News digest: Sept. 13, 2001

The day's events | Losses

THE DAY'S EVENTS

• Searchers find the flight data recorder from United Flight 93, which crashed in rural Pennsylvania.

• The U.S. Secret Service expands its security perimeter around the White House.

• New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso says the stock market will reopen Monday at 9:30 a.m.

• Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf says that his country will aid in efforts to find and punish those involved in the terrorist attacks.

• Attorney General John Ashcroft says at least 18 hijackers were aboard the four airliners that were part of Tuesday's terrorist attacks. He also says the FBI is working on "thousands and thousands of leads" in the investigation of the attacks.

• The New York City Medical Examiner's office requests more body bags to increase its supply to nearly 11,000.

• The National Football League cancels all weekend games.

• President Bush speaks with New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and New York Gov. George Pataki via conference call, says he will visit New York tomorrow.

• U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta says U.S. airspace will reopen to commercial traffic at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Airports will be opened only after they meet new tighter security guidelines. "We will not let this enemy win the war by restricting our freedom of mobility."

• FBI officials say they are still looking for the black box of United Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania. They announce the plane was headed in "an easterly direction."

• Bond trading resumed Thursday for the first time in two days as the financial markets began limited operations.

• The FBI is tracking as many as 50 people they believe may have been involved in the planning and execution of Tuesday's attacks.

• Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement said that Saudi exile Osama bin Laden has denied any role in Tuesday's terrorist attacks.

• The area of the Pentagon where search and rescue activities have been underway was briefly evacuated because of a bomb threat.

• Authorities shut down New York's Staten Island at 8 a.m. on Thursday to search for a vehicle.