S OK BY BARBARA HOFFMAN
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amONE of the big health concerns in the aftermath of last Tuesday's destruction of the World Trade Center was the damage all that dust and smoke could do to people's...
GRAY'S EGO SHINES ON 'ID'
September 18, 2001 | 4:00am* Macy Gray "The Id" [] Epic On her new disc, Macy Gray makes it into the stratosphere of modern R&B by strapping on the retro rockets of old-time funk....
AND THE SHOWS DO GO ON ...
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amFASHION Week may have been canceled, but that's not stopping several New York designers from showing their spring/summer 2002 collections this week. Calvin Klein scheduled several intimate viewings yesterday to...
CHOOSE YOUR 'SURVIVOR' - REALITY TV WILL SEEM SILLY AFTER THIS WEEK
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amWITH reality like this, who needs "Survivor"? Or more to the point: In light of the past week's events, who cares who wins "Big Brother," or who will survive the...
MUSICAL HIT LIST - DEEJAYS DEFY NETWORK
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amCLEAR Channel, the giant Texas-based radio network that owns many of New York's most popular stations, last week sent to its affiliates a list of 150 songs it suggested should...
HOW WE WATCHED THE HORROR
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amNew York TV stations have carried on continuous news coverage after the national networks carefully returned Sunday to regular programming. And here is the rhythm of how we here in...
ISRAEL: GIVE US 2-DAY TRUCE & WE'LL TALK PEACE
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - The Bush administration invited Israel to join a U.S.-led coalition against terrorism - and Israel agreed to begin Mideast peace talks if there is a 48-hour letup in...
N.Y. UNBOWED - THAT'S RIGHT, ARTISTS FOR RUDY
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amTWENTY-TWO hundred people listlessly watched the curtain rise on Sunday afternoon at the New York City Opera - and were greeted with a surprising sight. The stage, which should have...
HOPE AND COMFORT HANG ON THE WALL AS A TESTAMENT TO THE MISSING
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amTHERE used to be one in Berlin that kept East Germans confined - until it was knocked down by free markets and free spirits. There is one in D.C. It's...
REMEMBER: THIS WAR'S ABOUT OUR WAY OF LIFE
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amTHE last time I stood on the Brooklyn Bridge, I watched thousands of people die as the mighty south tower came tumbling down. Yesterday morning, as I say a rosary...
BEWARE BUMS WHO BLAME U.S.
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amI LIVE near one of New York's most vital Arab neighborhoods, centered along Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue. The profusely friendly shop owners and chefs, veiled women tending to children in blue...
A JOB FOR SPECIAL OPS - SHADOW WARRIORS KEY TO BIN LADEN HUNT
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - They've sabotaged Scud missiles in the Iraqi desert and crept into the mountains of Kosovo to place laser sensors on Serbian tanks, helping guide bombs dropped from 15,000...
MAGNATE PLEDGES TO REBUILD TOWERS
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amReal-estate kingpin Larry Silverstein tearfully vowed yesterday to rebuild the World Trade Center and its glorious Twin Towers - even though he only leases the destroyed property. Silverstein repeated his...
TERROR FEARS REMAIN AT THE EMPIRE STATE
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amNow that their skyscraper is again the tallest in the Big Apple, workers at the Empire State Building are understandably jittery. Employees have to go through metal detectors and show...
WORLD BANK CANCELS MEETING
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The World Bank meetings that were expected to draw 100,000 protesters were canceled yesterday due to the heightened fear of terrorism. Even before last week's terror attacks, D.C....
COP: 'I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS DEAD OR ALIVE'
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amEmergency Service Unit Officer Mark Demarco crawled out of hell toward a pinpoint of light. Demarco and other ESU cops were standing in the lobby of the south tower of...
CITY TURNS TO VIDEOS, WORKOUTS TO ESCAPE
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amNew Yorkers are turning to video rentals and the gym to take their minds off the tragedies of the past week. "People are looking for a distraction from the television,"...
INNOCENTS' VISIONS KEEP FAMILY GOING
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amLAST year, my aunt ordered me to stop crying for my mother, who died in January 1999. "Her spirit can't rest in heaven knowing you're on earth suffering," she told...
FLICKER OF HOPE IS FADING - RUDY PONDERS IDEA OF CALLING OFF THE RESCUE
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amHopes of finding miracle survivors plummeted even further yesterday, as Mayor Giuliani publicly acknowledged he's "wrestled with" when to call off the heart-wrenching rescue mission. "The question is, when does...
BUSH HAILS APPLE'S TEACHERS
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amPresident Bush vowed yesterday that education will remain his "most important domestic priority" despite the World Trade Center disaster - and praised city schoolteachers as "silent heroes" for guiding students...
