The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 21, 2001-- 7A Number o missing in New York tops 6,000 NEW YORK (AP)-- The number of missing in America's worst terrorist attack soared yester- day to 6,333, with hundreds of foreigners added to the list of victims feared dead beneath the crumbled World Trade Center. The number had been 5,422 for several days. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said the sudden jump reflected reports of foreigners buried after two hijacked jetliners brought down the twin towers Sept. 11. The mayor has said there is little chance of finding anyone alive. The last survivor was found the day after the crashes. The news was an unwelcome jolt on a day when the city had edged closer to normalcy, with the small steps of children walking back into schools and the return of traffic to the Brooklyn Bridge. The exception was at Ground Zero, where res- cue workers toiled in vain for a ninth straight day as rain and wind kicked up the grit. Forty U.S. senators got a firsthand look at the devastation, then headed to Washington for President Bush's address to a joint session of Congress. Earlier in the day, Giuliani acknowledged that the 2,000-degree fire caused by the explosions of the two planes and the implosion of the 110- story towers make it likely that some victims will never be recovered. "Even weeks ahead, while we're removing stuff, obviously we're going to be looking," Giu- liani said. "Right now, the possibility still remains. They're slim, but they still remain." In all, 63 countries are believed to have vic- tims in the rubble. According to the mayor, the British consulate said 250 British citizens were missing. Officials at other consulates also provided grim numbers yesterday: Germany, 120 to 150 missing, four confirmed dead; India, 91 missing; Canada, 35 to 50 missing; Japan, 24; Australia, 20, with three dead; Colombia, 20 missing, with one dead; and Philippines, 19 missing. The bodies of 241 people have been found so far. Of those, 170 have been identified by the coroner. There were funerals yesterday for eight of the more than 300 city firefighters lost in the attack. Still, the curtain of sadness that has enveloped New York since the attacks parted a bit yesterday, as thousands of students who were driven from their classrooms near the Trade Center by the. attack went back to school in classrooms away from the devastation. "I'm excited to be back," said kindergartner Jason Brilliant as he arrived at Public School 3 in Greenwich Village. "It was a long time because the World Trade Center went 'boom."' The Brooklyn Bridge - a pathway to safety for thousands as they fled the collapsing Trade Center - reopened two Manhattan-bound lanes to automobile traffic for the first time since the attack. The delegation of senators, including Majority Leader Tom Daschle and Minority Leader Trent Lott, visited the Trade Center'site for a look at the ruins. "We're here because we recognize this loss must be shared not only by New Yorkers, but by all Americans," said Daschle (D-S.D.). The group pledged to help the city recover and rebuild. Last week, Congress approved a $40 bil- lion package that includes help for New York, and the Bush administration has pledged to cover all cleanup costs. "I've never seen anything comparable to what we've seen here today, the magnitude of it," said Lott (R-Miss.). "It's so important that we come and see what we're dealing with." Larry Silverstein, leader of a consortium that took over a 99-year, S3.2 billion lease on the complex in July, said he intends to rebuild - but not "a carbon copy of what was." Instead, he may construct four 50-story buildings. The mayor said 6,291 people were injured in the attack and more than 80 area hospitals treated people afterward. At least 30 remained hospitalized at five Man- hattan hospitals that saw the majority of patients following the attack. Hijackers enjoyed normal final days They frequented a pizza parlor, talked baseball, worked out at gyms in Maryland and Florida. One scanned titles at an adult video store, but made no pur- chases. Another dropped in for coffee and cookies with his apartment manager. As they meticulously prepared for their cataclysmic strike against America, the 19 suicide hijackers spent months experiencing some of the most ordinary facets of American life. They used fitness clubs to steel themselves for com- bat, public library computers for research or e-mail contacts, credit cards to finance some of their opera- tions. Some of the men are now remembered as nervous or standoffish; others as polite, even gentle. For the Americans who encountered them, as neighbors or merchants or instructors, the belated knowledge of their mission is chilling. Randy Baines lived at the same long-term hotel in Boynton Beach, Fla., this summer as a man who called himself Waleed Alshehri, allegedly one of the hijackers on American Airlines Flight 11 that hit the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. Baines, a 48-year-old carpenter, talked about foot- ball and baseball with Alshehri, who appeared to be a Florida Marlins fan. "He was a really nice guy, very hospitable," Baines said. "But if he was involved in one of those