Hi-jack fall-out

Brad DeLong jbdelong at uclink.berkeley.edu
Tue Sep 11 18:27:31 PDT 2001



>[from Doug Henwood]
>
>Expert: Terrorists Chose West Coast Flights for Fuel Load
>by Hugh Sprunt
>
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>
>Oh thank god, Disneyland is safe!
>
>Let me assure the world that indeed Berkeley has not been taken over
>by right wing militia seeking a pro-active defense posture. Saner heads
>than Brad DeLong have prevailed here. Brad has been taken home under
>heavy sedation, mumbling about casualties in the millions. We will
>bring you all updates as they come to us.

Look: 50000 people worked in those buildings. If half were trapped, we have 25000 dead. If 1/3 were trapped, we have 17000 dead.

It takes time to evacuate: those people didn't have much time.

Brad DeLong



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