Some day, at the new and rebuilt World Trade Center site, visitors might submit to an iris scan or an analysis of their thumb print to get into buildings, while smart cameras try to match their faces to a photo database of known terrorists. Well-paid, armed guards would be on patrol while sensors test the air for lethal gases.The Freedom Tower was completely redesigned and relocated within the site because of security concerns. It is my belief that some of the other office towers are vulnerable in the same way that the Freedom Tower once was, and that they should consider the solution envisioned for the Freedom Tower. The Freedom Tower is being built with a reinforced 'pedestal' that is heavily protected from truck bombs and similar ground level assaults.
Preliminary details of a plan to make the redeveloped 16-acre site as terrorism-proof as possible were provided to The Associated Press this week by former FBI agent James Kallstrom, Gov. George Pataki's senior counterterrorism adviser. Kallstrom and city and federal officials are aiming for a standard of security that doesn't yet exist in public spaces around the nation.
"This'll be reflective of the times we live in," said Kallstrom. "The consequences of attacking here could have more significance to the terrorists. It has a lot of symbolism. It's going to be extremely well protected."
Technorati: World Trade Center, WTC, Pataki, LMDC, urban policy, Freedom Tower, IFC, International Freedom Center.
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