September 22, 2001
CORCORAN MULLS SELLING HER HOUSE
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amRealtor Barbara Corcoran could get the commission of her life if she goes ahead and sells her brokerage house. Corcoran is entertaining offers for her company, and may be close...
CONSUMERS ARE BUMMED OUT
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amA recent survey says that U.S. consumer sentiment has slid even further since the World Trade Center was destroyed.N.Y. Post Luiz C. Ribeiro A survey released yesterday by research firm...
TRAGEDY CHANGES THE WAY DEALS ARE MADE FOR SERVICES
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amLower Manhattan businesses in need of immediate services are changing the way business is done - especially when it comes to sealing the deal. Sales for technical services like phone,...
LEHMAN PARKS IT DISPLACED BANK NEAR A DEAL FOR 399 PARK AVE.
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amLehman Brothers Holdings is close to inking a deal to move its 1,500 investment bankers and analysts into 399 Park Ave., the former headquarters of banking giant Citicorp, say sources...
LONESOME TOWN: TOURISTS WANTED: NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amWhere did they go? Where did all those people go? You know the ones. The kids with their sleeping bags and grotty T-shirts camped outside "Aida" and the middle-aged TKTS...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amStill not up for having a dinner party? It's understandable. But here are some events you may have missed during the week. Read on. You may learn something new, and...
A TOAST TO THE LOCAL PUB
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amA television in an empty apartment provides cold comfort in times like these. Although you may never have felt less like kicking up your heels, a quiet get-together with friendly...
THE GREAT ESCAPE: THESE FILMS LET YOU LEAVE TOWN WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR SOFA
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amVideo stores are doing land-office business as news-weary Americans seek to escape the horrors of recent events without leaving the comfort of their homes. Rentals of movies on VHS and...
TV SNACKS AS COMFORT FOOD
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amIt's always been easy to reach for a bag of chips before settling in on the couch, but during these extraordinary times, it seems that we're looking for something more,...
'FARGO' ACTOR DONS HIS OLD FDNY HELMET TO HELP OUT
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amActor Steve Buscemi played the most important role of his life this week and got rave reviews from the only audience that mattered to him - his former colleagues in...
OHIO KID LENDS A 'HAND' - 800 OF 'EM
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amA 10-year-old Ohio boy who wanted to help when he saw firefighters combing through the Twin Towers' rubble with bleeding hands collected 400 pairs of new work gloves - and...
INJURED COP DOC: 'AM I GONNA DIE?'
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amA police surgeon who raced to the World Trade Center to help save lives nearly lost his own when the first tower collapsed. Dr. Gregory Fried was dropping his wife...
SIDEWAYS FALL WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe tolls of the dead and missing in the attack on the Twin Towers would have been far higher if the 110-story skyscrapers had toppled sideways instead of collapsing on...
BRITISH COPS NAB 4 SUSPECTS IN WTC PROBE
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amBritish anti-terrorism cops rounded up three men and a woman in a series of raids yesterday, and the group was being grilled about last week's strikes on U.S. landmarks. The...
ELUSIVE TERROR CHIEF MAY HEAD FOR PAKISTAN
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden is believed to be moving back and forth through southern Afghanistan - and he may complicate the U.S. anti-terror effort by slipping into neighboring Pakistan,...
HIGH-TECH WEAPONRY FOR NEWEST KIND OF WAR
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. forces will descend on Afghanistan with an exotic new generation of weapons aimed at fighting a mobile and hidden enemy on high plains - and underground, The...
KIDS ANGRY OVER IRAQI FULL-STAFF FLAG INSULT
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amKids who go to schools near the Iraqi mission said yesterday they're outraged that the mission's flag continues to fly at full-staff. "It's disrespectful and shameful after all the people...
HEART GIRL'S THANK-YOU GIFT
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amLittle Lorena Urbaez had heart problems that almost killed her last summer - but now she's proved she has one of the biggest hearts in the world. The daughter of...
A REV. AL RARITY - HE STAYS OUT OF SIGHT
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amTHROUGH white-hot shock, tears of mourning and steel anger of revenge, everyone is asking questions. Here's mine. Where the hell is our great community leader, the Rev. Al Sharpton? "I...
