WTC Cleanup?

Question

When the towers collapsed we all saw the images of the tons of dust & debris pouring down the streets. We saw everything for blocks covered with inches, if not feet of it. I know how they cleaned up Ground Zero, but how did they clean the surrounding streets and buildings? How long did it take? That, in and of itself, had to be a feat of magic. Any New Yorkers out the got the answer?

I was there just last weekend, and I stood on the streets trying to imagine what that was like, and I just couldn't do it. God Bless the ones that were there, and more so, God Bless the ones that died.

Answer 1

I don't know for fact but last I heard it was a lot of man hours doing the "normal" trash bag and hand pick up. A lot of it "blew" away and it took weeks/months before the streets were fully back to normal. At least that's what my best friend told me when he got home.

But you have the right ideas God bless all those that helped to get New Yorkers lives as close to normal as fast as they could. God has blessed each that died as he brought them home and he continues to bless the families left behind. Most of all I believe he has blessed us all especially those of us who were directly involved and touhed by this event.

Answer 2

I moved up here (to NJ from VA) about 2 monthes before the 1 year anniversary of 9-11. the first trip to NYC i went to see where the towers was,and it was still a mess but all of the major stuff was gone.I always thought that i would be hurt in NYC but the peoplle was very friendly and polite,i guess because of the effects from 9-11. It actually hit me harde when i seen it up close and personal with most of the debris gone than it did watching it on T.V. with the debris. my wife actually lived in nj when i met her so i moved up here to be with her and one of her students was showing me and my wifearound.he is a manhatten junkie,and the wife don't know as much about the city as him. i will never forget what he said when we was there" look around every building is damaged but 1,turn around" so we did there was a small chapel St Pauls Chapel to be exact,without a bit of damage. then he said something else that quite desturbed me but was quite true."just think the dust on your shoes is quite possibly mixed with ashes of the victems" it was a very emotional day for me. I felt things for New yorkers I never felt before. sadness, for their loss of family and friends. love ,because they banded together so quickly to help each other, i hated with them due to the horriffic act of violence.
it did leave a rather large knot in my stomach to think so many died because of hate. and the inability to speak for a couple hours.It was so shocking to me, I come from rural background that never seen a city like that before,and never had a death rate like that ever happen near me. I always seen movies done in NYC where horns was blairing ,people cussing each other and so on. but it was so different not alot of horns,not alot of cussing it was somewhat ....odd i guess.I will admit i never really cared for new york,until that day. I still wouldn't live there but i do enjoy visiting it. It does have a magical feel to it,to me anyway.

This past summer when my sister,brother in law and nephews came up we went to Weehauken to an overlook so my sister could take photgraphs of NYC,it was quite fun i was making jokes abot tourists and so on until my sis asked where was the twin towers,i got quiet and managed to tune eveyone out and just staired at the empty space where they once where. I never seen them before 9-11 which i now regret,but still i knew it just aint the same place anymore, the skyline seems so empty now,the people have changed,not just in new york but everywhere.
one thing that first trip to NYC has taught me is life is to short to hate,if an entire country can band together and get something done that quick why can't we do it all the time. It was so bad that night ,i called everyone i know to tell them that I loved them. life is just too short.I think with the last 2 major hurricans God was reminding us of that. 2 more time us as a country worked together to help those that needed it. it really is a shame we as a country can't be like that all of the time. It is worse when the government don't move as fast or in a way that they should.

Answer 3

I agree with you-- my sympathies to the victims and the witnesses.

but i don't know about the cleanup.
sorry

Answer 4

yes