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City Of Dust: Illness, Arrogance, And 9/11 (2010)

by Anthony Depalma(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0131385666 (ISBN13: 9780131385665)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

FT Press

review 1: Poignant story of the 9-11 workers involved in the rescue and clean up and the New Yorkers who were exposed to the deadly dust that coated the city. The dust contained everything from asbestos and lead to glass and bone fragments. It wasn't long before many had a hacking cough and were being diagnosed with deadly cancers and auto immune diseases. Unfortunately, the death count if that awful day continues to rise as these people are being recognized as being victims of that day.
review 2: The author does a great job putting this all together. It was of course, a sad account of all that transpired after the attacks on 9/11. I felt sorry for those running for their lives as the collapse of the towers surrounded them in an environment for which they could barely br... moreeathe. For the first responders, who in their heroic efforts to recover injured people, found none. I also never thought about all the people who lived in the surrounding areas for which their homes/offices/apartments/schools were covered in the toxic dust that permeated through windows, doors, ventilation, etc., making them unable to live there until cleaned up. Then the workers hired to clean up didn't take precautions (didn't really know they had to) and inhaled all the dust as well. Mistakes made, fingers pointed, and unfortunately, many who got sick, some already dead and untold how many more will succumb to the toxic mess of the dust and the "pile". less

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