Giuliani went against the advice and placed the city's emergency command center in WTC complex

[LSK]

Authors claim former New York City mayor's mistakes may have cost lives

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"Grand Illusion," written by two journalists, says that in the late 1990s Giuliani went against the advice of police and emergency management experts and placed the city's emergency command center in the World Trade Center complex, which had been bombed in 1993 and was a presumed future target.

The command center had to be abandoned on Sept. 11, 2001, after hijacked planes slammed into two skyscrapers next door. In the chaos that ensued Giuliani allowed fire and police commanders to be separated in violation of the city's own protocols, co-authors Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins say.

As a result, police and fire commanders could not coordinate search and rescue efforts. The National Institute of Standards and Technology concluded in a 2005 report that emergency responder lives likely were lost at the trade center because of the lack of communication.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17029055

[NYC]

1. He spent a lot of money on that bunker, too.

I forget how much. "America's mayor." Glad he's not New York's.

[aquart]

2. I seem to remember ten million. Or was it forty.

Anyway, putting a disaster command center in an obvious target cannot be considered a wise move.

[BronxBoy]

3. Especially......

since it had already been attacked previously.

No way in hell he can use the Condi defense!

[LSK]

7. his only Defense is that Clinton won the War on Terror

and therefore the WTC was no longer a threat!

:rofl:

[NYC]

6. I had originally thought 8, but then it turned out to be

much more expensive. Waste of our money.

Then, it turns out he had fuel tanks installed above the basement and &/or ground floor. Not advisable.

More waste of our money. Maybe contributed to the collapse of the building.

The hero is now campaigning for president.

[Hoping4Change]

DUP

[Hoping4Change]

4. dup

[Hoping4Change]

5. Someone should be asking Guilani why he did this every time

he makes a public appearance. It was an outrageously stupid decision and speaks volumes about his competency.

[LSK]

8. kick