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...scarcely have a vocabulary for these people. They are truly "survivors," but that word has been largely appropriated for the relatives of dead victims. We could call Genelle and the others "escapees," but they didn't really escape--they just dodged fate. After ground-zero workers unearthed Pasquale's soot-encrusted briefcase a few months ago, the New York police department mailed a letter to his wife Louise saying searchers had found an item that belonged either to her or to the deceased. When Pasquale presented himself at One Police Plaza to pick up the case, the clerk wouldn...
...CHOKED UP Offering the strongest evidence to date, a study of half a million people in 116 cities shows that long-term exposure to tiny soot particles from coal-burning power plants and diesel engines raises the risk of lung cancer some 20%--comparable to the effect of living with a smoker. What can you do? Try air filters--or get out of town...
...million-year level, he concluded in Geology that most of the dust particles were too large to have remained suspended in the air for many months. The finer particles that stayed airborne would not have blocked enough sunlight to cause mass extinctions. Pope speculates instead that soot from the worldwide conflagrations, sulfate aerosols and other impact phenomena were to blame. His findings prompted such headlines as ALVAREZ TEAM WAS WRONG and DUST DIDN'T DO IT, and heartened the relatively few scientists who still contest the Alvarez theory. Others, however, dispute Pope's analysis and say his methodology was faulty...
HANG TOGETHER IN HARD TIMES. J&R Music and Computer World in New York City would seem to have every reason to head for the hills. The 300,000-sq.-ft. retailing giant is just a block from ground zero, and was coated with soot and concrete dust from the attack. It remained closed for six weeks after the attack, but all 800 employees continued to receive full pay. Rachelle Friedman, co-chair of the 30-year-old family business, says, "Our employees are our biggest asset. They're like family." Though J&R cut prices and introduced free shipping...
When Thea B. Johnson ’03 and her roommates returned to their room after the fire, they found all their belongings covered in soot...