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US authorities yesterday issued advice to stranded Americans running out of money after airlines stopped picking up the bills for diverted passengers.
On Tuesday, five US-bound flights had to land in Bermuda as US airports shut down after plane hijac...
DATE: Sep 13, 2001
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Security is to be beefed up at the American Consulate in a $1 million-plus revamp, Acting Consul Jennifer Schools said yesterday.
She refused to say when the armed Police presence, deployed in response to the attacks in America on Tuesday, would be r...
DATE: Sep 13, 2001
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Businessman Gavin Mailer told The Royal Gazette that "as far as I'm concerned, this is the safest place to be" after his British Airways flight from London to Miami was diverted to the Island.
Mr. Mailer, 49, was one of hundreds of visitors diverted ...
DATE: Sep 12, 2001
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Tourism Minister David Allen praised the people of Bermuda last night for selflessly springing into action following the tragic terrorist attacks in the US - and warned that Bermudians could have been killed or injured in the disasters.
He spoke to T...
DATE: Sep 12, 2001
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Staff at the Island's biggest hotel pulled out all the stops yesterday to welcome more than 700 diverted passengers who were en route to the disaster-struck US.
Everyone from accountants to maintenance workers were cleaning rooms and preparing the Fa...
DATE: Sep 12, 2001
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Armed Police rushed to protect the airport and the US Consulate yesterday as Government sought to snuff out any threat of a local repeat of yesterday's carnage in the US.
Around 175 Regiment soldiers were called up as Government acted to calm fears.
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DATE: Sep 12, 2001
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A Bermuda-bound flight out of Toronto was immediately ordered to land as news broke that two hijacked planes had reduced the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center to fiery rubble yesterday.
Air Canada flight 942 was diverted to Norfolk, Virgin...
DATE: Sep 12, 2001
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Airport officials will meet again today to find out when American carriers can begin flying again so that the airport can effectively re-open.
Acting Operations manager Michael Osborn said last night that the operation to absorb nine diverted US-boun...
DATE: Sep 12, 2001
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Bermudians described how New York's World Trade Center collapsed into downtown Manhattan yesterday morning after two hijacked airliners crashed into the twin 122-storey towers, causing massive damage.
"People will never forget this day. The buildings...
DATE: Sep 12, 2001
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At least one Bermudian is missing following yesterday's devastating attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
Aon Bermuda employee Rhondell Tankard was on a secondment in the insurance giant's New York headquar...
DATE: Sep 12, 2001
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