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I^^^Ktorey's memory was honored at halftime
I ■ ITiduring the Oklahoma State loothall game
V/Ijast September at Kyle Field as part of the
125th anniversary of the Corps of Cadets,
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r cites the iiCer ter. He received his Ph.D from A&M in
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make any mares fcw ay. there is sense that they’ve had a full
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Florida Sun-Sentinel. ” When someone who’s
48 passes away, it’s hard to understand.”
Dickerson, from Durant, Miss., was a
member of the United States Army and was
working at his desk on the first floor when
the crash occurred. He earned his masters in
industrial engineering from A&M.
On a memorial Web site in his honor, his
sister Jackie Kish said, “As said by a fellow
military man, ‘if there were a definition of
Army values in the dictionary, Jerry D.
Dickerson’s picture would be by it.’ He
would be so proud of the patriotism that
Americans are showing today.”
In addition, the exhibit will feature a
piece of the Pentagon’s stone facade dam
aged during the attack and donated by Aggie
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and Pentagon employee Alvin Nieder.
“We just want to celebrate the anniver
sary and remember not only those killed in
the World Trade Center attacks, but all
Aggies who have lost their lives in the line
of duty,” said Keith Stephens, director of the
Corps of Cadets Center.
Also included will be pictures of Aggies
serving in the armed forces as part of
Operation Enduring Freedom, a computer
system listing the names of the victims of
the attack and an American flag flown over
Kandahar in an F-16 jet for the Corps of
Cadets. The exhibit will be on display the
rest of the year, Stephens said.
The ceremony will conclude with buglers
of the Aggie Band playing “Echo Taps.”
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Indonesia, were shut down due
to \s hat officials called credible
and specific information about
security threats.
^■Despite no evidence of a plot
against America, the Sept. 11
. ^anniversary and threats of car
whether & or odier attacks against
vk hx. ' nterests abroad made offi-
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; ^ higher threat status.
'^MM|^»*ush approved raising the
level from a “significant risk"
of attacks — code yellow — to
.a high danger of code orange. It
(is the highest alert level
imposed since the system was
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■“The United States govern-
ment has concluded, based on
OP 9 11 analysis and specific intelli-
LPHIA (AP -gence of possible attacks on
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■tting up *ar an< j citizens — both at home and
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j making g-of alert." Attorney General John
avaiiable Ashcroft said in announcing the
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day ^ ru Americans, a realization that there is an out-
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ficulty • in the wake of Sept. 11. America
L responded with a surge of patriotism and
r proximo urjjty across the nation. In a new generation
ve had a th a , has never experienced a full-scale war,
fected in 1 economic depression or national tragedy,
I as Sept young Americans learned what it meant to
get closer ' como together as a country in a time of
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acting to re* Bstudent Body President Zac Coventry
it," Pat^reliembers the unity involved in “Red,
, administra whole anc j blue-out,” A&M’s display of
tal health P palriotism at the Oklahoma State game on
ie Red 0° ; Sept. 22, when students and fans across
n PennsylvarKyle Field wore red, white and blue in a
Ve anticip* hold statement of support.
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k about wfrtoi stick together and get things done,”
riencing- Coventry said. “We stand behind our fellow
Americans.”
|A&M President and former CIA direc-
homeland security director.
A grim-faced Ashcroft said
U.S. intelligence, based on
information from a senior al-
Qaida operative in the last day
or so, believes terrorists operat
ing in several South Asian coun
tries hope to explode car bombs
or launch other attacks on U.S.
facilities abroad.
The plans are believed to be
linked directly to al-Qaida, rather
than one of its affiliates, said a
government official, who spoke
on condition of anonymity.
The al-Qaida operative who
provided some of the informa
tion has been in the custody of
an unidentified foreign country
for several months, but he has
not been publicly identified.
Ashcroft said the government
also has learned of plans in the
Middle East to launch one or
more suicide attacks against
U.S. interests. “At this time, we
have no specific information as
to where these attacks might
occur,” Ashcroft said.
The intelligence community
believes the most likely targets
at home and abroad are trans
portation and energy facilities or
other symbols of U.S. power,
such as military facilities,
embassies and national monu
ments, he said.