'WONDERFUL TO BE BACK' - UPBEAT RUDY WORKING IN REOPENED CITY HALL
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani reopened City Hall yesterday morning when he bounded up the front steps, hugged the building's veteran custodian and conducted a morning meeting of his top aides. The flurry...
TERROR BIG IN BAD COMPANY
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amPresident Bush saying yesterday that he wants terrorist kingpin Osama bin Laden "dead or alive" is a throwback to the days of the Wild West, when gunmen would stop at...
MISSING COP'S GIRL WAITS FOR MOM
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amPatricia Mary Smith needs her mother. Named after her two deceased grandmothers, the 2-year-old hasn't seen her mom since Tuesday, when the police officer set out to do what's become...
KIDDIE DOODLE DANDIES
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center have turned students into red, white and blue patriots. At PS 175 in Rego Park, Queens, fifth-grade students yesterday rallied around the...
PROS URGE INVESTORS: HANG IN FOR LONG TERM
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amDON'T panic. That was the message to investors from financial experts yesterday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 7.1 percent in the market's first day of trading after being...
NYPD PROFILES IN COURAGE - THOSE MISSING FROM THE CITY'S FINEST
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amThey're different ages, different sexes, different races and had different specialties, but the 23 missing NYPD officers all have one thing in common: They're the Finest. "These are heroes beyond...
TERRORISM JITTERS DEVASTATE B'WAY
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amNew York's theater industry is on the verge of collapse as a result of last week's terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Yesterday, four Broadway shows, "Stones in His...
DAN CRIES ON 'LATE SHOW' WITH SOMBER LETTERMAN
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amIn his first show since last week's attacks, funnyman Dave Letterman was all serious business last night, bringing hardened newsman Dan Rather to tears twice while discussing the hatred the...
SAFETY WILL SOAR IF OUR FINEST FLY FREE
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amAT 8:49 a.m., one week ago today, I was preparing to cover the mayoral primary - which seems years ago and irrelevant, since Rudy has been declared president of New...
B'WAY OPEN$ ITS HEART
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe Shubert Organization - Broadway's largest theater owner and one of the city's most influential real-estate empires - has donated $1 million to the Twin Towers Fund. The fund, coordinated...
SOMBER START FOR JEWISH NEW YEAR
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amJews crowded into synagogues around the city last night, seeking comfort in the wake of the World Trade Center terror attacks - and praying for spiritual strength for Rosh Hashanah,...
WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE - BUSH CALLS FOR BIN LADEN'S HEAD
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush says he wants Osama bin Laden - "dead or alive." "I want justice," Bush said yesterday. "There's an old poster out West, as I recall, that...
BLESSED ARE THE HEROES, PRAYS EGAN
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amThey risked their lives in the city's darkest hour, and they were honored last night for showing the best of humanity in the face of the worst terrorist attack the...
PICASSO HEIST ON EAST SIDE
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amA thief snatched a Picasso painting worth $320,000 from an East Side art gallery yesterday, police said. The theft occurred at 12:15 p.m. at the Richard Gray Gallery at 1018...
METS GAME GIVES FAMILY A LITTLE RELIEF
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amAmerica's national pastime returned last night, comforting those desperate for even the smallest sign of normalcy after the terror attacks on New York and Washington. New York Met outfielder Matt...
49 HELD AMID NEW WARNINGS
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe FBI revealed yesterday that the number of people detained in its probe of the World Trade Center and Pentagon terror attacks has doubled - as officials warned that associates...
THEY ROOT, ROOT, ROOT FOR THE U.S.A.
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH. BEYOND the outfield bleachers at PNC Park, an impressive row of buildings dominates the evening sky. Here, there is no smoke billowing, no dust from falling towers. The only...
'I SAVED HER - AND SHE SAVED ME'
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amHe doesn't know her name, and she was burned so terribly, he couldn't tell if she was black or white. All Manhattan Supreme Court Officer Ty Bacon knows is he...
AFGHANS MOBILIZE MISSILES, TROOPS
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers yesterday deployed Scud missiles and massed 25,000 troops along the border of Pakistan as its fanatic leaders geared up for war with the United States....
49 NABBED AMID NEW WARNING
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe FBI revealed yesterday that the number of people detained in its probe of the World Trade Center and Pentagon terror attacks has doubled - as officials warned that associates...
FIRST LADY HELPS CONSOLE FAMILIES AT PA. SERVICE
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amFirst Lady Laura Bush traveled to Pennsylvania yesterday to comfort the families of the 45 people who perished when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a grassy field in the...
VICTIM COP PREDICTED WTC HORROR
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amNot long after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, a horrifying image suddenly struck Port Authority Emergency Service Officer George Howard. "George thought someone could ram a plane into the...
NOSTRADAMUS A TRUE 'PROFIT'
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amNew Yorkers stunned by the destruction of the World Trade Center have turned Nostradamus into a best-selling author - with many fans claiming that the legendary prognosticator foretold the tragedy....
