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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