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IN SPCRTS-SECTiGN Remembering ARCA great Jack Bowsher urn 'f BACK IN TOWN? Huggins' new team may face Xavier ATI EN CINCINNAT1.COM as WEST EDITION 50 CENTS ri MB' EE (MINN Controversial Kabaka Oba critically injured; suspect surrenders Up Front Must reads inside today's Enquirer unify A i Tape details terror on Flight 93 Gets first public playing at trial IU1 mm Ik near ft ini Kabaka Oba had a restraining order against his suspected shooter. By Kevin Johnson USA Today ALEXANDRIA, Va. The audio recording of the violent struggle for control of United Flight 93 was heard in public for the first time Wednesday in a federal courtroom, where jurors listened to the hijackers' deadly assault on the cockpit Prosecutors used the recording to cap nearly four days of often-graphic testimony to bolster their case for the execution of confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Mous-saoui. During the last four minutes of the doomed flight, the flustered hijackers are heard urging each other to hold off the passengers' desperate attempt to take back the plane. "Hold from the inside," the voices call out.

Inside Some 911 families said it was too painful to hear the Right 93 tape. A5 In the chaos, the jet bolted into a steep climb and then turned completely over before beginning its dive into a Pennsylvania field, ac Photos by Glenn HartongThe Enquirer Local woman's work at YMCAs spans 60 years Martha Bunch, 89, of Fort Wright leads a close-knit group of women known as "Martha's Bunch," who have fun and keep fit at the Central Parkway YMCA in Over-the Rhine. She started working for local YMCAs in 1946. LIFE El Wrigley Field tough on Reds, Griffey The Reds lost to the Cubs 4-1 in an error-filled game, but outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. lasted only four innings.

He hyperextended his right knee while shagging fly balls during batting practice in Chicago. SPORTS Bl, B7 Drake Hospital deal off the table Hamilton County has called off a deal to transfer Drake Hospital to the Health Alliance. The alliance wanted to pay $18 million to buy Drake and its 42 acres. One appraisal valued that property at about $150 million. LOCAL CI Consumer support aids small farms Some local family farms are benefiting from a management and marketing concept in which they share the risks and benefits with consumers who appreciate fresh produce.

BUSINESS All Also Mexicans are hurrying to illegally cross the U.S. border to qualify for a possible guest-worker program. NATION A2 Police officials work at the scene where activist Kabaka Oba was shot Wednesday in front of Cincinnati City Hall. Oba was in critical condition Wednesday night. He identified Howard Beatty as his assailant.

Beatty surrendered to police about 6:30 p.m. Lawyer says client acted in self-defense was stopped in mid-sentence. Silence fell over the room as recognition of the sound set in. "We're adjourned," Mayor Mark Mallory said. h.

Beatty Council members, cording to a computer animation of the flight path. The last recorded sounds are the roaring aircraft engines and the prayers of an unidentified hijacker "Allah is the greatest. Allah is the greatest. Allah is the greatest Allah is the greatest." Jurors appeared riveted as the recording and animation played. Moussaoui, the only person charged in the United States and convicted in the attacks, smiled approvingly as the hijackers uttered prayers throughout the recording.

The first indication of trouble on the flight came at 9:31 a.m., when a hijacker instructed the passengers in broken English: "We have a bomb on board. So sit" Soon after, passengers began planning an assault on the cockpit from their positions in the rear of the plane, according to final phone calls from the plane. Among the callers was flight attendant CeeCee Lyles. "I don't know what to say," Lyles told her husband. "I hope to be able to see your face again, baby.

I love you. Bye." By Dan Klepal and Sharon Coolidge Enquirer staff writers Outspoken community activist Kabaka Oba, gunned down outside of Cincinnati City Hall while City Council was in session, remained in critical condition Wednesday night, having emerged from surgery moments after the suspect surrendered to police. Howard Beatty, 52, surrendered to Police Chief Tom Strei-cher at York and linn streets about 6:30 p.m., admitting that he was the person who repeatedly fired into Oba's car while it sat across the street from City Hall. Oba identified Beatty, who is charged with felonious assault, as the shooter, police said. The shooting stopped the council meeting cold, as the sound of shots echoed through chambers.

