[dead]

Big, big trouble at ground zero if that wall goes.

It will be Lake Zero.

[DoughtyOne]

Actually, I believe the flooding would go beyond the pit through the subway tunnels, if the bathtub was compromised. I'm sure this has been considered and contingencies or protective measures instituted. At least I would hope so.

[antaresequity]

I trust that a crew that can ex that hole out so fast and organize this effort will have things right as rain in short order.

Little pressure grouting ought to do the trick.

[Some hope remaining.]

Sounds like that retaining wall is destroying a wetland. Better take it out and let the area flood. /sarcasm

[firebrand]

and other downtown folks: be aware.

I think I'll be taking the snail trail for a while (NYC buses), especially when I head below Herald Square.

[sixmil]

Check this out:

Construction workers in rain suits try to plug up a small leak in the retaining wall, known as the bathtub, Friday, March 22, 2002, as water sprays out from the hole at the World Trade Center site in New York. Workers digging into rubble of the World Trade Center's south tower have discovered a 90-foot gap elsewhere in the bathtub, but officials said Thursday there was no imminent danger of collapse or flood. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser)