Rudy Giuliani – downplayed the health risks of the area and rushed to reopen the area around Ground Zero, although this posed a grave and immediate health risk first responders
Is the quote from the article but the sourcing is poor.
Basically regardless of what Giuliani did first responders would have been working without respirators. There were simply not enough for everyone and not enough time to get more. It was an emergency after all.
It’s not like he was preventing rescuers from using what equipment was available.
What he did do though was force the area to reopen well before the air was safe. This required first responders to continue working after the initial emergency. Meaning people were exposed due to lack of equipment unnecessarily.
Also by forcing the area around Ground Zero to reopen so early he endangered basically every person that entered the area. For absolutely no good reason.
Additionally there is evidence he was not insuring that first responders in the city were provided adequate equipment before 9/11.
So I’m trying to be specific about what he did that was so terrible. Rescuers were going to respond and there would never have been enough PPE.
But Giuliani rushed the re-opening, causing harm to cleanup crews, first responders, and the public. He also did not provide emergency services with requested equipment before the attack. If he had listened there still wouldn’t have been enough PPE, but a lot less people would have been exposed.
It was considered a ‘rescue effort’ for the first few months.
Even though it was obvious that they were only going to find more corpses, they were still called ‘rescuers.’
Also, the new building was delayed until 2007 because that’s how long it took to straighten out the insurance claims. Of course, President Bush couldn’t step in and tell the billionaires to speed it up.
Ah well that’s definently not what a “rescuer” is, but not your fault the media 24 years ago used poor word choice.
Also I wasn’t talking about the immediate grounds. The surrounding area was blocked off as well. Giuliani re-opened those blocks even though there was still significant contamination in the air
off topic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_arising_from_the_September_11_attacks
Giuliani let the Ground Zero rescuers work without respirators.
He hasn’t attended any of the funerals for those who died because of the poisoned air.
Is the quote from the article but the sourcing is poor.
Basically regardless of what Giuliani did first responders would have been working without respirators. There were simply not enough for everyone and not enough time to get more. It was an emergency after all.
It’s not like he was preventing rescuers from using what equipment was available.
What he did do though was force the area to reopen well before the air was safe. This required first responders to continue working after the initial emergency. Meaning people were exposed due to lack of equipment unnecessarily.
Also by forcing the area around Ground Zero to reopen so early he endangered basically every person that entered the area. For absolutely no good reason.
Additionally there is evidence he was not insuring that first responders in the city were provided adequate equipment before 9/11.
So I’m trying to be specific about what he did that was so terrible. Rescuers were going to respond and there would never have been enough PPE.
But Giuliani rushed the re-opening, causing harm to cleanup crews, first responders, and the public. He also did not provide emergency services with requested equipment before the attack. If he had listened there still wouldn’t have been enough PPE, but a lot less people would have been exposed.
The Ground Zero operations went on for months after the original attack.
They couldn’t get respirators the first few days, but they could have had them in the first month.
Correct, but your original comment said “rescuers” those are the people working immediately following the emergency.
After the first few days they should have suspended operations to obtain proper PPE. That is Giuliani’s failing.
But rescuers were going to be exposed, although there was equipment requested before the attack that would have provided more help.
Maybe it’s pedantic, but I want to be specific about how Giuliani failed.
It was considered a ‘rescue effort’ for the first few months.
Even though it was obvious that they were only going to find more corpses, they were still called ‘rescuers.’
Also, the new building was delayed until 2007 because that’s how long it took to straighten out the insurance claims. Of course, President Bush couldn’t step in and tell the billionaires to speed it up.
Ah well that’s definently not what a “rescuer” is, but not your fault the media 24 years ago used poor word choice.
Also I wasn’t talking about the immediate grounds. The surrounding area was blocked off as well. Giuliani re-opened those blocks even though there was still significant contamination in the air
“Rescue effort” was the official designation.
iirc it became “recovery” sometime around Christmas.