K9 COP MASCOT AWAITS RETURN OF HIS MISSING PAL
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amMidnight, the cops' mascot at Bronx Emergency Service Unit Truck 3, is eagerly waiting for his buddy, Officer Walter Weaver, to come back home. The shepherd-Doberman mix became a member...
OLD GLORY FACTORIES SEW BUSY
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amLess than 12 hours after terrorists wiped out the Twin Towers and ignited a war with America, veteran flag distributor Alan Epstein had a feeling business was about to pick...
DETECTIVE REMORSEFUL AFTER ROMANCE SLAY: COPS
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amAn NYPD detective shot and killed an off-duty sergeant in her Long Island home after she demanded the married detective stop dating her sister, sources said. "I did a very...
TEAM RUDY REBUFFED IN BID TO STAY
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe Giuliani administration has been secretly lobbying City Council members about ending term limits - but Gov. Pataki yesterday erased any doubts about the elections and said that Tuesday's primaries...
PRAISE BY BUSH COMFORTS COP'S GRIEVING MOM
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amArlene Howard, mother of fallen Port Authority cop George Howard, takes comfort in knowing President Bush singled out her son's sacrifice in the World Trade Center. "Now everybody in the...
CHAOS IN AFGHANISTAN TALIBAN LEADERS HEAD FOR HILLS AMID ANARCHY
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has gone into hiding, and some soldiers reportedly were looting homes and shops in Kabul yesterday as the fierce Islamic militia appeared...
WALL ST. WIPEOUT ; STOCKS CLOSE OUT WORST WEEK SINCE GREAT DEPRESSION
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amNot since the Great Depression have U.S. financial markets had such a bad week. Stocks fell for a fifth day yesterday. Since Monday - the day the markets reopened after...
EGYPTIAN 'PILOT' IN JFK BUST A FAKE: FEDS
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amAn Egyptian man arrested at Kennedy Airport this week was carrying a pilot's uniform, a bogus passport, forged FAA papers and a phony certificate from a Florida flight school where...
WEARY WAIT FOR BRAVEST BROTHERS FAMILY PRAYING FOR LIFE OF YOUNGEST
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amFirefighter Gregory Saucedo may be the baby of the family, but his three brothers have always known he was the strongest of them all. But brothers Paul, Christopher and Stephen...
TORN BY HOPE, GRIEF ANGUISHED MOM, SON AWAIT DREADED NEWS
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amWHEN he was a baby, Samuel Holmes survived an illness that nearly killed him - so people began calling him "Lucky." The nickname followed him into adulthood - despite a...
SECURITY DRAMA UNFOLDS AT HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amFeeling the heat of terror threats, Hollywood clamped down on itself yesterday, building barricades, searching cars, canceling tours and scrutinizing every person who walked onto studio lots. The sudden boost...
MOST SUPPORT MILITARY RESPONSE
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amAmericans are ready to battle terrorism - and believe the government should pursue a range of tactics, from war to diplomacy, new polls showed yesterday. Asked what responses to the...
TOM'S TREMENDOUS TASK
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Tom Ridge saw combat first-hand in Vietnam, and now, as head of President Bush's new Office of Homeland Security, it's his job to keep terror from coming back...
NEW FERRY RUN TO EASE E. SIDE COMMUTE
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amA commuter ferry service from Manhattan's East Side to Wall Street is starting Monday in response to increased demand following the World Trade Center disaster. "Several of the major downtown...
ASTORIA FIRE HERO: I WISH I COULD HELP
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amJoseph Vosilla, the last of the Father's Day fire heroes to be released from the hospital, came home yesterday - eager to continue his rehabilitation, but frustrated he's still too...
DIGGER SHAKEN BY GRUESOME TASK
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amThey're used to darkness, but not this kind. "I just don't want to find any more body parts," said Jude Mull, a "sandhog" - a tunnel worker who's been sifting...
TRAGIC FOOTBALL HEROES
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe Bravest Football Club, the FDNY gridiron giants, was hit hard at the trade center. Eighteen of its 55-strong membership are dead or missing. "They all loved their family, they...
