Word: truck
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...Truck bombs, not hijacked planes, were the subject of an April 8th NYPD vulnerability report that caused developers and politicians, already under fire for rising costs and construction delays, to announce that they would have to reinforce the slender structure or move it further from the street. Experts say the design changes could delay the completion date of the building from 2008 to as late as 2010. Aesthetes worry that the best countermeasure for truck bombs-concrete, and lots of it-will ruin the airy grace of the original tower design and perhaps preclude some of its more symbolic features...
...were the planners, who endowed the Freedom Tower with security features for everything from burning jet fuel to anthrax spores, unprepared for a Ryder Truck filled with explosives? Developers say the NYPD simply ambushed them with shifting demands. Police say they'd been privately raising these concerns for months before their official report. And public watchdogs say the finger-pointing itself is symptomatic of the real problem. "There's a confidence problem here, but it's not about security," says Nikki Stern, executive director of the Families of September 11. "It's about leadership...
...system installed in a large Ford pickup truck looked more like a family-vacation outfit than a security tool. Each of four passengers had a color video screen and easy access to a small box with knobs and a joystick. Only this wasn't a game: it was part of a remotely operated weapons system. The screens display views from cameras atop the truck with a range, clarity and thermal-imaging capacity that permit operators to see what the human eye cannot. The joystick allows a gunner to aim the cameras and fire a machine gun, also mounted...
YOUR BOOM BOOM HUCKJAM ARENA TOUR STARTS IN JUNE. IS IT NASCAR FOR TWEENS? I'd liken it less to NASCAR or a Monster Truck show and more to Cirque du Soleil. It has a lot of choreography, and it's visually exciting--it's showcasing our sport as entertainment, not competition. And it's not just for the younger generation--it's one of the few events that dads and sons can equally enjoy...
...Maxwell-Dworkin 2nd floor–The dark horse of the All-Deuce starting five, this personal bathroom is literally big enough to hold a monster truck rally. More importantly, it has a shower, so you can bathe before and ideally after. There is also a nice chair, so you can bring a friend to chat to while defecating...