“In addition, U.S. intelli
gence has concluded that lower-
level al-Qaida operatives may
view the Sept. 1 I anniversary as
a suitable time to lash out in
even small strikes to demon-
Terror alert warning raised to orange
The Bush administration raised the nation's terror alert warning
to orange, signaling a “high risk” of attack ahead of the Sept. 11
anniversary.
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► Assign emergency
response personnel and
preposition specially
trained teams.
► Monitor, redirect or
constrain transportation
► Coordinate necessary
security efforts with armed
forces or law enforcement
agencies.
► Take additional
precaution at public events.
► Increase surveillance of
critical locations.
► Coordinate emergency
plans with nearby
jurisdictions.
► Assess further
refinement of protective
► Check communications
with designated
emergency response or
command locations.
► Review and update
► Refine and exercise
planned protective
measures.
► Ensure emergency
systems.
► Close public and
government facilities.
► Increase or redirect
personnel to address
critical emergency needs.
► Prepare to work at an
alternate site or with a
dispersed work force.
► Restrict access to
essential personnel only.
measures within the
context of the current threat
information.
► Implement, as
appropriate, contingency
and emergency response
plans.
emergency response
procedures.
► Provide the public with
necessary information.
personnel receive training.
► Assess facilities for
vulnerabilities and take
measures to reduce them.
SOURCE: The Office of Homeland Security
strate their worldwide presence
and resolve,” Ashcroft said.
“Widely dispersed, unso
phisticated strikes are possible.’’
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he warned.
U.S. officials found little sol
ace in the fact that the threats
focused on overseas targets.
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, Tor, Dr. Robert M. Gates, saw a reawakening
U^of[American spirit that had once seemed
H was not surprised by the reaction of
Americans,” Gates said. “I was most sur-
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considerable progress. Gates said, but
admitted that we are still at risk.
“I think another attack is inevitable; 1
have no doubt that they are trying to hit us
here again at home,” Gates said. “As long as
we are free, there will be people who want
to attack us.”
Gates called Sept. 11 a new kind of
attack that will require a new kind of
response.
• “The battlefield has changed,” said Bush
during a press conference with Great Britain
Prime Minister Tony Blair. “We are in a new
kind of war, and we’ve got to recognize
that.”
Several areas of security are still lacking
and put the U.S. at risk of another possible
attack. Dr. Charles F. Hermann, associate
dean in the George Bush school of govern
ment and Brent Scowcroft chair in interna
tional affairs, said containers entering the
country from foreign nations could pose a
serious threat to the United States.
Only a small percent of containers enter
ing the, country are thoroughly inspected,
leaving a window open that could allow
materials or bombs constructed by terrorists
into the United States, Hermann said.
While the government is concerned
about the problem, no short term solutions
are yet in sight, he said.
“The volume [of containers entering the
country) is simply too vast to permit inspec
tion of every container,” Hermann said.
“Trade would grind to a halt. That in turn
would devastate our economy.”
Animal-borne diseases also pose a threat,
said Bruce Lawhorn, a professor in the col
lege of veterinary medicine. Once a disease
such as foot and mouth disease is diagnosed
in the United States, Lawhorn said, we
won’t be able to export beef which would
devastate the economy.
Historian of technology and associate
professor of history Jonathan Coopersmith
said both social and technological failures
contributed to allow terrorists to carry out
their plan. There was a failure of social
organization in intelligence agencies, a fail
ure of the buildings’ structures and failure of
FAA policies that allow hijackers to take
over plane controls, Coopersmith said.
The government is now working to cor
rect these failures, he said, by paying more
attention to airport security, strengthening
buildings and allowing more communica
tion between intelligence agencies.
Coopersmith said that focus must also be
given to problems that have not yet come up,
such as the threat of bioterrorism.
“We need people and institutions in place
to deal with these kinds of problems,” he
said. “We need a robust public health infra
structure.”
As the United States continues its war on
terrorism and its efforts to ensure national
security, Americans remember the victims
and the tragedy their country suffered one
year ago while continuing their way of life.
“We were in shock,” Coventry said, “but
we’re starting to come to terms, we’re adapt
ing our lives.”
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