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Crews move staircase that survived 9/11 attack
NEW YORK (AP) - A staircase that served as an escape route for thousands of survivors of the World Trade Center attack has been moved.Good A 500-ton crane hoisted the staircase onto a truck Sunday and moved it 200 feet to a spot near the northwest corner of the trade center site. 'The trade center site'=MASS GRAVE. I am NOT kidding about this. It will eventually be a featured attraction of the World Trade Center memorial and museum due to open on the 10th anniversary of the 2001 attacks. Good. Much better than some sculpture dedicated to 'peace.' The 37 steps once connected an exterior plaza to the street below. After the wreckage of the 110-story twin towers was removed, the stairway was the only above-ground remnant of the complex. Preservationists and survivors of the attack have been battling to leave it in place to honor the memory of the victims of the attack, while others said it stood in the way of redevelopment. I say put it in an honored place. Posted by: Free Radical 2008-03-10 |
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