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POLICE REPORT Each numbered symbol on the map represents a single crime that corresponds with the numbered descriptions in the list below it. DAY CRIMES $ □ Violent crimes ■ ^ NIGHT CRIMES (6 a.m. to 6 p.m.) ^ q Nonviolent crimes~j ( (6 p.m. to 6 a.m.) □ © CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS Wednesday, Sept. 12 ® MISSING PROPERTY, CORNER OF MAIN AND COLLEGE STREET A female student said she discovered her wallet was missing at approximately 5:30 p.m. She said she last saw her wallet at Sandy’s at 11:30 a.m. The vvallet was made of black nylon and contained an unknown amount of cash, a social security card, a Wachovia savings account card and a phone card. She said her Wachovia savings account was debited $300 on Sept. 12 at a Publix store on Forest Drive. She was advised to contact police with jurisdiction of the Publix store to follow up related criminal investigation. Reporting Officer: A.R. Ross Friday, Sept. 14 O CHANGING LANES UNLAWFULLY/ UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF A PISTOL/ SIMPLE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA/ DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION, PARK AND BLOSSOM STREET The reporting officer initiated a traffic stop because of an unlawful lane change. A driver’s license check showed that the male subject had a suspended driver’s license. He was arrested for'driving under suspension, and a citation was issued for changing lanes unlawfully. A search incident to the arrest produced a loaded Smith and Wesson .38-caliber pistol under the driver’s seat. A green leafy substance, believed to be marijuana, weighing 12.2 grams was also under the driver’s seat. The man was placed under arrest for simple possession of marijuana. Anderson was also placed under arrest for carrying a pistol unlawfully, for which a warrant worksheet was done. The man’s history sheet confirmed that he wasn’t allowed to carry a pistol because of previous violent crimes. The man was handcuffed and transported to Richland County Detention Center. Reporting Officer: R.C. Osborne Q MALICIOUS INJURY TO PRIVATE PROPERTY, 600 MAIN ST. A male student said someone removed and discharged a fire extinguisher from the fire safety box. He also said someone removed and unraveled the fire hose. Health and safety and custodial services were notified. Total estimated value: $100. Reporting Officer: K.A. Gilbert Saturday, Sept. 15 □ CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 419 SOUTH GREGG ST. Victim said the male suspect became loud and boisterous, made verbal threats and slammed the storm door, shattering the lower glass in the door. Upon officer’s arrival, the suspect said he was going to have to leave before he had to kill the victim. The victim and the suspect are related by marriage. Subject was arrested and was being transported to jail when he had a seizure. The subject was checked by EMS and transported to Palmetto Richland Emergency Room for treatment. Reporting Officer: R. L. Sumpter USC graduate missing in WTC Former student was working on 102ndfloor when building was hit ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBIA, S.C. - The last thing anyone heard from Josh Reiss was that he wanted tick ets to the upcoming South Car olina football game against Al abama. Reiss, 23 and a 2000 USC grad uate, was working on the 102nd floor of the World Trade Center on Tuesday. At 8:50 a.m., he sent a friend an instant computer mes sage asking for tickets to South Carolina’s upcoming home game Sept. 23. His father, Gary Reiss, searched the New York morgues and hospitals Thursday, but has had no luck finding his son. Josh’s mother, Judy Reiss, was at home in Yardley, Penn., com forting his sister and three broth ers. “Tuesday was the first day in his whole life I didn’t speak with my child,” she said Friday. Josh was the youngest bond trader at Cantor Fitzgerald Part ners and had just been hired with the markets division for more pay. He was a member of the Sigma “Tuesday was the first day in his whole life i didn’t speak with my child.” JUDY REISS MOTHER OF MISSING USC GRADUATE Phi Epsilon fraternity at South Carolina. His fraternity brothers held a vigil Thursday, and about 100 people attended. Four of the fraternity’s former members worked in the World Trade Center; Josh is the only one missing. Josh was a big music fan and took a job at a Columbia security firm so he could work at Phish concerts. He also followed the Grateful Dead. “Oh God, he’s with Jerry Gar cia now,” his mother said. Josh’s parents have planned a memorial service at a suburban New Jersey synagogue for Sept. 23. Wendy Small, 26, is a Charleston native who also worked at Cantor Fitzgerald and is still missing. Wendy, a secre tary, grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., said her mother Ethel Small of Johns Island. Contact numbers for people missing after terrorist attacks AMERICAN AIRLINES: THE PENTAGON: 1-800 245-0999 To check on the status of loved ones who UNITED AIRLINES: worked at the Pentagon, please use the 1-800 932-8555 following numbers: MORGAN STANLEY: ARMY: 1-800-984-8523 (888) 883-4391 AIR FORCE: 1-800-253-9276 CANTOR FITZGERALD: NAVY AND MARINES: 1-877-663-6772 (866)326-3188 Insurance worries arise from terrorist attacks BY GWEN WEATHERS THE GAMECOCK The use of the words “act of war” by President Bush and other Washington officials to de scribe Tuesday's events has some people worried about a clause in health and life insur ance policies that frees insurers from paying out during wartime. “This was an act of terror ism, not war, and therefore doesn't apply,” said Faith Reynolds, Physicians Health Plan administrator and Colum bia marketing director for David M. Gilston Insurance Agency. “These clauses were de signed to prevent the insurance companies from being wiped out