Crowds gather at US embassy to show their respects for attack victims

Crowds of Warsaw residents gathered at the US embassy yesterday to offer silent expressions of sympathy to the victims of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Throughout the day people placed candles and flowers in front of the embassy building. Just before noon, US ambassador to Poland, Christopher Robert Hill, met with journalists. Describing Tuesday as the blackest day in the history of the US, he said that he was moved by and grateful for the response of the Polish people to the act of terrorism against his country. Meanwhile, the Polish police have given assurances to US citizens in Poland, saying that they have no need to be afraid. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A9; Zycie, p. 8) M.T.