Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the region's airports, bus stations and entertainment venues have tightened security. Counties are beefing up emergency response plans.
Hospitals are prepared to respond to bioterrorist attacks.
And schools are double-checking their already elaborate security systems. S.J. attack victims mourned at service About 1,400 bowed their heads in prayer Tuesday night at a memorial Mass for the 21 people with South Jersey ties who were killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The United States hit Afghanistan with a third day of airstrikes, destroying Taliban air defenses, radars and airports to the extent that American warplanes can fly virtually unchallenged night and day, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Spokesman for bin Laden renews call for holy war against the U.S. Osama bin Laden's spokesman issued a strident, televised appeal Tuesday for Muslims around the world to rise in a global holy war against the United States and its interests everywhere. Local schools help kids deal with attacks, strikes Like many people, students and teachers at Osage and Hamilton schools in Voorhees felt helpless in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.