Metallica Sympathizes With Those Who Lost Loved Ones In Terror Attacks

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Metallica has made a statement through the band's website regarding the terrorist attacks that took place Tuesday (September 11) in New York and Washington D.C. "[It] was a truly awful day in both U.S. and world history. Many lives have been senselessly lost, and many more affected and scarred by the sheer enormity of this tragedy.
"We wish to add our sincerest thoughts and prayers to those directly affected by the tragedy and those who [like many of us] feel thoroughly shaken and destabilized by the events. Our words are meager in comparison to the tragedies, but they're all we can offer right now. Again, we are so sorry."

"It's at times like this that reaching out to each other, as many of you have been doing, is vitally important. Keep up the conversations, play Metallimusic if it helps, play whatever music/do whatever you need to do to feel a little better and know that every single person in this office feels the same sense of sorrow as you."

Some fans were worried that the members of Metallica may have been in New York or Washington D.C., but the band's website confirmed that guitarist Kirk Hammett, singer James Hetfield, and drummer Lars Ulrich were all on the West Coast and are safe.