Posted by Pam Wanamaker on August 20, 2002 at 09:56:59:In Reply to: Rebuilding World Trade Center towers not good idea: NYC mayor posted by MikeU on September 29, 2001 at 18:47:53:
While I think there should be something rebuilt there, I think rebuilding anything like the original buildings would show that we have not learned anything. In addition to being a prime target because the towers rose so high above everything else in the city, it was built with no access to fire and rescue personnel. The stories of people coming down the stairs watching the rescue personnel struggling to climb up 40 flights of stairs (not even halfway up the building)with full fire fighting regalia and equipment should make people pause and consider why we should design such tall buildings. There was no place for a helicopter to drop rescue personnel halfway up so they would even have a chance at doing some good. Instead they had to die.
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