2001 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

NEW YORK CITY (BP)--It was the day after the crash of United Airlines Flight 587, and as family members of the victims gathered at one end of the Jacob K. Javitz Convention center a team of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers delivered and quickly spread 200 plush toys around a small child-care center inside. While the parents gathered for an informational meeting on dealing with identifying remains and other grisly and painful details, the idea was to give the children a small reminder from individuals across the United States and Canada that they do not stand alone.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--While it will never rival a pocket New Testament for witnessing, D. James Kennedy's tiny new book, "Why was America Attacked?" packs a lot of evangelistic punch in its 64 pages.

      ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (BP)--In learning that Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have taken Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer with them in vacating the nation's capital, Kabul, a minister from the aid workers' Texas church said he continues to believe God has control of the situation.
      Curry and Mercer were taken to another city after opposition forces took control of Kabul at dawn Nov. 13, according to reports carried by the Associated Press, Reuters News Service and The Washington Post.
      "It's an anxious time in one sense, but once you get past that first shock, there's a peace that the Lord is still in control," said Danny Mulkey, assistant pastor of Antioch Community Church in Waco, Texas. "We're sure hoping we get some kind of verification about where they are and that they're okay."

KENNER, La. (BP)--This missionary ticked me off the other day. In a letter home to friends and supporters, this Christian worker in a heavily Muslim country, unnamed for security reasons, was making the point that we should not discriminate against all Arabs or Muslims for the work of a few terrorists. Okay, I can see that. Then the missionary said, "After all, those terrorists lived in the United States for many months prior to the Sept. 11 tragedies. Why didn't your church lead them to Christ while they were living in your city?"

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--During an emotional speech, a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary church history professor and retired brigadier general from the U.S. Army said the common denominator of those who died at the Pentagon Sept. 11 was, "They were all great Americans."

BLUEFIELD, Va. (BP)--Former Bluefield College criminal justice major Sarah Austin was back at her alma mater in October to speak as part of the school's Alumni Guest Lecture Series about her experiences as a traffic sergeant for the Pentagon Police -- and an eyewitness to the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--A father, mother and three small children. They add up to a family of five, but in the world's eyes the Richas aren't large enough or rich enough or famous enough to make a difference. Yet, faced with the greatest tragedy of this generation -- Sept. 11 -- this family felt it needed to do something, anything, to help, no matter how little.

BOCA RATON, Fla. (BP)--One Florida church has a sense of "double exposure" in the wake of Sept. 11's terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax scares.

NEW YORK CITY (BP)-The cross has been saved.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (BP)--As America joins other countries facing terrorism's reality, our nation's spirit cries out not just for justice but also for peace, understanding and a little joy.