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At mosques and synagogues, templesand town halls, airport terminals andgrocery stores, thousands of people aroundPuget Sound joined yesterday’s nationalday of prayer and remembrance andmoment of silence for the victims ofTuesday’s terrorist attacks.
I n years past, Seattle’s Westlake Plazawas often filled with people protesting
against war and America’s involvement inother countries.
Yesterday was far different.Thousands of people filled the down-
town square to em-brace their country, tocomfort their fellowAmericans in a time ofcrisis.
Many came wrappedin American flags orwearing some previ-ously out-of-fashionstar-spangled garb.They joined hands inprayer and sang “GodBless America.”
They erupted incheer when a giantAmerican flag was un-
furled from an arch made by two laddertrucks of the Seattle Fire Department, andwhen local political leaders spoke of patrio-tism and of vanquishing those responsiblefor Tuesday’s attack.
“I tell you something today. I fear noone,” said King County Executive RonSims. “I believe my child is safe. I will go to
America unites‘Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time.’ – President Bush
‘Americans don’t ever bow down to evil. . . . We will find justice.’ – Ron Sims, King County executive
C H A R L I E N E I B E R G A L L / T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S S
In Des Moines, Iowa, people hold hands during a noontime service for the victims of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. Similar services were held across the country.
THE NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
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Thousandsjoin hands,find comfort
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TERROR IN AMERICAComplete coverage:
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A Washington Post story on Page One insome editions of yesterday’s SeattleTimes, about two groups of men detainedThursday at New York airports out of fearsthey might be intending to hijack airplanes,contained errors.
The men were not armed, as the Postreported based on government sources.Reports that the men carried certificatesfrom a flight-training school attended bysome of the hijackers in Tuesday’s terror-ist attacks, also were erroneous.
Some circumstances were still unclearlast night. One man, originally believed tobe trying to impersonate a pilot but latercleared, was arrested last night as a mate-rial witness. Story, A 2.
CorrectionDetention reportcontained errors
BY TIM JONESChicago Tribune
A grieving nation paused yesterday to honor itsdead and mobilize against a still-unnamed enemy asPresident Bush declared a national emergency,opening the way for the military to call up as manyas 50,000 reservists beginning as early as this week-end.
In Washington, D.C., the Senate cleared the wayfor the president to use force against those respon-sible for this week’s terrorist attacks on the WorldTrade Center and the Pentagon.
Both houses of Congress unanimously approved$40 billion to track down the culprits and to provideaid to New York City as it struggles to recover fromthe deaths of thousands and paralysis of its financialcenter.
The officially designated national day of prayerand remembrance began with a powerfully symbolicshow of national unity, as Bush appeared with four ofthe last five former presidents — Ford, Carter, Bushand Clinton — at Washington’s cavernous National
Bush lifts spirits in New York
D O U G M I L L S / T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S S
President Bush greets New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, left, and New York Gov. George Patakiat McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., yesterday. Bush toured the site of the World Trade Center disaster.
President OKs call-up of as many as 50,000 reservists
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