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Wed Jul-18-07 06:23 PM
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Is this NYC steam explosion really such a big deal that |
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MSNBC feels it needs to conduct non-stop live coverage?
I mean, not to downplay it, but who cares unless you live there?
I'm far more interested in watching Hardball to hear about the overnight session.
Instead, we get a bunch of babbling from reporters.
I get it. There was a steam explosion. Enough. :eyes:
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:24 PM
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:32 PM
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Well that alternative of reporting on wall to wall scandals would be terra |
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Heck if corporate newscasters can't find something that suits their liking to report on then they will just make something up. After all, it's only there to sell advertisement anyway, anybody that thinks they might learn something important tuning into corporate news is obviously sleep walking
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:25 PM
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2. If it can be used to instill fear, YES |
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So says the bu$h regime playbook for terrorizing the American people.
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:25 PM
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3. I'll bet it's a big deal if you live or work there and have no electricity |
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:28 PM
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9. If you live there, you can turn on all of the local |
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stations and get your non-stop coverage, right?
I live 3,000 miles away.
I want to watch Hardball, which is being preempted.
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:32 PM
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...hits Chicago, I'll let you know.
Agreed, it's a local thing.
Cheers
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:31 PM
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15. If they have no electricity |
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...how are they watching it?
Cheers
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:42 PM
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28. I'm referring to the unfortunate NYers who aren't watching it because of the transformer explosion |
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:49 PM
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38. What?, They can't go over to a friend's house? |
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Go to a bar to watch tv, a department store? Give me a break!
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:59 PM
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40. You're right, having no power in your home or office on a summer day in NYC is no hassle whatsoever |
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:25 PM
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4. We gotta fight the steam over there so we don't have to fight it here |
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Hey, didn't that kinda look like Iranian steam to you?
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:35 PM
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:38 PM
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23. Ya know, people who poo poo events like this one get me |
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all steamed up..... I wish I could vent, but I have to watch Hardball.
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:26 PM
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5. Asbestos insulation on the pipes. |
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Rescue workers are at jeopardy when dealing with asbestos if they aren't given the proper protection.
The EPA is testing now for asbestos.
I think that when anything happens in DC, LA, or NYC, a lot of Americans care about it. (I'm watching local coverage, though.)
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:31 PM
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14. I'm not complaining about the live coverage. It is a newsworthy |
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story, and one that dictates live coverage.
What I'm complaining about is the extended coverage.
Both CNN and Faux are not still live.
I don't know what else can be said from the scene.
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Wed Jul-18-07 07:27 PM
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44. Christie Todd Whitman has already given the "all clear" |
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After viewing a video tape of the explosion from her home, Christie Todd Whitman, gave the all clear. NY'ers are not in any danger of any harmful toxins spewing in the air, she was over heard saying, from unidentified sorces.
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:26 PM
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6. Maybe David didn't prepare for a show today, and he's happy to have |
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something to fill the time!
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:27 PM
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they had enough of the plane crash in Brazil
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:27 PM
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8. You're right - It's a local story |
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Not newsworthy enough for a national broadcast.
UNLESS they're trying to make some kind of "point".
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:31 PM
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13. Midtown Manhattan is not "local." |
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:40 PM
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25. That's true, it's not even close to being local. |
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:41 PM
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"When one is tired of mid-town Manhattan, one is tired of life."
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:29 PM
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10. I agree and I live here. We have plenty of local channels that can cover it fine. |
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It's not terrorism and there were, if any, only very minor injuries as far as anyone knows.
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:42 PM
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27. several are in critical condition, they just reported. n/t |
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:29 PM
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11. So only a terror-caused disaster interests you. Got it. |
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Midtown Manhattan has a great big hole now. Oddly enough, that actually affects people all over the world.
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:37 PM
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22. I understand that, but what else is there to say? The story has been |
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given enough live coverage in my opinion.
There's a hole in Manhattan.
What else to you need to know?
Obviously, the producers at CNN and Faux don't think there's anything else that warrants live coverage.
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:30 PM
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12. There's a giant geyser in midtown manhattan |
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:32 PM
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16. I work in the building next door and was evacuated. |
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Edited on Wed Jul-18-07 06:33 PM by Harvey Korman
Local news is covering it, of course. Right now they have a "steam expert" on the line, if you can believe that.
Anyway, at least it was nothing serious. At the time, it was a little frightening because all you could hear from the higher floors was loud, constant rumbling coming from below, where Grand Central is, and a lot of deep, black smoke billowing out and people running away from the area. So people were pretty panicked at first, because it sounded like it could be concrete breaking down.
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:32 PM
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17. NY is the most important city in the world. |
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:36 PM
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21. Sorry, but NY is only the 3rd most important. |
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:33 PM
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19. There is no local when it comes to NYC |
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I know I was interested in seeing what was happening and I am here in Boston. Like most people around here I have friends that work there and it's good to catch the whole story and worry less.
Basically if you don't want to hear about it you can always change the channel.
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:44 PM
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31. So where do you draw the line? How long should they stay on the |
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air?
Do you have a figure for me?
Of course I can change the channel, but I'm missing out on a program I wanted to watch.
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:39 PM
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24. I was just thinking the same thing. n/t |
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:42 PM
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it wasn't a transformer explosion after all. I've been gathering all the electrical products in the house with transformer in them and putting them on the back porch, I figured the Iranians had figured the transformer out and were now going to come after us through them. my bad.
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:47 PM
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:43 PM
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30. Now they're analyzing how much gravel, mud, stone, or dirty water fell down |
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on the sidewalk. Since they've ruled out a terrorist act, this story deserves maybe a minute or two of coverage on the nightly news. It's just not a major national story.
