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Tough For New Yorkers to Agree on What Should be Built at WTC Site
Aired January 14, 2003 - 06:52 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It's going to be tough for New Yorkers to agree on what should be built at the World Trade Center site, really tough.
Our Jason Carroll has a look at public dissatisfaction during last night's presentation.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The people of New York finally got a chance to tell the seven teams of architects who designed plans to build at the site of the World Trade Center what they thought of their ideas. Some liked what they saw...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think I might be in the minority here. I have to say I'm really excited about these plans. I think they're a great improvement upon what we saw in July.
CARROLL: Many did not.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you succeed in making the World Trade Center site a blank slate for urban renewal agendas, you forever acknowledge bin Laden as your urban planner.
CARROLL: The only constant, everyone at the public forum on the proposals agreed to disagree, especially on the subject of how high the buildings should be. Four of the plans call for creating the tallest building in the world, too high for Peter Gadiel. His son worked on the 103rd floor of the North Tower. He was killed on 9/11.
PETER GADIEL, FATHER OF 9/11 VICTIM: You can't fight a fire above 50 stories. I think this is -- you should have learned your lesson. I've learned your less -- I learned the lesson on September 11 with the death of my son.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're eager to go back. The 77th floor of One World Trade Center wasn't my apartment, but it was my home.
CARROLL: The organization responsible for overseeing the rebuilding, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, was criticized, too, for not beginning the process with a plan for a memorial.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We spent over a year doing nothing. The memorial should be planned first. Let's get it planned first. MATTHEW HIGGINS, SPOKESMAN, LMDC: The goal of the process certainly isn't to please everyone. We realize that's impossible. I think our job is to go out to the public, listen to the divergent views about what should happen at ground zero and try to reconcile all those different viewpoints.
CARROLL (on camera): Some at the meeting question why the process seems to be taking so long while others wondered why it seems to be moving along so quickly. A final rebuilding plan is expected by next month. Shortly after that, the process of creating a memorial should begin.
Jason Carroll, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired January 14, 2003 - 06:52 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It's going to be tough for New Yorkers to agree on what should be built at the World Trade Center site, really tough.
Our Jason Carroll has a look at public dissatisfaction during last night's presentation.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The people of New York finally got a chance to tell the seven teams of architects who designed plans to build at the site of the World Trade Center what they thought of their ideas. Some liked what they saw...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think I might be in the minority here. I have to say I'm really excited about these plans. I think they're a great improvement upon what we saw in July.
CARROLL: Many did not.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you succeed in making the World Trade Center site a blank slate for urban renewal agendas, you forever acknowledge bin Laden as your urban planner.
CARROLL: The only constant, everyone at the public forum on the proposals agreed to disagree, especially on the subject of how high the buildings should be. Four of the plans call for creating the tallest building in the world, too high for Peter Gadiel. His son worked on the 103rd floor of the North Tower. He was killed on 9/11.
PETER GADIEL, FATHER OF 9/11 VICTIM: You can't fight a fire above 50 stories. I think this is -- you should have learned your lesson. I've learned your less -- I learned the lesson on September 11 with the death of my son.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're eager to go back. The 77th floor of One World Trade Center wasn't my apartment, but it was my home.
CARROLL: The organization responsible for overseeing the rebuilding, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, was criticized, too, for not beginning the process with a plan for a memorial.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We spent over a year doing nothing. The memorial should be planned first. Let's get it planned first. MATTHEW HIGGINS, SPOKESMAN, LMDC: The goal of the process certainly isn't to please everyone. We realize that's impossible. I think our job is to go out to the public, listen to the divergent views about what should happen at ground zero and try to reconcile all those different viewpoints.
CARROLL (on camera): Some at the meeting question why the process seems to be taking so long while others wondered why it seems to be moving along so quickly. A final rebuilding plan is expected by next month. Shortly after that, the process of creating a memorial should begin.
Jason Carroll, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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