planes crashes, I hope he goes to hell." Gene LaMott, president of the chain that runs Gold's Gym in Greenbelt, Md., said he was sickened. by the revelation that the five suspected hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77, which hit the Pentagon, worked out at the gym between Sept. 2 and 6. Three of the men bought weeklong memberships; two paid by the day to work out with weights and exercise machines. They signed the register with what appeared to be their real names - Hani Hanjour, Majed Moqed, Khalid Al-Midhar, Nawaq Alhamzi, Salem Alhamzi - although the FBI said yesterday that some of the hijackers' identities are now in ques- tion. LaMott said a gym employee told him one of the men "had a wad of cash" used to pay for the work- outs. The employee "made an effort to sell him a longer-term membership, but they were pretty strong that they just needed a week membership," LaMott said. Other residents in the suburbs near Washington, D.C:, recalled the men eating several times at a pizze- ria in a shopping center in Laurel, Md. One of the men, Moqed, was seen in two stores perusing adult videos and books, although employees say he made no purchases. Two of the suspects, identified as Al-Midhar and Nawaq Alhamzi, lived in San Diego last year while taking flight lessons. A manager at the apartment complex where they lived recalled Alhamzi as a model tenant, always prompt with rent, who stopped by at least once for coffee and cookies. Alhamzi later rented a room at the home of Abdus- sattar Shaikh, a Muslim leader in San Diego. Shaikh helped Alhamzi open an account at a Bank of Ameri- ca branch, and also helped him post a personal ad on the Internet after Alhamzi expressed a wish to marry. The ad drew no responses. Like Alhamzi, a suspected hijacker called Ziad Jar- rahi seemed congenial. "The nicest guy in the world. Very humble, very soft-spoken," said Bert Rodriguez, who owns the U.S. 1 Fitness Centers in Dania, Fla., and was Jarrahi's per- sonal trainer. Lance Cpl. James Kenyon says good-bye to his one-month-old son Tommy as his wife Mitzy fights back tears. Kenyon left Camp Lejeune, N.C., yesterday for a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. " 9 *Military forces ready to fight McGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, N.J. (AP) - Military troops across the country scrambled into action yester- day, stuffing belongings into duffel bags and saying sad goodbyes to loved ones as they prepared for what they've been told will be a long battle against terrorism. More than 2,000 Marines shipped out from Camp Lejeune, N.C., for a long-planned tour of the Mediter- ranean that could turn into a mission against terrorists. "If Marines are called upon in the Mediterranean, we would be the first to go," said Col. Andrew Frick, com- mander of the 26th Marine Expedi- tionary Unit. "We are the point on the spear." His 2,200 Marines and sailors said goodbye to loved ones, then loaded bulging duffel bags, helmets and rifles onto buses and helicopters for a trip to the docks. Among them was Staff Sgt. Reuben Long of Danville, Iowa, who REGENTS * Continued from Page 1A Bollinger said. Last Tuesday's vigil, which drew 15,000 people to the Diag, was the first expression of the University and the surrounding community's "sense of loss and desire to do something," he said. Bollinger also highlighted the numerous gatherings, including dis- cussion panels and other candlelight vigils. Harper called notice to the Universi- ty's counseling services and the efforts in residence halls. The regents also moved ahead with regular business, unanimously approv- ing the schematic design for the new Biomedical Sciences Research Build- ing and giving the go-ahead for exca- vation for utilities to begin on the site. said goodbye to his 16-month-old daughter, Madison, outside a barracks. "I love you," he whispered repeated- ly, kissing the baby's face as his wife, Heather, watched. Then he grabbed his M-16 rifle and pack and jumped aboard a bus. The Air Force has been ordered to dispatch more than 100 fighters, B-I and B-52 bombers and tankers to the Persian Gulf as part of the first phase of President Bush's war on terrorism. The Pentagon also said 5,131 mem- bers of the Air Force National Guard and Air Force Reserve have been ordered to active duty. Air refueling tankers took off from Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Wash., and deployment orders went to both of North Dako- ta's air bases, Minot and Grand Forks. Fighter jets and 100 members of the Air National Guard were called up at Buckley Air Force Base outside Denver. The five-story building is designed to foster a sense of community, said Todd Schliemann, a partner with New York City-based Polshek Partnership Architects, the firm that designed the building. Schliemann presented renderings detailing the interior and exterior of the building. It will feature an atrium that divides office space from laborato- ry space running the entire height of the building. The atrium divides office space from laboratory space, and bridges carry people from one to the other. The result is an open environ- ment where people can see each other on all different floors. "There is so much excitement