CBS Evening News - 2001-09-16

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[0:01] Total destruction.

[0:03] A new view of the horror. Our nation was

[0:05] horrified, but it's not going to be

[0:07] terrorized. As the death toll mounts,

[0:10] resolve strengthens. Spirit of democracy

[0:13] is stronger

[0:15] than these cowardly terrorists who

[0:17] attacked us.

[0:18] And in the churches, faith in

[0:21] resurrection.

[0:31] America rising.

[0:33] This is a special edition of the CBS

[0:35] Evening News. Dan Rather reporting. Good

[0:38] evening. On the sixth evening after the

[0:41] assassins' attacks, here's the latest.

[0:44] President Bush vows the United States

[0:46] will rid the world of evildoers.

[0:49] In the investigation, word that four

[0:51] people are now in custody.

[0:53] Pakistan tomorrow will deliver a warning

[0:55] to the Taliban. Hand over prime suspect

[0:58] Osama bin Laden.

[0:59] Bin Laden issues a public statement

[1:01] denying any personal responsibility.

[1:05] At ground zero in New York, the official

[1:07] number of missing soars above 5,000.

[1:11] While the mayor of New York says the

[1:13] city will be ready for business

[1:14] tomorrow.

[1:16] The number of missing in the mass grave

[1:18] that is lower Manhattan's ground zero

[1:21] grew to almost 5,100 today.

[1:24] CBS's Byron Pitts is there with new

[1:27] pictures that show anew the incredible

[1:30] damage in sickening clarity. Byron.

[1:35] Well, Dan, not far from here, a passerby

[1:37] found the passport of one of the

[1:39] hijackers. Evidence this disaster scene

[1:42] is also a crime scene.

[1:48] Above that hole in the hell that is now

[1:50] lower Manhattan, rescue teams work in

[1:53] and around a crater seven stories deep.

[1:56] 16 solid acres of twisted steel and

[1:58] crumpled concrete. Authorities believe

[2:01] when the two airline jets crashed into

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