By The Daily Star (NY) AP Wire

	Terrorist Hijacked Four Airline Jets That Crashed Into Both World Trade Center - Twin Towers In New York City, And A Third Plane Crash Into The Pentagon In Washington D.C. And A Fourth Plane Went Down South Of Pittsburgh. (AP Photo)

NEW YORK (AP) — News Update 4:06 ET -- The News Report Said They Are About 50,000 People In The Two Trade Center Twin Towers. The Four Airliners Flights that crash are:

Flight 77 had 77 passengers and 6 crew
Flight 11 had 81 passengers and 11 crew
Flight 93 had 38 passengers and 7 crew
Flight 175 had 56 passengers and 9 crew

Flight 77 went down at the Pentagon
Flight 11 went down at the Trade Center
Flight 93 went down at South of Pittsburgh
Flight 175 went down at the Trade Center

In one of the most audacious attacks ever against the United States, terrorists hijacked Four airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center in a coordinated series of blows Tuesday that brought down the twin 110-story towers. A plane also slammed into the Pentagon, bringing the seat of government itself under attack, and a fourth plane went down south of Pittsburgh.

Thousands could be dead or injured, a high-ranking city police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Authorities had been trying to evacuate those who work in the twin towers, but many were thought to have been trapped. About 50,000 people work at the Trade Center and tens of thousands of others visit each day.

American Airlines said its two hijacked planes were carrying a total of 156 people. Two United airliners carrying a total of 110 passengers also crashed — one outside Pittsburgh, the other in a location not immediately identified.

``This is perhaps the most audacious terrorist attack that's ever taken place in the world,'' said Chris Yates, an aviation expert at Jane's Transport in London. ``It takes a logistics operation from the terror group involved that is second to none. Only a very small handful of terror groups is on that list. ... I would name at the top of the list Osama bin Laden.''

President Bush ordered a full-scale investigation to ``hunt down the folks who committed this act.''

Within the hour, the Pentagon took a direct, devastating hit from an aircraft. The fiery crash collapsed one side of the five-sided structure.

The White House, the Pentagon and the Capitol were evacuated along with other federal buildings in Washington and New York.

Authorities in Washington immediately began deploying troops, including an infantry regiment. The Situation Room at the White House was in full operation. And authorities went on alert from coast to coast, U.S. and Canadian borders were sealed, all air traffic across the country was halted, and security was tightened at strategic installations.

``This is the second Pearl Harbor. I don't think that I overstate it,'' said Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.

In June, a U.S. judge had set this Wednesday as the sentencing date for a bin Laden associate for his role in the bombing of a U.S. embassy in Tanzania that killed 213 people. The sentencing had been set for the federal courthouse near the World Trade Center. No one from the U.S. attorney's office could be reached Tuesday to comment on whether the sentencing was still on.

In the West Bank city of Nablus, thousands of Palestinians celebrated Tuesday's attacks, chanting ``God is Great'' and distributing candy to passers-by.