Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- [c(_) <---- Fusarium Round Up Lattes on the House] "That comes on top of a $758 million modernization program, already underway, to upgrade and strengthen the world's largest office building, said Lee Evey, director of the ongoing renovation. " Pentagon Repairs, Upgrades to Cost Over $1 Billion by Charles Aldinger http://news.lycos.com/news/story.asp?section=Politics&storyId=244028 Saturday, September 15, 2001 2:23 p.m. EDT E-mail or Print this story - - - - - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Saturday it would cost "hundreds of millions" of dollars to repair the damage after a hijacked jetliner struck its 48-year-old Pentagon headquarters. That comes on top of a $758 million modernization program, already underway, to upgrade and strengthen the world's largest office building, said Lee Evey, director of the ongoing renovation. Evey spoke as clean-up and search crews continued to work in a fire-blackened part of the Pentagon, shattered and burned when hijackers crashed the jet into the building as part of a coordinated attack on America. Modernization of the first wedge of the five-sided building had recently been completed and the aircraft slashed into that section, causing heavy damage there and to a nearby part. But Every said that damage in the renovated area was not nearly as bad as to the older area. And he suggested that lives were saved by new steel girders and a sprinkler system. "This was a terrible tragedy and people lost their lives. But I am here to tell you that had we not undertaken this effort in the building, this could have been much, much worse," he said. FROM THE LYCOS NETWORK: Tech Politics Political Cartoons Politics Message Board "We undertook a significant amount of work to try to make the building much more blast resistant than it was prior to renovation." The complete renovation project, begun in 1994, will not be completed until at least 2012. And it could take several years alone to complete repairs to the damaged area, Evey said. The renovation will include new girders throughout the structure and two-inch thick windows, in addition to modern communications and other systems. Although the building eventually collapsed in the area where the airliner hit, the official said, the damage was mitigated because of steps by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to make the Pentagon more resistant to explosion. He spoke as searchers continued to probe the rubble for remains of 189 persons who are unaccounted for, including 64 aboard the airliner. More than 80 bodies have been recovered, but virtually all will require identification by forensic experts. Copyright © 2001 Reuters Limited. - - - - - RELATED STORIES • 189 Believed Killed at Pentagon • Death Toll Estimates Lowered at Pentagon • Pentagon Damage Said Well Over $100 Million Have a comment on this article? Send it. ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
