BREAKING NEWS 

AMERICA UNDER ATTACK
This morning at 8:45 a.m. EDT, (about 3AM NZ time) the first of two airliners crashed into the World Trade Center, opening a horrifying and apparently coordinated terrorist attack on the United States, which saw the collapse of the two 110-story towers into surrounding Manhattan streets and a later attack on the Pentagon.
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COMPLETE COVERAGE:
* Chronology of terror
* World Trade Center collapses after planes hit, 10,000 emergency workers head to scene
* Pentagon collapses after plane crashes into it; White House, Capitol evacuated
* American, United both confirm losing two planes each. The American planes alone held about 150 people.
* President Bush: U.S. will "punish those responsible" | Statement

SPECIAL REPORT
U.S. SCENE:
* FAA grounds all U.S. flights, sends trans-Atlantic flights to Canada
* Sen. John McCain calls attacks 'act of war'
* U.S. Navy vessels deploy off East Coast
* Kennedy Space Center, LAX, Disney Florida parks closed
WORLD SCENE:
* Israel evacuates embassies
* Taliban issues statement to tell U.S. 'Afghanistan feels your pain'
* World shock over U.S. attacks
* Evacuations amid world chaos
* Middle East, Asia condemn attacks
* Non-essential NATO employees asked to leave Brussels HQ
RESCUE AND AFTERMATH:
* Giuliani: 1,500 'walking wounded' in New York City
* Washington, D.C., hospitals report 53 casualties, no fatalities as rescue efforts continue

Photographs from New York