Communications
Cell phones and in-plane credit card phones played a major role during and after the attack, starting with hijacked passengers who called family or notified the authorities about what was happening. Passengers and crew who made calls include Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham, Peter Hanson, Jeremy Glick, Barbara K. Olson, Madeline Amy Sweeney After the attack, the cell phone network of New York City was rapidly overloaded as traffic doubled over normal levels. Since three of the major broadcast networks had their transmission tower atop the North Tower (One World Trade Center), coverage was limited after the collapse of the tower. Emergency relief efforts in both Lower Manhattan and at the Pentagon were augmented by volunteer amateur radio operators in the weeks after the attacks. After the planes struck the World Trade Center, people inside made calls to loved ones; in many cases, the last ever heard from them. AT&T eliminated any costs for domestic calls originating from the New York City area (212/718/917/646/347) in days following.
Encyclopedia - Books - Religion - Message Boards - Links - Home
Wikipedia content is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.