Memo: “Seven WTC is a poor choice for the site of a crucial command center for the top leadership of the City of New York"

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Memo: “Seven WTC is a poor choice for the site of a crucial command center for the top leadership of the City of New York"

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Sat, 01/26/2008 - 1:51pm

via the New York Times

The New York Police Department produced a detailed analysis in 1998 opposing plans by the city to locate its emergency command center at the World Trade Center, but the Giuliani administration overrode those objections. The command center later collapsed from damage in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.

“Seven World Trade Center is a poor choice for the site of a crucial command center for the top leadership of the City of New York,” a panel of police experts, which was aided by the Secret Service, concluded in a confidential Police Department memorandum.

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