By John Duchemin
Advertiser Staff Writer
Sunday, September 16, 2001
Blind-sided by tragedy and cut off for days, Hawai'i has suffered through some of the hardest days in its history
as a state. Now, the Islands face another challenge.
Tony Glushenko and his wife, Gail, of Pearl City claim their luggage at Honolulu airport after their return flight
Thursday from Las Vegas on Aloha Airlines as connections between the Islands and the Mainland were slowly restored.
Eugene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser
The economic impact of last week's terrorist attacks will wash ashore and the state will face a period of near-certain
economic decline that could last months.
Even before last week, job growth in the state had already slowed, unemployment had already risen, visitor arrivals
were already down, and the reeling national economy was already dangerously close to a recession.
Now, with a geopolitical climate wavering dangerously close to violence, and a psychological climate not conducive
to immediate leisure travel, the only question for the state's economy is how bad will things get and for how long?
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