ALL'S SET FOR TUES. PRIMARY
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amBoard of Elections officials yesterday insisted Tuesday's primary will go off without major hitches - and some candidates today are resuming pre-Sept. 11-style campaigning. Mark Green will hold a press...
'IDIOT' TEEN ADMITS STEALING FIRE JACKET
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amAn 18-year-old roofer has admitted to cops in his Maine town that when he visited ground zero last week, he took a fireman's jacket. When he got back home, Louis...
A 'U.S.A.' HOLIDAY AT SHEA
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe national pastime returned to the Big Apple last night in a bittersweet combination of celebrity and solemnity. Fans - clutching small flags, draped in giant ones or chanting "U.S.A.,...
MORE APTS. REOPENING DOWNTOWN
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amMost - but not all - of the residents evacuated from the southern end of Battery Park City will be allowed back into their apartments over the next five days,...
WHAT A TIME TO STAND UP AND CHEER
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amGO METS. It didn't matter last night if you lived in Manhattan or Long Island or some outer borough, or if you rooted for the Yankees or were the sort...
2 HIT LOTTO IN BROOKLYN
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amThere's a sudden increase in Brooklyn millionaires - state lottery officials announced yesterday that two winning Lotto tickets were bought in the borough. A Midwood mom who came to the...
STARS ANSWER CALL MEGACELEB TELETHON BOOSTS SPIRITS AND AID
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amA star-studded telethon to raise money for victims of last week's terrorist attacks aired simultaneously on 29 TV channels last night. It was an unprecedented display of unity for the...
5,000 MURDER COUNTS
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amGerman authorities charged two fugitives with 5,000 counts of murder for helping hijacker Mohamed Atta and other members of a terror cell plot strikes on U.S. landmarks. Ramzi Binalshibh, a...
JAPAN GIVES $10M TO WTC RELIEF FUNDS
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe nation of Japan - stunned by the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center - generously donated $10 million yesterday - half to the mayor's Twin Towers Fund, the...
BUSH PUTS $25M BOUNTY ON TERROR BOSSES' HEADS
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday slapped a whopping bounty of almost $25 million on the heads of terrorists around the world as part of the first wave of emergency federal...
STADIUM SERVICE WILL HOST 60,000
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amWords of healing and hope will echo through Yankee Stadium tomorrow as the city stages a massive prayer service for the Twin Towers victims. More than 60,000 tickets are being...
TRAFFIC STILL CHOKED AFTER 12 DAYS
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amSnarled traffic continues to plague the city nearly two weeks after the World Trade Center disaster closed two tunnels to non-emergency vehicles. "The worst part within the city is the...
TRAGIC REALITY NOW DAWNING ON LOVED ONES
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amMany families of the World Trade Center's missing are slowly coming to grips with the idea they may never see their loved ones again, a counselor working with the families...
HOLIDAY AT SHEA
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe national pastime returned to the Big Apple last night in a bittersweet combination of celebrity and solemnity. Fans - clutching small flags, draped in giant ones, or chanting "U.S.A.,...
PROBE NET WIDENS
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amGerman authorities charged two fugitives with 5,000 counts of murder for helping hijacker Mohamed Atta and other members of a terror cell plot strikes on U.S. landmarks. Ramzi Binalshibh, a...
BUSH LIFTS 'BIG BRO' LAST SHOW
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amTHURSDAY-night's finale of "Big Brother 2" notched the show's best numbers - snagging 12.2 million viewers immediately following President Bush's address to Congress and the nation. The finale won its...
KARSAY FEELS UMP'S CALLS INCONSISTENT
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amSteve Karsay doesn't mind taking his share of blame for a loss. But last night, the Braves' right-hander seemed to think home plate umpire Wally Bell should be wearing a...
CHARTER TAKES DANGER OUT OF TRAVEL
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES As usual, the Giants will board their charter this afternoon for the trip to Kansas City, where they will face the Chiefs tomorrow at Arrowhead Stadium. The last...
JINT 'D' ON THE DEFENSIVE
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amWe owe you one. That is the short, concise message the Giants' defense wants to impart to its teammates on offense. Now, isn't that a change from the very recent...