about this project, especially in the Medical School, that we wish it were available now," said University Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs Gilbert Omenn. BUSH Continued from Page 1A cy, was in the vice president's customary seat behind Bush. Robert Byrd (D- WVa.), next in line as the Senate presi- dent pro-tem, sat beside Hastert. Health and Human Services Secre- tary Tommy Thompson was the Cabi- net member who, by custom, watched from a secure location. Bush relegated today's terrorists to the ranks of the 20th century's evil forces: "By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions - by aban- doning every value except the will to power - they follow in the path of fascism and Nazism and totalitarian- ism. And they will follow that path all the way to where it ends, in history's unmarked grave of discarded lives." In the nationally televised prime- time address, his fourth since taking office only eight months ago, Bush tried to explain to a horrified nation the hatred of its enemies. "The terrorists' directive commands them to kill Christians and Jews, to kill all Americans and make no distinctions among military and civilians, including women and children," Bush said. Even as he spoke of wiping out ter- rorism, Bush conceded that the violent extremists had already extracted a heavy toll. "Great harm has been done to us. We have suffered great loss and in our grief and anger we have found our mission and our moment. Freedom and fear are at war," he said. While cautioning that Americans need to remain on alert, Bush said, "It is my hope that in the months and years ahead, life will return almost to normal." He asked for patience. He warned of more casualties. This war against elusive terrorists, he said, "will not look like the air war above Kosovo two years ago, where no ground troops were used and not a sin- gle American was lost in combat." SCongregation Seed of Abraham Zera AVraham A MessIankclewish Congregation Services Sabbath - Saturdays at 10 am Rosh HaShana-Mon.9/17,7:30pm Tues. 911 81aam Yom Kippur - Wed. 9/26, 8pm Thurs. 9/27, 10am Meeting at 3630 Plaza Drive in the Airport Plaza south of Briarwood TEACH-IN Continued from Page 1A "I love my hijab - it has made my life more peaceful and fulfilling," Ibrahim said. Due to what he called the one-sided media coverage of Palestinians' reac- tions to last week's terrorist attacks in the U.S., Students Allied for Freedom and Equality member Fadi Kiblawi, an LSA junior, asked listeners to "think slowly, rationally and very carefully when we formulate our ideas about what should happen." Jackson urged students to seriously think about last week's events. "Sept. I11 has changed us perma- BUSES Continued from Page 1A campus, you've lost all that time again." A pilot run was made before the Miami (Ohio) game Sept. 1, with buses stopping at Bursley Residence Hall every 20 minutes. Nolan said the additional buses made it possible for 990 students to nently and it's up to us whether that change will be a positive or negative one," Jackson said. Jackson said Muslims who engage in terrorism or a rhetoric of terrorism are perverting Islam. "The killing of innocent peoples is forbidden by the law of Islam and it has been from the beginning of Islam," Jackson said. Many people came to the teach-in with little or no understanding of Islam. "I came here because for the first time ever I felt there was some hostili- ty between me and a best friend who is Arabic, and I wanted to get a different perspective on Islam," said Jennifer Sinclair, a Livonia high school student. get to Central Campus in a "reason- able" amount of time. "It was an amazing success," Nolan said. "All it took was someone bring- ing a student concern to the University, which is something we are trying to do this year." Brown said there is also a possibility that bus service may be extended for the basketball season. Anti-war rally on Diug attracts counteprotesters RALLY Continued from Page 1A BAMN supporter Jodie Masley said even though she lost an uncle in the World Trade Center attack, she does not support military action. "It's appalling to me that people would use the suffering of the people who died to justify an unjust war," Masley said. "An escalation of the same U.S. foreign policy that led to these attacks will mean a further esca- lation of reciprocity and an increased of hostility towards our country." LSA senior Peter Apel, chairman of Young Americans for Freedom, said he feels that people are more focused on the peripheral issues than the fact nothing to do with this," Apel said. "On the way here this morning, I heard them on the radio, and they were talking about this event in total disgust. That's the general sentiment outside of campus. This demonstration brought disgrace on the campus in the eyes of the public," YAF supporter and LSA sophomore Jon Book said. Philosophy Prof. Rachana Kaun- tekar said she attended the rally to protest the idea of war. "I'm here today because I want the United States to not go to war and not to escalate the attacks on inno- cent civilians that I'm afraid will continue," Kauntekar said. Dawn Wolf, from the Green Party of Michigan, also spoke out against war. - V ~ m.