Council member Leslie Ghiz administrators and 'a handful of residents rushed down three flights of stairs and onto Plum Street There they saw Oba on the sidewalk, bleeding. Paramedics talked to Oba as they cut his clothing off and worked to keep him alive. "Keep breathing, Kabaka, keep breathing," one paramedic chanted. "Hang on Kabaka." The passenger window of Oba's green Mustang, bearing a license plate with his name, was shot out. Police barrier tape surrounds the scene Wednesday in front of City Hall.

City Council was meeting when the shooting happened. Oba's style often loud and offensive A self-appointed "general" in trie Cincinnati.Com: Read a transcript of Black Fist activist group, Kabaka Oba has often insulted and Infuriated city and county leaders to make his point. A10 Oba's statement to council, and view photos from the scene and video from inside council chambers during the shooting. Keyword: shooting See SHOOTING, PageAlO 'Good Friday' steps to get new life reconstruction includes wider stairs, larger overlook COMING FRIDAY Our Top 10 list of the best things to do on Easter includes egg hunts, a mall hop and train rides. WEEKEND Holy Week schedule Events planned today through Sunday at Holy Cross-Immaculata Church.

A8 Over-the-Rhine patrols Activist and police clash over comments A dispute between John Donaldson and Lt. Col. Richard Janke, a Cincinnati assistant police chief, is the latest incident in the hotly debated issue of crime and who should patrol Over-the-Rhine. Donaldson, who is trying to form a volunteer Citizens on Patrol unit, said Janke criticized him for supporting the sheriffs plan to have deputies patrol the area. LOCAL CI By Gregory Korte Enquirer staff writer MOUNT ADAMS Starting at midnight, in a scene repeated every Good Friday for 145 years, thousands of Roman Catholics from Cincinnati and indeed, all over the country will come to Mount Adams to recite the rosary on steps leading to Holy Cross-Immaculata Church.

The narrow, dilapidated steps -85 of them from St Gregory Street ioner from Kenwood. "The city came in a few years ago with a patch-and-fix. It would probably have been better to do them right" he said. The project also includes a mostly forgotten segment of the steps at the base of Mount Adams, where the most ardent faithful start to Guido Street could see their last Good Friday this year. They will be replaced either by next year or 2008 with wider and sturdier stairs and a larger overlook.

The city is planning a $1.5 million reconstruction of the city's most famous steps. Those who have prayed on them for decades measured in years and in rosary beads say the fix-up is overdue. "The steps are in terrible condition. What if something happens and they crash? I mean, God forbid," said George Morano, a parish WEATHER See STEPS, Page A8 High 81 Low 57 Partly sunny Zoo visitors, staff, gorillas mourn Colossus COMPLETE FORECAST: CIO INDEX 'He was our keeper says Rve sections, 166th year, No. 4 Lotteries C2 Abby E2 Business All Comics E6 Editorials C8 Kids' Comer Classified First Run Classified Movies E7 Obituaries C6 Sports Bl TV E2 Dl-6 B9 Taylor Wll-klns, 6, of Anderson Township and her Maddux classmates sign the card for Colossus.

The Enquirer Carrie Cochran By Jim Knippenberg Enquirer staff writer The words spoke volumes: "Good luck in the trees of monkey heaven," Zach wrote. "You was big good," someone wrote. "We were one day too late" Tiera wrote. Those are just a few of the hundreds of comments on a 5-by-5-foot, double-sided card on the path through Gorilla World, the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden home of Colossus since 1993. his charisma, and that helped us educate people on the bigger picture, the plight of gorillas in the wild.

"His death has left a void well never be able to fill because he was so much his own person, such a one-of-a-kind gorilla. But on the other side, he lived a good, long life. His age was equivalent to late 70s in a human," Evans said. Online: Go to Cincinnati. Com for a photo gallery on Colossus.

Keyword: photos Ron Evans, Primate Center team leader and the keeper who worked most closely with Colossus, wasn't surprised when he saw a line of people 10-deep waiting to sign the card: "He was our ambassador. There are so many people who came here because of The 40-year-old male sil-verback, the zoo's showcase western lowland gorilla and one of the largest gorillas in captivity (6 feet 2 inches, 500 pounds), died Tuesday of cardiac arrest during a root canal and routine physical when doctors couldn't bring him out from under anesthesia. He was the first adult gorilla to die at the zoo since King Tut, patriarch of the zoo's gorilla clan, died in 1987. Copyright. 2006, Die Cincinnati Enquirer See COLOSSUS, Page AS 0901li10101l.