AT RUTGERS, EMOTIONS RUN HIGH
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amRutgers football players and their fans have waited for today since the start of training camp. First-year coach Greg Schiano has waited his entire career. Rutgers (1-1) plays its home...
IRISH EYES ON DAVIE FOR SPARTAN BATTLE
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amSOUTH BEND - For about three hours this afternoon, Notre Dame and Michigan State will try to escape reality and play a football game. But Irish coach Bob Davie is...
COLES SORE BUT READY AND ABLE TO GO
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amWR Laveranues Coles' sprained right foot turned out not to be as serious as feared, and he's listed as probable tomorrow in New England. "He's going to be fine," said...
JOBS ON LINE FOR ISLANDERS
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amSure, it's just a preseason game, but Rangers-Islanders, one of the best rivalries in all of sports, is always a game to circle on the calendar. So when the Isles...
BLACKBURN COULD STICK WITH RANGERS
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amIt's no sure thing that Mike Richter will be in nets when the Rangers open the season at Carolina on Oct. 5, no sure thing at all, despite the rehabbing...
HERM: MUST FIND WAY TO WIN COACH SAYS JETS' CONFIDENCE IS ON THE LINE
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe Jets clearly couldn't have played at Oakland last Sunday, still emotionally crippled by the terrorist attacks that leveled the World Trade Center. Tomorrow in New England, they say, will...
METS OPERATING AT HIGH SECURITY LEVEL
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES Kevin McCarthy, the director of stadium operations for the Mets, thought the most hectic security days he would ever endure at Shea were during last year's World Series....
AMAZIN' FANS LOW-KEY IT WITH BRAVES
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amA few fans still serenaded Chipper Jones with "Larry, Larry," but the Met killer's less-than-heroic reception couldn't be characterized as hateful venom. The patriotic and partisan crowd at Shea Stadium...
AVERY'S THREE TDS POWER ENGINEERS
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amH.S. FOOTBALLBklyn Tech22Kennedy0 Every football program in the city was affected by the World Trade Center tragedy, few more than Brooklyn Tech. The team was supposed to have its first...
MO, NO - RIVERA LETS IT GET AWAY ; YANK RALLY TRUMPED BY O'S IN 9TH
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amOrioles7Yankees6 BALTIMORE - Across seven innings last night at Camden Yards, the Yankees had their choice of frustrations: Somebody named Rick Bauer turned their bats to dust and Mike Mussina...
MIGHTY MIKE KEEPS THE DREAM ALIVE CLUTCH HR LEAVES AMAZIN'S 4½ BACK
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amMets3Braves2 There were tears. There were smiles. There was baseball. There was Mike Piazza. Last night, 41,235 showed up for the first game at Shea since the terrorist attacks on...
BERNIE'S BETTER AFTER BEANING
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BALTIMORE - Bernie Williams considered himself fortunate to come out of Thursday night's beaning with a slight headache that kept him out of the lineup in last night's...
TRULY AMAZIN' SPIRIT SHINES ON
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amIT was a night for symbolism beyond even the obvious such as Diana Ross's goosebump-raising rendition of God Bless America and the 35-foot- by-50-foot vinyl billboard of the stars and...
ONE LAST CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING TRULY AMAZIN'
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amIMAGINE that the Mets have fallen behind 9-0 in the first inning of a game. If you are a fan, the most you can hope for is that with two...
METS' GOAL: WIN IT FOR THE CITY : WTC RESCUE WORKERS PROVIDE EXTRA INCENTIVE
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe exchange of inspiration is powerful. The rescue workers have inspired the Mets. The Mets have inspired the rescue workers. "It's given us something bigger than getting to the World...
ZEILE - THEY'LL HAVE TO TEAR OFF OUR SPECIAL HATS
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amTHE METS say the fire- and police-department hats stay. Never mind any objection they might get from Major League Properties, the Mets are the property of martyrs, and the heartsick...
RIVERA SET TO PASS RIGHETTI
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BALTIMORE - If the Yankees had a three-run lead or less in the ninth inning last night against the Orioles, Mariano Rivera was going to get a chance...
YANKS EYE CLINCHER AT HOME
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - There is no doubt the Yankees will soon clinch their fourth straight AL East title. However, the type of celebration that follows is very much undecided. The clinching...