The people of this country were shocked today by an horrific attack on our people and two symbols of our country: The World Trade Center and The Pentagon. As the Phoenix Guide, I cannot possibly provide you with more information than the news agencies can, but I thought I would provide some links to the best coverage that is available on the Internet. These are the online news services that do not charge to access their sites:

News Services

CNN

The Washington Post

The New York Times

USA Today

Los Angeles Times

The Arizona Republic

About Guides Providing Coverage

U.S. Government Information

About Today

If you are concerned about loved ones that may have been aboard any of the four planes that crashed today, here are the flight numbers and contact phone numbers:

United Airlines, Flight 11, from Boston to Los Angeles
United Airlines, Flight 93, from Newark to San Francisco
American Airlines, Flight 175, from Boston to Los Angeles
American Airlines, Flight 77, from Dulles to Los Angeles

American Airlines: 800-245-0999
United Airlines: 800-932-8555

Phoenix-specific news:

• As of this writing Sky Harbor International Airport is closed and will be until at least 6p.m. today. Do not even think about going to the airport today to leave on a flight.
• The Federal Building downtown was evacuated as a precaution at about 8:30 this morning. They do not yet know when it will reopen.
• State offices are open.
• Schools are open.
• The Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant is under heightened alert.
• Luke AFB is under heightened alert.
• Both Bank of America and Wells Fargo employees in downtown buildings have been told they can go home.

When unthinkable things happen, good people will band together to overcome the challenges. Americans do just that. If you want to communicate with other Arizonans who have posted messages in the Phoenix forum, you can get to the forum by clicking here.

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