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March 29, 2006
Critics Raise Concerns Over 9/11 Memorial Exits
But now, with preparatory construction starting, another issue is coming into public view: How safe will the memorial be? Not safe enough, some critics fear. They raise the possibility of a fire or a bomb aimed at the thousands who will gather daily to remember the victims of two terrorist attacks on that very ground.
They point with concern to enormous halls far below street level. Advisers to the Skyscraper Safety Campaign, an organization led by two relatives of 9/11 victims, say that the plan for long transfer corridors between the exit doors and stairwells leading up to street level might prompt some visitors, particularly if they were disabled or out of shape, to reverse course and try get to the wide ramps in the central memorial hall, creating a potentially disastrous bottleneck.
Posted by Michelle at March 29, 2006 11:58 PM