
We also agree with Hillary and Rudy that all affected should be taken care of. Forget the blame game. We cringed when we watched workers without respirators clearing the debris at the terrorist attack site. But we also understand how hard, if not impossible, it is to do strenuous work in warm weather in dusty conditions with a respirator. And people were not thinking about themselves in the emergency situation. They just wanted to get that site cleaned.
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration enforced respirators at the Pentagon but not at Ground Zero. And there was probably significant pressure to get Wall Street and Lower Manhattan operating normally again. New York City is the economic capital of the world. So the city, the fed, the workers, residents and businesses were in a hurry to get back to normal. We are human. We make mistakes. And government is not a supreme being. As Rudy said, "Everybody bears responsibility for it."
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