Posted by finelinebob on September 14, 2006, at 23:30:30
In reply to Re: A *different* take on this 9/11 stuff..., posted by SLS on September 14, 2006, at 11:27:53
> > If the people responsible could have been decisive and **acted**
>
> I think Larry Silverstein has probably been decisive enough, but he has been frustrated and thwarted by insurance companies, regulatory commissions, various committes, and a bunch of other stuff.A number of the "players" in this game like to point fingers his way, but I always admired him because from day 1 he said he intended on rebuilding the Towers. About a month after 9/11, all the pols and pundits felt it safe enough to open their mouths and talk about how rebuilding would be a nice gesture but there's the money and the problems about buildings more than about 55 stories high and yada yada yada. Then the Post and the Daily News had different polls published on the same day that said New Yorkers overwhelmingly (better than 90%) wanted to rebuild the Towers or something close to them.
And the pols and pundits all changed their tunes.
It just felt so true to what it means to be a New Yorker -- rebuild the Towers just one story taller, then say "come try that again, I got a one-way ticket to 'Paradise' with your name on it".
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