[wagglebee]

Actually, the WTC was owned by the NY Port Authority and leased to a private group and that lease was entered into until early in 2001. The Port Authority police still had jurisdiction. City officials have ALWAYS had a role in emergency planning for major sites both public and private.

Nice try, but Rudy’s still on the hook for dropping the ball.

[Mo1]

Nice try, but Rudy’s still on the hook for dropping the ball.

Just because I would love to know the answer .. in case I'm ever stuck in a building that needs to be evacuated

How would you handle evacuating a building that can hold up to 50,000 people with only a few exits ??

[IrishRainy]

Then why was John O'Neill hired in the first place? Not to mnetion many of the firms in the WTC had their own internal security which handled their evacuation plans. Why go to all that trouble and expense if it was the city's responsibility, hmmmm?

Nice try to you, too!

[sodpoodle]

The sun is setting on another day of rebellion. Men and women are reeling in pain, humiliated ..separated from family and friends. The skirmish is almost over, recriminations readied.

Thankfully there was no bloodshed and no lives lost in Cyber City.

In Iraq the U.S.Death count reached 3,333.

[FreeReign]

Actually, the WTC was owned by the NY Port Authority and leased to a private group and that lease was entered into until early in 2001. The Port Authority police still had jurisdiction. City officials have ALWAYS had a role in emergency planning for major sites both public and private.

Who siad there wasn't a vacuation plan?

source?

[calcowgirl]

Actually, the WTC was owned by the NY Port Authority ...

Oops. You were way ahead of me.

Note to self: Read ahead. ;-)

[conservative in nyc]

Actually, the WTC was owned by the NY Port Authority and leased to a private group and that lease was entered into until early in 2001. The Port Authority police still had jurisdiction. City officials have ALWAYS had a role in emergency planning for major sites both public and private.

The correct full name of the authority that owns the WTC site is the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NOT the NY Port Authority. It is an independent bi-state agency run by a board that is essentially appointed by the governors of each state (6 for each governor, in each case, after approval by the relevant State Senate).

The mayor of New York City has absolutely no say as to how the Port Authority is run. This becomes an issue from time to time because the Port Authority owns LaGuardia and Kennedy Airports, and has been accused of using revenues from it to subsidize PATH train riders from New Jersey.

I have no idea what agency was responsible for WTC emergency planning, but the Port Authority is generally a sovereign bi-state agency that is exempt from most city laws. The World Trade Center wasn't subject to New York City'sbuilding or fire codes, for example.