Quote Originally Posted by Shelbay
I hope the NYFD and NYPD families of the victims received the financial settlement that the WTC employees families did. Do you know Breukelen? I know you don't like my posts but I am asking YOU since you were there. I didn't know that about you. Some people I have listened to talk about that day have compared it to Pearl Harbor..how do New Yorkers feel about that comparison?
I do not dislike you or your posts - although I disagree with some of your views, and things get a little rough here sometimes. Everybody disagrees - but it is obvious that you are a very decent person, at the very least - and have a very big heart as well.

The 9/11 attacks were worse than Pearl Harbor, in my opinion, because civilians were targeted. It is generally considered the worst attack in history - not just in comparison those against America, or for the 20th century everywhere else, but of all time.

I do not believe that the NYFD and NYPD families received the same settlements, because it was their job to put their lives on the line. There have been various funds, and charities, set up to help, though. They probably had life insurance, also.

After the second plane hit, the building that I worked in was evacuated. I went to a subway that was running (most were not), and met an architect. He told me that the Towers were built to collapse and crumble straight down, in the event of a major catastrophe, and his prediction was correct - and this is exactly what happened after I arrived home and turned on the TV.
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