| September 20-28 |
Sept. 20
Bush announces creation
of Cabinet-level Office of Homeland Security to be led by Pennsylvania
Gov. Tom Ridge. Islamic clerics urge bin Laden to voluntarily
leave Afghanistan. Pentagon announces that 5,131 members of
Air Force National Guard and Air Force Reserve ordered to active
duty.
Region: Middletown hosts memorial service
and candlelight vigil. John P. Williamson, fire chief of Battalion
6 of FDNY, laid to rest in Warwick. |
Sept. 21
Taliban rulers refuse
to hand over bin Laden. Taliban troops take up positions in
mountains on border with Pakistan. Thousands demonstrate in
Pakistan. German authorities say they believe terrorist group
based there began planning U.S. attacks as early as 1999.
Region: Vigil held at Veterans Memorial Park
in Warwick. Memorial service held at Brotherhood Winery in Washingtonville.
Firefighters from Battalion 7 hold vigil in Unionville. |
Sept. 22
Taliban say they shot
down unmanned spy plane. United Arab Emirates ends diplomatic
relations with Taliban. Editorial page assistant at New York
Post notices blister on finger; later tests positive for skin
form of anthrax.
Region: Protesters fear terrorist attacks
on Indian Point. Candlelight vigil held at New Windsor Town
Hall. |
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Sept. 23
Powell promises to
lay out evidence against bin Laden. Rumsfeld confirms that the
United States lost unmanned spy plane in Afghanistan. Taliban
says it can't find bin Laden. FAA institutes crop-duster ban
fearing bioterrorism attack.
Region: Prayer service held at Yankee Stadium.
Monticello hosts memorial service at Neighborhood Facility. |
Sept. 24
Bush freezes assets
of 27 people and organizations with alleged ties to terrorists
and demands foreign banks do the same. Bin Laden calls on Pakistan's
Muslims to fight "the American crusade." Taliban say they are
dispatching 300,000 fighters to defend borders. United Nations
says Taliban threaten to kill U.N. relief workers in Afghanistan.
Region: Hospitals, health departments put
on alert. |
Sept. 25
Saudi Arabia cuts
ties with Taliban. Bin Laden's organization says, "wherever
there are Americans and Jews, they will be targeted." Pentagon
calls nearly 2,000 more reservists to duty. Crop-duster ban
lifted by FAA.
Region: Robert King, New York State University
chancellor, pledges to cover costs of college educations for
children and spouses of those who died in the Sept. 11 attacks.
Candlelight vigil for Myrna Maldonado held in Unionville. |
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Sept. 26
Thousands storm abandoned
U.S. Embassy compound in Afghan capital of Kabul. U.N. agency
says assault on Afghanistan could send up to 1.5 million refugees
into neighboring countries. Maintenance worker at Trenton regional
post office in Hamilton, N.J., visits physician to have lesion
on arm treated. |
Sept. 27
FBI releases photos
19 suicide hijackers. Taliban say they can communicate with
bin Laden and have asked him to leave country voluntarily. Bush
announces plan to bolster airline security, including use of
federal marshals. Governors nationwide plan to use the National
Guard troops for airport security. Teresa Heller, letter carrier
at West Trenton post office, develops lesion on her arm.
Region: FDNY firefighter Bob Hamilton's memorial
service held at St. Mary's Church in Washingtonville. Memorial
held in Monroe for Edward Mazzella Jr. |
Sept. 28
Bush official says
U.S. special forces have conducted scouting missions in Afghanistan.
Pakistani delegation fails to persuade Taliban to surrender
bin Laden. U.N. Security Council unanimously approves resolution
demanding nations take sweeping action against terrorism. Attorney
General John Ashcroft says authorities have arrested or detained
more than 480 people. Erin O'Connor, assistant to NBC News anchor
Tom Brokaw, notices a lesion. The 7-month-old son of an ABC
producer in Manhattan spends time at the network offices, develops
rash and is hospitalized soon after the visit. He is later diagnosed
with cutaneous anthrax.
Region: FDNY firefighter Thomas P. Holohan
Jr. laid to rest in Chester. Candlelight vigil held at Chadwick
Lake Pavilion in Town of Newburgh. Memorial service held for
Christoffer Mikael Carstanjen, United Flight 175 victim, in
Sunderland, Mass. |
Timeline: 9.11.01 - 11.11.01