In a message dated 9/11/2001 2:50:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Someone just asked the mayor of NY if there might have been any asbestos
in
the dust released when the WTC collapsed.
It's nice to know the reporters have their priorities straight.
>>
Although this may not seem like an important question to someone who lives in
Brisbane, to New Yorkers it's VERY important. You see, we have to breathe it
in when it's coating everything in sight. There were apparently huge amounts
of asbestos released and spread over a very large area of Brooklyn and lower
Manhattan when the two huge buildings collapsed. Considering that lower
Manhattan now has a coating of up to 3-4 inches of dust and soot, and many
parts of Brooklyn are covered with up to an inch, it's of interest to those
of us who have to breathe the stuff. Many of the NYC ER visits were
asphyxiation problems, asthma and bronchial disorders.
And the fires aren't out. And the dust hasn't settled completely.
Sorry Ronn, I know you were probably trying to be funny -- but living it and
seeing it on the tube can be quite different sometimes. *sigh*
Jon
