[41485] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Horrible world trade center crash, traffic effect
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gwendolynn ferch Elydyr)
Tue Sep 11 09:54:39 2001
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:50:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gwendolynn ferch Elydyr <gwen@reptiles.org>
To: Charles Sprickman <spork@inch.com>
Cc: Avi Freedman <freedman@freedman.net>, <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Charles Sprickman wrote:
> > FYI, 2 planes crashed into the world trade center.
> > Sounds like on purpose.
>
> > Not to be ghoulish, but the traffic impact is looking to be fairly large
> > on the 'net (and on the PSTN in the NYC area).
>
> Just to add a few points:
>
> All VHF TV stations except for CBS 2 are off the air, many radio stations
> are off the air, and it's largely impossible to get a call in. All
> bridges and tunnels are closed (which I assume includes the PATH).
...and news now includes the white house and the pentagon being evacutated,
the pentagon due to an airplane crash - the white house due to a fire.
This shows a pretty impressive degree of coordination.
Beyond that, all US airports have been closed.
Gonna be a long day.
c.
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