Engineers are worried that water from the Hudson river could get into the seven story World Trade Center basement and flood into the underground subway tunnels all over the city. ?It could flood a lot of the underground system of New York,? says Dan Hahn, of Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, who are working on the disaster site with the New York Port Authority.
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After the devastating attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, government officials are beginning to imagine something even worse – a chemical or biological attack that could kill thousands, if not millions. How a large city would react to a bioterrorism attack became a key concern for governments and health experts after the Aum Shinrikyo Sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo?s underground system in March 1995. The attack killed 12, and made thousands of people ill.
?Many experts believe that it is no longer a matter of ?if? but ?when? such an attack will occur,? said James Hughes, director of Health and Human Services Department National Center for Infectious Diseases, in a recent public testimony before Congress.
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The Taliban Ruling Council today rejected US demands to turn over Osama bin Laden and his associates, opening the way for a threatened American military response.
The Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, stated in an Islamabad news conference: “Our position in this regard is that if the Americans have evidence, they should produce it.”
He also said that he did not know whether or not bin Laden was in Afghanistan, and added that the Taliban would have nothing further to say on the matter.
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Clarissa Pinkola Estés makes the point that the real purpose of terrorism is not only to cause physical destruction, it is to cause destruction in our hearts and souls. In this sense, every American is a front-line soldier in this war, and we have just come out of a punishing battle.
The guide she has created is filled with genuine, useful advice, and as such is an important weapon for our side. Do not assume that you don’t need it. You do. We all do. Use it.
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Subj: Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD on Trauma and Terrorism sickness.
Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 12:27:30 PM
FROM : Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D. author, psychoanalyst, specialist in Critical Incident and Post- Trauma Management.read more