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That's not enough, the people of NY should have been told to stay indoors, or evacuate the state, until some form of safety plan came up. Gezz, people just saw the most traumatic event of their LIVES, so at that moment, they are not thinking about AIR QUALITY!!!!!
As far as masks, for this particular day, you needed a highly specialized, expensive type of mask to be 99% safe breathing the air on that particular day.
Yes, mask were handed out to rescue workers, but it was not the kind of mask that was required for this particular day. Also, according to the workers themselves, it was NOT mandatory for them to wear them; hence most of the guys took them off and now quite a few of these guys have died (and will continue), in their 40's!!!.
Check your geography. New Jersey is much closer to New York City than is most the rest of the state of New York and was affected far more by the air. Heck, southern Connecticut is closer to NYC than most of New York State. Not that it's such a vital point--I just know that most people not from the region don't know the layout. Technically, the Statue of Liberty is in Jersey, but don't say that to a New Yorker.
After the buildings went down, we were based directly across the river in Jersey City. The Hudson's approximately a mile wide at that point. When the wind came in from the east, not only could we smell it, but ash would drift down.
Here's a little known fact about 9/11 that you'll never find a link to: On the night of September 11, the area in Jersey City around the Exchange Place PATH train station had to be closed off while they captured and killed all the rats that had fled from the lower levels of the WTC through the PATH tunnel from the fire. Exchange Place is the first stop on the Jersey side from the WTC station, and they were coming up into the streets in droves.
Yep, and they made you all go right back to work telling you, "it's just a little bit of dust, no biggie!".
A tent city in a location with better air would have been a good start, especially in the month of September. Regardless, I'm not arguing with you, it's just, when your life is on the line, there is no such thing as "Unrealistic". You just do it.
My office was closed for the rest of the week. I was trapped in Manhattan, at my friend's apt (a South Tower survivor) until Friday when I was able to get back home. So, did you expect everything to close for months until the fires were put out? The country would have been destroyed long before then.
Tents? Seriously? For 8 million people? How would you get enough of them? Where the hell would you PUT them?
Here's a little known fact about 9/11 that you'll never find a link to: On the night of September 11, the area in Jersey City around the Exchange Place PATH train station had to be closed off while they captured and killed all the rats that had fled from the lower levels of the WTC through the PATH tunnel from the fire. Exchange Place is the first stop on the Jersey side from the WTC station, and they were coming up into the streets in droves.
I heard about that! That must have been quite a sight!
What you are talking about is very load noise in the sub-addible Hz. Range. Going through your bones. I drove buses before 9/11 not long after. And I've flow small airplanes. What I liked about driving buses was seeing the would at my “office deskâ€.
I went through 9/11 for manorial day back in 2008.
Thank you for posting that clip.
Josephine Harris, who is featured in here and survived the collapse in that little piece of stairway with the firefighters, came back to work for a few years until she had her retirement time in. Tough lady.
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That's cool about driving the bus! When I worked in midtown years ago, I took the bus in every day, and I always wondered what it was like to drive one. Never wanted fly a plane. I was always a nervous flyer, even though I would do it to get where I wanted to go, but I was always sure that the plane I was on was bound to crash, lol. I have not been afraid to fly since September 11, because I lost all fear of death after that day. I enjoy flying now.
My office was closed for the rest of the week. I was trapped in Manhattan, at my friend's apt (a South Tower survivor) until Friday when I was able to get back home. So, did you expect everything to close for months until the fires were put out? The country would have been destroyed long before then.
Tents? Seriously? For 8 million people? How would you get enough of them? Where the hell would you PUT them?
Unrealistic.
Yeah, besides, can you imagine telling all those people that they have to leave Manhattan and go to Jersey or upstate? They'd flip you the bird and wouldn't budge anyway.
New conspiracy theory, the trade center buildings were blown up to drive rats with bubonic plague into Jersey.
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