Extras on Terrorist Attack at NYC's Twin Towers

By: Joe Strupp The terrorist attack on New York's World Trade Center Tuesday sparked differing approaches at daily newspapers around the city. While the New York Post and Newsday planned to print special editions in the afternoon, the New York Daily News said it would not publish its free afternoon commuter edition, Daily News Express.

"It is done. It is being printed as we speak," Post Publisher Ken Chandler said at noon Tuesday about the extra edition. "Our big obstacle at the moment is getting copies into Manhattan and the other boroughs."

The Post this year opened a new color printing plant in the Bronx, which replaced its longtime location in lower Manhattan, crosstown from Ground Zero of the attack. Chandler said at least 60,000 copies of the special edition would go out Tuesday afternoon.

Daily News Senior Vice President of Marketing Marie DeParis said the decision not to publish today's Express, normally distributed at 4 p.m. to some 90,000 commuters, was based on potential delivery difficulties in Manhattan. "We'll have extensive coverage on the Web and in [Wednesday's] paper," she said. "It is simply too difficult to get copies into the city."

Newsday, which prints a limited city edition, also planned an extra edition for Tuesday afternoon.

Newsday Editor Anthony Marro said reporters and editors in all departments, especially those who live in Manhattan, were being called into service as coverage grew. "It is difficult because all the cell phones are out and people can't get in and out of the city," Marro said, adding, "I've never seen anything like this." The editor said 25,000 to 30,000 copies of Tuesday's afternoon extra would go to single-copy sales sites.

For its part, The New York Times increased security at all of its facilities worldwide following the attack on the Twin Towers.