[Pan_Yans Wife]

Why didn't Clinton visit the site? The emphasis in his public statements and in the demeanor of New York officials in the aftermath of the attack was to avoid an "overreaction." Worried about public panic, and perhaps concerned that a presidential visit would get in the way of rescue and investigative efforts, New York officials told Clinton to stay away.

Okay, but what about afterward? President Bush let the smoke clear at Ground Zero for a few days after 9/11, but less than a week went by before he went and memorably addressed the rescue workers through a bullhorn, rallying them and reinvigorating America's sagging spirits. Bill Clinton, on the other hand, never visited the World Trade Center in the aftermath of the 1993 bombing.

Clinton didn't go to the WTC in '93, but he did go in 2001. WHY?

[soothsayer99]

As a New Yorker, the answer to that question is easy. The earlier WTC bombing hardly make New York stop and glance. Maybe if you watched it on TV you thought otherwise, but we're busy around here and it takes alot to get us to care about much of anything. The incredible power of 9/11 was that they got the attention of an entire city of people who don't stop any pay attention to anything.

[sweetliberty]

"Clinton didn't go to the WTC in '93, but he did go in 2001. WHY?"

2 Words: photo op.

[YaYa123]

I was just reading about Clinton not making one of his tearful, lip-biting appearances at the first World Trade Center bombing. I don't think he perfected that schtick til the Oklahoma City bombing, and then he was desperate for reelection.