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A morning threat!
Jun. 25th, 2007 10:17 amI got out of the Chambers St. exit off the C train this morning and found that the overhang for the Path Station at the corner of Church and Vesey had been taken down - actually demolished - over the weekend. The metal from the artful overhang lay in a pile of rubble at the corner of the street, and I began to wonder at length why we didn't know it was happening. I wondered why they took it down. For one, it looked cool, two it served a purpose, and three it helped break up the monotony of the blank space where the towers once stood.
Meanwhile, I kept walking to work while pondering all of this stepping into the narrowing sidewalk around the Fulton St. subway station construction pounding the pavement toward my building two blocks away. In front of me, I noticed these two cops - one female and one male. The female was black and sported a hat, and the male cop next to her, whose heavily tattooed right arm was streched out above the path between him and her. He was quite striking and it crossed my mind that at my speed, I might just gladly pass closely to him and exchange a friendly glance. It wasn't until I got within about 5 feet of them that I realized she was saying over and over again, more and more loudly to me, "This block is closed. This block is closed. This block is closed!" I guess I was still pondering the PATH station and so captivated by her neighbor that I wasn't paying attention to her in the least.
So, left I went up Dey St. to get onto Broadway and eventually cross Courtland to my building when my Blackberry vibrated for this message: "Please be advised that 22 Cortlandt Street and Century 21 have been evacuated due to an unknown threat. At this time we are gathering more information from NYPD and the management of 22 Cortlandt." That was a bit disconcerting as I headed to my building right across the street!
In my building and in the elevator, a lady got in, worry visible on her face saying to the 6 of us, "Why is security letting us in the building and on the elevator if there's a credible threat ACROSS THE STREET! What if the bomb blows up? What then?" Another woman started getting worried at those questions, and started talking about the negative prospects. I was thinking, "Well, why'd you come into the building and get on the elevator - take your well-being into your own hands rather than rely on security if you're so concerned." I even asked that question to the elevator passengers once those two got off and another guy agreed with me.
About an hour later, we got this message, "Please be advised that NYPD has informed our security at 9:10am that the threat to Century 21 and 22 Cortlandt was unfounded and deemed clear. The employees are returning to their offices in these buildings." No worries.
Meanwhile, I kept walking to work while pondering all of this stepping into the narrowing sidewalk around the Fulton St. subway station construction pounding the pavement toward my building two blocks away. In front of me, I noticed these two cops - one female and one male. The female was black and sported a hat, and the male cop next to her, whose heavily tattooed right arm was streched out above the path between him and her. He was quite striking and it crossed my mind that at my speed, I might just gladly pass closely to him and exchange a friendly glance. It wasn't until I got within about 5 feet of them that I realized she was saying over and over again, more and more loudly to me, "This block is closed. This block is closed. This block is closed!" I guess I was still pondering the PATH station and so captivated by her neighbor that I wasn't paying attention to her in the least.
So, left I went up Dey St. to get onto Broadway and eventually cross Courtland to my building when my Blackberry vibrated for this message: "Please be advised that 22 Cortlandt Street and Century 21 have been evacuated due to an unknown threat. At this time we are gathering more information from NYPD and the management of 22 Cortlandt." That was a bit disconcerting as I headed to my building right across the street!
In my building and in the elevator, a lady got in, worry visible on her face saying to the 6 of us, "Why is security letting us in the building and on the elevator if there's a credible threat ACROSS THE STREET! What if the bomb blows up? What then?" Another woman started getting worried at those questions, and started talking about the negative prospects. I was thinking, "Well, why'd you come into the building and get on the elevator - take your well-being into your own hands rather than rely on security if you're so concerned." I even asked that question to the elevator passengers once those two got off and another guy agreed with me.
About an hour later, we got this message, "Please be advised that NYPD has informed our security at 9:10am that the threat to Century 21 and 22 Cortlandt was unfounded and deemed clear. The employees are returning to their offices in these buildings." No worries.
