Jets fly again, but N.Y. airports close

Jetliners returned to the nation’s skies Thursday for the
first time in two days, carrying nervous passengers who faced
strict new security measures following the terrorist attacks in New
York and Washington.

The New York area’s three major airports ““ Kennedy,
LaGuardia and Newark, N.J. ““ were opened and then shut down
as FBI officials sought people for questioning in the attacks and
were feared to be fleeing the city. Police said a man carrying a
false pilot’s identification was arrested at Kennedy after
trying to get past security, and five or six others had been
detained at the airports for questioning.

Some of the first flights over U.S. airspace Thursday were jets
that had been diverted to Canada when the terrorists struck.

An Alitalia flight left Calgary and landed in Los Angeles.

“It’s very sad what happened and it’s good to
be home,” passenger Raymond Civetello of Alhambra, Calif.,
said as tears rolled down his face.