| October 26-November 3 |
Oct. 26
President Bush signs
anti-terrorism bill into law. Small amount of anthrax found
in CIA mailroom. Supreme Court building closed for anthrax testing.
State Department mail handler hospitalized with inhalation anthrax.
Anthrax found at New York postal facility. Taliban officials
say Afghan opposition figure Abdul Haq captured and executed
for treason.
Region: Mysterious white powder found in bathroom at Jeff-Youngsville
High School turns out to be flour. A 15-year-old boy is arrested
and suspended from Tuxedo High School, accused of leaving pile
of powder below desk with note claiming it was anthrax. Warwick
Valley High School students are sent home after teacher finds
powdery substance on desk.
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Oct. 27
Between 5,000 and
10,000 Pakistanis join "jihad brigade" heading to
Afghanistan to fight holy war against United States.
Region: Memorial Mass for FDNY firefighter Carl Asaro held at
St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church in Bullville. Memorial service
for Michael Fodor of FDNY held at Christ Episcopal Church in
Warwick. People gather at Delano-Hitch Stadium to pay their
respects to Sept. 11 victims. More than 100 people in Kingston
hold rally against war in Afghanistan. |
Oct. 28
Gunmen storm Christian
church in Behawalpur, Pakistan, and kill minister and 15 others.
New Jersey postal worker diagnosed with inhalation anthrax.
Memorial service attended by victims' families held at Ground
Zero.
Region: New York City's DEP allocate $30 million to improve
security for the city's water supply.
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Oct. 29
U.S. aircraft intensify
strikes around strategic northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-e-Sharif.
Traces of anthrax found in mailrooms of Supreme Court, State
Department and Health Department. Two new cases of anthrax reported
in New Jersey, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 15.
Region: Memorial service for FDNY firefighter Gregg Atlas held
at St. Albert's Chapel at National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel in Middletown. Sen. Charles Schumer visits Valley Central
Middle School in Montgomery to field students' questions on
terrorism. An anthrax scare closes Livingston Manor Central
School. |
Oct. 30
The Federal Aviation
Administration imposes flight restrictions around U.S. nuclear
plants and advises 103 nuclear facilities to fortify security.
Alert warnings issued on Oct. 29 are based on information from
Canadian intelligence officials. British PM Tony Blair arrives
in Syria to help in Middle East peace efforts. U.S. jets pound
several areas held by the Taliban. A huge explosion north of
Kabul creates a massive mushroom cloud. The Pentagon says it
has a small number of ground troops in Afghanistan to coordinate
air strikes and to open lines of communication. A Manhattan
hospital worker with inhalation anthrax is "struggling
for survival."
Region: Memorial service for Peter Freund of FDNY at St. John's
Lutheran Church, Middletown. If unidentified white powder pops
up at Sullivan County BOCES, officials announce they would seal
off the area, call local law enforcement, and carry on as usual
until getting further instruction. The Army National Guard announces
it will send an estimated 200 soldiers to relieve manpower overloads
at West Point. |
Oct. 31
The French newspaper
Le Figaro claims that Osama bin Laden stayed for 10 days in
a Dubai hospital in July, 2001, for treatment of a serious kidney
ailment. Under heavy security, two armored vehicles transport
$200 million in gold from a vault in the Bank of Nova Scotia,
located in the ruins of the World Trade Center. Taliban forces
in northern Afghanistan are hit with heavy bombardment from
B-52 bombers, indicating possible preparedness for Northern
Alliance troop movements on Taliban positions. A New York City
hospital worker dies from inhaled anthrax, becoming the first
anthrax death not linked to the postal service or the news media.
Region: To keep their own officers and other personnel from
harm, Middletown police ask that people who receive suspicious
packages to leave them in a bin outside the police station on
James Street.
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Nov. 1
The FBI announces
it has alerted law enforcement agencies in eight western U.S.
states that it has unconfirmed information terrorists may be
targeting suspension bridges on the West Coast. Pakistani press
sources say the Taliban have arrested 25 followers of tribal
leader Hamid Karzai and plan to execute them. American warplanes
attack Kabul for the first time in four days, striking targets
at the northern edge of the capital. The fear of anthrax spreads
to the U.S. Midwest with a preliminary finding of contamination
at a Kansas City postal facility.
Region: FAA issues no-fly zone near nuclear power plants, including
Indian Point in Buchanan. The U.S. Military Academy at West
Point pub- lishes "Afghanistan, a Regional Geography,"
a 116-page, fact-packed handbook.
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Nov. 2
Homeland Defense Secretary
Tom Ridge issues an "indefinite" high alert against
an undefined terrorist attack. Hundreds of New York firemen
march to Ground Zero in an emotional protest over Mayor Giuliani's
decision to scale back the number of workers searching for victims.
U.S. B-52 bombers continue carpet bombing front-line Taliban
troops. Hamid Karzai, previously announced as captured, allegedly
escapes the custody of the Taliban. A U.S. special forces helicopter
crashes in bad weather in Afghanistan. The injured crew members
are rescued by another helicopter on the same mission. The downed
chopper is later destroyed by F-14 jets. |
Nov. 3
Senior British officials
say that coalition forces are about to mount the first significant
ground offensive in an attempt to establish a "humanitarian
bridgehead" in a corridor from Uzbekistan through enemy
positions in northern Afghanistan in support of Northern Alliance
forces. U.S. jets continue to blast Taliban strongholds on Afghanistan's
two main battle fronts. Al-Jazeera TV broadcasts another taped
message from Osama bin Laden, in which he warns Arab leaders
not to back the efforts of the United Nations. Bin Laden says
any Muslim who supports UN initiatives will be considered an
"infidel."
Region: Memorial service for firefighter Paul G. Ruback at St.
Patrick's Church, Newburgh. Funeral Mass for firefighter John
Giordano at Sacred Heart Church in Newburgh.
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Timeline: 9.11.01 - 11.11.01