The Aftermath at a Glance
FINANCIAL EFFECT
Bad signs: Lower Manhattan has become a corporate wasteland. If it’s permanent, as some fear, the New York economy is in big, big trouble.
Fear of flying: Las Vegas is taking a big hit because of a plunge in tourism revenue, as the city and the state of Nevada adjust to a flailing economy.
GLOBAL EFFECT
A blessing: The Vatican, which opposed the Gulf War, appears ready to give its blessing to a limited armed action against terrorism.
THE INQUIRIES
Chess game: U.S. officials believe Osama bin Laden long ago began orchestrating a counterpunch to certain retaliation.
New weakness: The terrorists also expose another U.S. weakness: the nation’s visa-granting and immigration regimen.
THE TOLL
World Trade Center: 309 confirmed dead, including those on the hijacked planes, and 5,641 missing.
Pentagon: 189 dead, including those aboard the hijacked plane.
In Pennsylvania: 44 dead on the hijacked plane.
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