RETURN TO BUSINESS NO SMALL FEAT
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe owners of a computer consulting software company shut out of their Financial District office have all they need to set up shop elsewhere crammed into three duffle bags and...
THREE COURT OFFICERS MISSING IN THE WRECKAGE
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amHe doesn't know her name, and she was burned so terribly, he couldn't tell if she was black, white or Hispanic. All Manhattan Supreme Court Officer Ty Bacon knows is...
'WE WANT JUSTICE' - BUSH SAYS HE WANTS OSAMA BIN LADEN - DEAD OR ALIVE
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amOsama bin Laden is "Wanted: dead or alive," the president declared yesterday, as city residents began the painful process of rebuilding their lives after the World Trade Center disaster. "I...
'MY FATHER HAS TAUGHT ME THE TRUE MEANING OF A HERO'
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amTara Feinberg has a very special bond with her firefighter dad - and she's always been proud of his heroic efforts to save lives. But Tara always knew the job...
JETS RETURN AMID MOURNING - ATTEMPT TO FOCUS ON FOOTBALL
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amAt about a quarter past 11 yesterday morning, the Jets returned to work. They quietly filed onto the practice field adjacent to the complex parking lot and began their preparation...
NEW SKED WILL AFFECT PLAYOFF HUNT
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amWITH a plume of smoke still visible on the Eastern horizon, the Giants returned to their practice field yesterday with a new sense of urgency. Not only do they want...
JINTS HOPE GAME CAN HELP NATION
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amThey played like Giants last year, all the way to the Super Bowl. The road back to the Super Bowl would have been daunting even before our national tragedy. It...
GANG GREEN DOING WHAT IT CAN
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES On Saturday, Vinny Testaverde visited "Ground Zero" of the crumbled Twin Towers in an effort to thank the firefighters, rescue workers, steel workers and police. He walked away...
CHICAGO TAKES SECURE ACTION
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES CHICAGO - A nine millimeter gun strapped to the hip of a security guard leaning on a vacant Comiskey Park batting cage yesterday told you things are very...
PSAL HAS GOOD NEWS FOR TWO CLUBS
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amLast week, it appeared that two PSAL football programs were in jeopardy of losing their seasons. Yesterday, both got good news. Jefferson, which forfeited its first game because of ineligible...
ISLES LEARN ROPES OF TEAM HARMONY
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amLAKE PLACID - The Islanders may have come here as a team, but they will leave as a family. Camp broke for a day yesterday so that head coach Peter...
DEVS WARY ON RETURN TO THE ICE
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amTo play, or not? Martin Brodeur says the first sporting event in Manhattan since the World Trade Center attack is coming too quickly. "To go there and play hockey? I...
YANKS GET BACK TO WORK - THIS WILL BE ANYTHING BUT BUSINESS AS USUAL
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amCHICAGO - As the games begin again, Joe Torre may have said it best. "We have to do our part," Torre said before putting his Yankees through a full-squad workout...
POSTPONING RYDER CUP IS THE RIGHT CALL
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amTHANK YOU, PGA of America, for doing the right thing. Thank you, European PGA officials, for joining in on the same page. Thank you for postponing the Sept. 28-30 Ryder...
RE-OPENING DAY LIKE NOTHING YOU'VE EVER SEEN
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amCHICAGO - There were similarities to the day before the season opener. The home team worked out at Comiskey Park, followed by the visiting team. There was much discussion about...
MSG ADDS SECURITY
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amTomorrow's Rangers-Devils game might be just an exhibition, but nobody is taking it more seriously than Madison Square Garden. With the game marking the first pro sporting event in the...
WIN AND A PRAYER - METS BOUNCE BUCS IN EMOTIONAL RETURN
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amMets 4 - Pirates 1 PITTSBURGH - The most important numbers at PNC Park last night weren't the runs the Mets and Pirates put up. They were the nearly $90,000...
IN NEWARK, VIEW'S GONE & SO IS OUR INNOCENCE
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amTHE skyline seems empty. Just like our hearts. They played the first professional baseball game in the metropolitan area last night since Tuesday's reign of terror. The game took place...
AMAZIN'S VS. BRAVES MAY SHIFT TO THE TED
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES PITTSBURGH - With Shea Stadium's parking lot being used in the relief effort, there's been talk of moving this weekend's Mets-Braves series from Flushing to Atlanta. "We're playing...
PITT HOSTS N.Y. LOVEFEST
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - Eleven pennant races ago, it was difficult to find anybody at Three Rivers Stadium - man, woman or child - not wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a thinly...
DIVERSIONARY TACTIC - METS HOPE GAMES WILL EASE THE GRIEF
September 18, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - Bobby Valentine got up yesterday and acted on the nation's leader's words. He continued his life with normalcy, taking a commercial airliner here for last night's game. Last...