Wikileaks Publishes 570,000 Messages Capturing Chaos Of 9/11 -- The Guardian
• Website reveals archive of pager communications
• Files give new insight into trauma of day's events
The mental and emotional storm that struck America on 11 September 2001 with the attacks on New York and Washington has been recreated with the release of more than half a million pager messages sent on that day.
The whistleblowing website Wikileaks published the messages over a 24-hour period beginning on Tuesday at dawn, releasing them in batches in chronological order as if in real time. The massive archive includes thousands of messages from US officials including Pentagon workers and New York police, as well as members of the public from all over America, which together provide an insight into the initial chaos and confusion, followed by a dawning horror as 9/11 unfolded.
More News On The Release of 9/11 Messages
Website Wikileaks publishes '9/11 messages' -- BBC
Activist group posting 573,000 9/11 pager messages -- AP
Pager Messages Sent During WTC Attacks Posted Online -- FOX News
Web site posts what it says are half million text messages from 9/11 -- CNN
Egads! Confidential 9/11 Pager Messages Disclosed -- CBS
Wikileaks publishes 500,000 pager messages sent on 9/11 -- The Telegraph
My Comment: This is an extraordinary accomplishment. Decades (if not centuries) from now future generations will be reading and trying their best to understand what happened that day. Kudos to Wikileaks for doing this project.