I think you are being a bit hard there Tdawnaz , it was an act of aggression that nobody had expected , not in that form , the whole world was stunned , we certainly where here  in the UK ,
a 1 mile zone seems reasonable to me, what was the alternative ?
how do you evacuate millions of people in 5 Min's. you cant IMHO,

moving on to the possible long term health risk ,  yes I guess there will be , but again what was the alternative ? so Your Government altered the reports on those risks , sometimes I think ignorance is bliss , even living in a city has health risks, so Manhattan becomes empty of people,
due to a panic about a bit extra dust and fumes ? ,and the terrorist win,

I really think folk today expect to much safety and comfort from their government , they demand freedom of infomation , then go ape S#!t when the question of personal infomation is sought ,

it was only a hundred or so years back that you were lucky to live to 50 years of age , many % died early through diesease , malnutrition , war ,
now everybody demands the right to live forever in total comfort and safety, the real word ain't like, that just yet ,
so for me the mayor Guillani , the rescue workers , and the residents of Manhattan are still the hero's of the day IMHO  and also those that died that day, 
and I guess sadly  the latter day hero's will be the ones that gain a big payout through the courts , coz thay have developed a cough, and it's all the Goverments fault !

Oh lol , I almost got on a rant,
and the usual disclaimers apply , feel free to disagree , and as always you have my full Respect
Roco  ....UK

 
 
   

Wow Girl  you certainly have deep feelings about this ,
yeah I read most of the article , and maybe I prejudged the situation ,
  don't mention asbestos , I was exposed to it for 8 years , before it was recognised as a health hazard , I still keep the companies insurance details all the latter day reports , and a sample in a sealed container, not for my benefit but my family ,
and in a rescue attempt (successful ) I was rendered unconscious by Formaldehyde
and now totally allergic to it , ( it's used in cheap emulsion paint as a anti fungicidal ) 10 Min's exposure to that in it's wet state will give me
a severe chest infection 

The agencies (lol ) they cover what is a reasonable eventuality ,
This attack wasn't one of those , IMHO ,

So my dear friend Tdawnaz  what would have been the perfect scenario ?

LOL girl is this our first tiff , I love it when you are angry 


 

Ouch , sorry to get you to expose all that grief , I do count every morning that I wake up as a blessing , and the fact I can still pull the
breath meter of the scale ,  I lost my Dad the same way ,
and altough we had different views on life I still miss him , and wish I had time to get to know him better than I did ,

is there a perfect clean up after that ?  I ain't sure there is ?
This act was war, and there will be caualities , that is a hard fact ,
could your Government have done more ? only you can decide that ,
I shouldn't even be giving an opinion on this, IMO
but from my distant view I can't see what else they could have done , apart from rising the white flag ,
 

 

OK Shug and Tdawnaz, what was the options ?
 

First off tell the people the air was toxic, not lie. Many of them probably would have not been there if they knew just breathing would sentence them to death. Second, give the rescue workers proper gear (respirators) before allowing them at ground zero. There is plenty they could have done, asking what the options were when they didnt even tell people there was a problem to begin with (actually LIED and said there was no problem when the city knew at the very least the building was filled with asbestos) is not the right approach to take.

again I ask what was the alternative , how do you move 1.5 million people in less than 5 mins ? , you may have seen a bit of grid lock there ,

Hmm, I still think more harm would have been done by making any public announcement, just think of the scale of panic that would have caused? , sad as it is, these folk are causalities of that tragic incident,
Yeah, I do believe at certain times knowledge of the situation is best kept secrete,

On the perils of asbestos , well, anyone over 40 years of age and a city dweller , would have been exposed to asbestos dust for over 20 years of their lives , from brake and clutch dust that would have been blowing around the streets ,

IMO, I think the biggest threat to us all is radiation , levels have been rising for over 50 years , by about the same ratio as cancer , and that link has been confirmed long ago , and that threat isn't just local it's world wide ,