DEP organizational chart for 9/11 emergency response, Sept 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

GROUND TO A HALT Subway station Just bwew street level, tracks for ttie No. 1 and 9 trains are covered to, water from firefighting efforts that continued yester­ day. On a subway line Just east, two N trains and two R trains were stua underground, covered by dust and debris. The Port

buried in rubble By BOB PORT trains from other Manhattan sta­ Authority tas no idea the extent of damage to Its PATH train tube for underground and no plans to reopen H anytime soon.

and RUSS BUETTNER tions were running without DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS charge yesterday to Hoboken, As several agencies strained Jersey City and Newark. to bririg the city’s powerful trans­ Many main arteries to the city portation web back to normal opened again, including all com­ yesterday, the devastation to muter trains and most subways some tunnels at ground zero be­ and buses, although there was came clear. no bus service below 14th St. in The 1 and 9 subway line sta­ Manhattan and no subway ser­ tion at Cortlandt St. was be­ vice below Canal St. lieved to be buried under immea­ The George Washington and surable rubble and millions of Triborough bridges opened to trafGc in both Erections. The o ’#1 1 gallons of water. © ] “It’s got all the debris from the George Wshington charged no two largest buildings in the toll. The Lincoln Tunnel is ex­ Water Il 2 world on top of it,” said Al pected to open today. O’Leary, a Transit Authority All bridges below 14th St. re­ mained closed to traffic, but 3 spokesman. open to pedestrians. The Hol­ The next stop, at Rector St., PATH Il 4 may be in no better shape. land Tunnel remained closed. turnstiles The halting of the Nos. 2, 3, 4 “We really don’t know the ex­ and 5 trains between Brooklyn tent of the damage there but PATH platfonn 5 and Manhattan caused massive won’t be surprised if we find the service disruptions. With the tunnels have collapsed,” lie loss of the Staten Island ferry, O’Leary said. many commuters there had to The entrance to the Cortlandt travel to Manhattan through Il 7 St. stop on the N and the R lines New Jersey. — across the street from the Airports remained closed but World Trade Center — was im­ the FAA said flights would re­ mersed in white soot and debris, sume in the coming days as air­ but officials believe the tunnel it­ ports meet new security rules. self is sound. Newark International last night The PATH station under the allowed 18 planes to land that World Trade Center was too had been diverted Tuesday. deep to even assess damage. The Port Authority Bus Termi­ The Port Authority has no plans nal remained closed, surround- to reopen -,sption. , PATH by cops and.yejlw’ ;,t,

Thursday. September 13, 2001 DAILY NEWS

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