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:46 PM
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34. How much mud fell on the sidewalk! hehehehe |
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:44 PM
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32. NY is always full of chaos |
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After people figure out it was too much pressure and nobody hurt intentionally then everyone goes back to their routine.
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:45 PM
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33. Is it going to preempt Olbermann? |
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Grrrr....:banghead: I heard his show was going to be about the overnight session, too.
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:47 PM
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36. Oh come on. This is far more important than discussing the |
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overnight session and the war.
:sarcasm:
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:48 PM
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37. I wonder if Chertoff had a "gut feeling" this was going to happen. |
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:59 PM
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39. No joke, it should have been a ten minute at best. |
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Edited on Wed Jul-18-07 06:59 PM by LostInAnomie
This story has all the elements of an all day thing though. It has the words "explosion" and "New York" in the headline, and it has footage that they can run in a loop ad infinitum.
Just like when that one baseball player crashed his airplane. If it had been anywhere else in the country it would have been a two minute blip during commercials, but you throw those elements together and it trumps anything that happened anywhere else in the world.
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Wed Jul-18-07 06:59 PM
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41. I don't know how big a story it is to anyone outside of the local area... |
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but I was on the 10th floor in a building on 41st and Lex and it was really scary when it happened. God bless the NYC firemen. They are wonderful.
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Wed Jul-18-07 07:02 PM
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42. Well I'm glad you're okay |
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Wed Jul-18-07 07:05 PM
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Yes, I'm safe home now but it was freaky....I agree though that although it really is a major event, it is a local story and I don't know why there would be non-stop coverage all over the place...I understand the non-stop stuff on all my local stations but everywhere else...The media is crazy.
My fellow New Yorkers were cool though. Most were very clam. Only two people in my building freaking out a little and no one was thinking 'terror' when it happened either....
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Wed Jul-18-07 07:41 PM
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46. "My fellow New Yorkers were cool though" |
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yeah that's how we usually react. The noise no doubt would've scared the hell out of me at first but then it would've been oh what the hell is it NOW. Glad you got home safe.
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Wed Jul-18-07 07:34 PM
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45. Yes, it is a big deal. Like it or not, NYC is the financial heart of this country. |
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Edited on Wed Jul-18-07 07:36 PM by mcscajun
41st and Lexington is steps away from Grand Central Station, one of the major transport hubs for the NYC Metropolitan Area. Metro North commuter lines and NYC Subway lines have been disrupted, and it's uncertain how soon services, including water, will be restored, and there will in all likelihood be some business/employment disruptions, including low-paid service people whose livelihoods depend on the office workers in the area.
This isn't a little thing that'll be cleared up in a few hours and life will go back to normal that fast.
One person is dead, several injured; those numbers may change. There may have been absestos released in the steam cloud. A lot of unknowns at the moment; tomorrow may bring more details.
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I was walking down Lexington and saw the explosion. It looked like a replay of 9/11, with thousands of people running away while the intense geyser of smoke and vapor erupted in the background. "Run!" people were screaming. "Run!" An older lady slipped and fell to the ground. I didn't want to be in the open air and slipped into a gym near Grand Central. The stream of people running out of Grand Central and away from the explosion continued. A voice came over the intercom, "We are evacuating this building" and sweats-clad patrons ran out of the gym.
I went back to work and watched as the plume of steam billowed up the side of the Chrysler Building, reaching its full height at times.
Later, when I went back home, I saw thousands of tourists, New Yorkers and media lining the streets, looking down towards the explosion. There were dozens, perhaps hundreds, of emergency vehicles and police cars in the area.
Mayor Bloomberg has announced they are testing for asbestos. He seems far more transparent than Giuliani.
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Wed Jul-18-07 08:01 PM
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49. You're missing my point. My point is I have no problem with |
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the live coverage.
Stay on the air for an hour.
I'm questioning the rationale of staying on the air for longer than that.
I live 3,000 miles away.
Everything that could be said about that breaking news story had been reported, IMO.
CNN and FOX were able to see that, and switched back to normal programming as I thought MSNBC should have done.
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Wed Jul-18-07 08:10 PM
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51. Look at it this way: You didn't miss K.O., just Tweety. |
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Edited on Wed Jul-18-07 08:13 PM by mcscajun
And who cares what Fox does, anyhow? :hi:
As for me, I called a sister who works in the area (she is home safe), then I watched the coverage (not on MSNBC) until the Mayor said his piece. I don't know if they covered much after that, and then Keith was on.
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Wed Jul-18-07 08:23 PM
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52. I don't care what Fox does per se. I was simply pointing |
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out that even it (the network of trying to scare people), didn't think the story was worth continuing the live coverage after every possible piece of news had been reported.
Anyway, yes, good point about KO! :hi:
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Wed Jul-18-07 08:00 PM
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48. Gotta Keep Us All In Fear |
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Bush and his cronies in the media have to keep us all living in fear.
"OMG! An Explosion in NYC!!!!"
"Run!"
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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Wed Jul-18-07 08:08 PM
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Edited on Wed Jul-18-07 08:10 PM by jumptheshadow
I'm sorry, but this event scared the living hell out of the people who were there. Wherever you live, I hope you don't ever have to go through something like what happened today.
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Wed Jul-18-07 08:25 PM
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53. Thousands die regularly just for lack of healthcare. |
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One heart attack, and everything else is cancelled.
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Wed Jul-18-07 08:35 PM
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54. This wasn't just one heart attack |
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This was thousands of people scared out of their minds, people crying, and a huge billow of smoke that might have contained asbestos saturating the area.
My God, you people are insensitive.
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