by a disaster,” Reynolds said. She explained that “the act of-war clause applies to people currently in the firmed services. So, the person working at the World Trade Center who was hurt because it was bombed as an act of war is covered as long as he is not in the military.” Walt M. Brodie, an indepen dent insurance salesman, said, “All insurance companies have an act of war exclusion in it. Damn foolishness. How would you like to be disabled and not able to collect, or what happens if a spouse is killed and the fam ily can't collect?” Tim Baker of the South Car olina Insurance Commis-sion said during a teleconference call with 50 of the state insurance commissioners, “They are call ing it an act of terrorism and ex pect the insurance companies to step up to bat on this.” Reynolds also said normal pre-certification policies, which determine whether treatment is medically necessary and appro priate, will probably be waived for victims of Tuesday’s terror ist attacks. This is sometimes done during urgent or emer gency situations. “This is actually an unprece dented situation for health care companies. Under the circum stances, filing claims is inci dental to the real job of treating the injuries. There may be claims that never get filed sim ply because there is too much, too fast going on.” Blue Cross Blue Shield han dles 80 percent of the military claims for the military insurer Tricare. Donna Thorn of South Car olina BC/BS said any nonmili tary people injured in the attack will be handled by their private insurers, but insurance agen cies might consider those in juries a workers' compensation issue. Alicia K. Clawson, executive director of the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Com mission, said injured workers must meet three requirements before receiving workers’ com pensation. “An employer must be subject to the Workers' Com pensation Act, there is an em ployer and employee relation ship and an employee must have suffered the injury by an accident arising out of employ ment.” Brodie said whether a claim is considered an accident claim or a workers' compensation claim depends on state law. For example, if someone from Iowa were injured at the World Trade Center, it would be an issue be ■ tween the Iowa workers' com pensation agency and the in sured. Several insurers are dis cussing adding an “act-of-ter rorism” exclusion to future poli cies. Brodie is concerned about these possible changes. “How will it be considered if a local nutcase goes down to the bank and blows it up? Is that terror ism? Will it make a difference if a person is or is not an Ameri can?” he said. es,” she said. USC President John Palms re called the history of USC as a whole as he discussed the con struction of the buildings and the responsibilities of each fra ternity and sorority in these tu multuous times. “When we were created, we were charged to heal the strife of this state,” Palms said. He said this construction was “renewing the commitment to create good order and care.” At the conclusion of his speech, Palms, along with Greek Life and university representatives, broke ground on the village. Later, Palms said later he was “very proud. This is a great op portunity for the university.” Runnion anticipates that full construction of the houses will start later this month. She said building the Greek Village is USC’s first step toward becoming affiliated with the American As sociation of Universities, but she said other construction projects seem to overshadowed this one. “I think we’ve ridden the coat tails of the Strom Thurmond Wellness Center,” Runnion said. David Schroder, a fraternity executive council member, said the day’s events are the results of years of planning. “This shows that the Greek Village is going to happen. This is the future of Greek Life at USC. I’m really im pressed by the... support.” The first four houses should be completed and ready for res idents at the beginning of the 2002-2003 school year, and then the next group will start con struction. The first four houses are for Alpha Tau Omega, Kap pa Alpha, Zeta Tau Alpha and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Breann Marwede, chapter sec retary of ZTA, is excited about the future of her chapter. “I’m proud to say that I’ll be one of the first to live in the house.” most popular Broadway show. “You might actually have a better chance of getting tickets to The Producers now, if you want to come here and see it,” he said. Barbara Anschuetz, a trauma therapist from Toronto in town to work with victims and sur vivors of the attacks, offered sim ilar advice — and meant to fol low it herself. Standing in Times Square with a team of col leagues, she was looking to pur chase tickets for a comedy. “We thought coming to a show in the evening, some time next week, when we’ve had pret ty intense days, would help pro vide a sense of normalcy and re lief for us,” Anschuetz said. Later Sunday, Giuliani of fered a personal story about per severance. Addressing a cere mony in which 168 firefighters were promoted, the mayor said he had an uncle whose legs were broken when he was thrown from a ladder truck,while an swering a false alarm. “One of my earliest memories is his talking about wanting to go back to work. It was the thing that got him through, the thing that sustained him,” he said. The fire department, in the worst tragedy it has experienced since its first engine companies were formed in 1865, lost about 300 members in the trade center carnage. Through black and white swirls of smoke, rusty-looking remains of the center’s once shining exterior stood at precar ious angles. But the rescue work — dusty, sweaty and likely to be in vain — continued. Among the grisly finds have been a pair of hands, bound to gether, found on a rooftop. An other was the torso of a Port Au thority police officer, identified by the radio