by Lionel Bascom — November 8th, 2007 — 1 comment
Contractors hired to remove toxic debris from a skyscraper where firefighters died in a fire last summer near Ground Zero can resume their demolition work.
The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. has approved $10 million in new expenses to continue taking down the former Deutsche Bank tower. The demolition stopped after the fatal fire last summer.
The fire broke out last August. Two firefighters called to the building where workmen had been taking the building down died fighting the suspicious fire.
The LMD approved the money, including $1 million to fight complications related to a criminal investigation related to the fire. Firefighters Joseph Graffagnino and Robert Beddia died while battling the fire at 130 Liberty St., the site of the former Deutsche Bank building near Ground Zero.
7:13 PM in Uncategorized, The Construction, Ground Zero, Related Stories, Freedom Tower News, Politics
Removing toxins allows one to move on to demolish the weakened structure, thus replacing the veil of despair and stagnation with renewed hope and optimism.
“In all things it is better to hope than to despair.”
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Jeanne · November 8th, 2007 at 10:03 pm