Terrorist Attacks Cause Massive Loss of Life, Property

Tuesday, September 11th, 2001 — The devastating terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C. and elsewhere in the country today have taken an unknown number of human lives and caused an enormous amount of property damage.

The Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center were hit and severely damaged by two planes around 9 a.m. EST this morning, and later in the morning both towers collapsed in a heap of rubble. A plane also crashed into the Pentagon in Washington. A fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania.

A number of insurance companies and associations have offices in and around the World Trade Center complex. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners office at the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan was in Building 7, which was not one of the two towers hit this morning by suicide plane attacks, a representative for the Kansas City. Mo.-based group said.