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© St. Petersburg Times, published October 12, 2001
Developments Thursday related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks:
President Bush holds prime-time news conference at White House, says it may take "a year or two" to track down Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network in Afghanistan, but asserted that after a five-day aerial bombardment, "we've got them on the run."
Earlier, Bush attended somber ceremony at the Pentagon to mark the first month since the attacks. Workers in the rubble of the World Trade Center pause to honor the dead.
Military forces bomb Afghanistan's capital in daylight for the first time as U.S.-led airstrikes enter fifth day. Civilians flee Kandahar as strikes target a compound linked to followers of Osama bin Laden.
FBI says there may be additional terrorist attacks at unknown targets inside the United States or abroad in the next several days.
Senate unanimously approves legislation that boosts security of airlines and airports.
Military says an Air Force sergeant killed in equipment accident in Qatar, the first announced American casualty of the war on terrorism. Master Sgt. Evander Earl Andrews died Wednesday.
Government says 13 of the hijackers entered the United States legally, but no entry records exist for the other six.
Bush administration says Saudi Arabia is taking steps to freeze the assets of the al-Qaida terrorism network.
Authorities say 4,776 people missing at the World Trade Center and 384 bodies identified. Death tolls unchanged at Pentagon (189) and at Pennsylvania crash site (44).