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tw · 09-17-2001, 04:46 PM

[quote]Originally posted by Joe
They changed the name of the hotel after the 1993 car bombing in the basement. I don't know the prior name but
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Vista Hotel. It also should have collapsed immediately when the 1993 bomb exploded.

Rather curious how strong that basement was. AT&T's switching computer located in the basement kept handling calls until batteries eventually died. Today, they finally got into the subway station - but I don't know which one - PATH or the MTA's 1, 2 and 3 line or the MTAs A, AA, CC, and E line station. Much of the WTC basement is still intact. That basement may have only been 6 stories, but that is 6 floors that were much deeper than 6 stories. It saw WTC 1 when it was just a hole in the ground.

09-17-2001, 04:46 PM	#66
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Re: WTC [quote]Originally posted by Joe They changed the name of the hotel after the 1993 car bombing in the basement. I don't know the prior name but [\QUOTE] Vista Hotel. It also should have collapsed immediately when the 1993 bomb exploded. Rather curious how strong that basement was. AT&T's switching computer located in the basement kept handling calls until batteries eventually died. Today, they finally got into the subway station - but I don't know which one - PATH or the MTA's 1, 2 and 3 line or the MTAs A, AA, CC, and E line station. Much of the WTC basement is still intact. That basement may have only been 6 stories, but that is 6 floors that were much deeper than 6 stories. It saw WTC 1 when it was just a hole in the ground.