still hanging from his belt. James Monsini, a volunteer and demolition expert from Brockton, Mass., said he and some fellow workers were con centrating on subbasement lev el garages and shops. He said they were hoping for air pockets that would allow victims — per haps trapped in their cars — to breathe. “I saw a car with an interior light on, and I got really hopeful that it was a sign (of life),” he said. “But the person was dead.” Another volunteer, steamfit ter James Drew, said there was so much glass, hot metal and other debris on the ground that firefighters had to carry bootee wearing search dogs where they were needed. Drew also described a search technique he called “shave and a haircut”: rescuers tap a rhythm on steel or concrete, hop ing for taps in response. No one has been answering. ATTACK BRIEFS Pilot in terrorist attack stopped in Florence FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) - One of the men the FBI named as a hijacker aboard a jetliner that slammed into the World Trade Center stopped at an auto mobile dealership in Florence, a car dealership manager there says. FBI investigators were in Florence on Thursday to interview two employees who reported the encounter with Mohamed Atta, the manager told the Florence Morning News. He spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect himself and his employees. The FBI wouldn’t say whether it was investigating an encoun ter with Atta in the Pee Dee as authorities search for clues in Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. The dealership manager says his employees, who recognized Atta’s picture on television, told investigators they think Atta and another man stopped at the car lot for about 15 minutes as they were traveling to Florida. “As I understand it, the two men seem to have stopped to browse,” the manager said. Information the FBI released shows that Atta was one of five hijackers aboard American Airlines Flight 11 bound for Los Angeles. Manuals, books found in hijacker’s motel room MIAMI (AP) — Boeing 757 manuals, three illustrated martial arts books and an 8-inch stack of East Coast flight maps were found by a motel owner cleaning out the room vacated by a hijacker two days before he flew into the World Trade Center. Marwan Al-Shehhi and another Arab man spent a week at the Panther Motel in Deerfield Beach, and they had a constant visitor. Owner Richard Surma said Saturday he recognized Al Shehhi from FBI photographs, but not the other two men. Of the 19 hijackers, at least 15 have Florida ties, and seven were thought to be pilots. Al Shehhi, who trained at two Florida flight schools, was aboard the United Boeing 767 that crashed into the south tower Tuesday. Surma kept many of the items from Al-Shehhi’s room and called a sheriffs deputy Wednes day, when officers began scour ing the oceanfront strip of small motels 12 miles north of Fort Lauderdale. The FBI quickly followed, interviewing guests and lifting fingerprints from Al-Shehhi's room. IT HAPPENED NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED 3 MAJOR AIRLINES SLICE SCHEDULES: Airlines are cutting back service dramatically to avoid bankruptcy after terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, with three major carriers reducing schedules by 20 percent and one, Continental, laying offl2,000 employees. BIN LADEN COLLECTOR'S ITEMS: Photos of Osama bin Laden were selling fast Saturday in Monro via, the capital of the West African nation of Liberia, snatched up as wanted posters and as souvenirs to show future generations. I use BRIEFS Donations sought for families of New York firefighter victims Columbia-area firefighters are collecting funds to benefit fam ilies of New York Fire Depart ment workers who were victims of last week’s tragedy. Members of the Columbia and Irmo Fire departments will take donations from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Tuesday on Greene Street. The Carolina Student Alumni Association will co-sponsor the event, and Channel 93.5 will broadcast live coverage. Domino’s has donated pizza, which will be free to donors as long as it lasts. The group of firefighters, which is affiliated with the International Association of Firefighters, collected $5,000 in donations at the Harbison Wal Mart on Saturday. “We were amazed at the generosity,” said Clay Henry, a USC student and Irmo Fire Department firefighter. All of the money collected will be delivered directly to the firefighters’ families. Anyone who can’t come by the table but wants to contribute can send a check payable to “The New York Fire 9-11 Relief Fund” at IAFF General Secretary-Treasurer’s Office, Attn: New York Fire 9-11 Relief Fund, 1750 New York Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 5395. Greek Village Construction to begin later this month CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Sorority Council President Tracy Bonds said the project has been a joint effort by USC, the chapters and the national orga nizations. She thanked people such as Jerry Brewer, Jan Mid dlebrooks and Alice Camp-bell, whom Bonds called the “champi on of this project.” “I can’t wait to see the fin ished product of all these hous — Attacks Keep up normalcy, N. Y. mayor urges CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Sunday night in red, white and blue. Speaking at a morning news conference, Giuliani said one way to deal with the trauma is to “show how strong we are and how terrorists can’t cower us.” “Go ahead and go about the everyday activities,” he urged. “Go to church on Sunday. If you go to a park and play with your children, do that. If you like to go out and spend money I would encourage that. It’s always a good thing.” Giuliani also encouraged peo ple from around the country to “come here and spend money.” He noted theatergoers might e^en attain what once seemed impossible: seats for the city’s