Unreadable document fragment from 7 WTC records, 1998-1999

| vet mat 73892 ; Gowivaves “FROM PAGE 1 sa cl aaty 4 71999" mee 1H EW YORK OBSERVER Rudy’ « Seeret (Shh!) Bunker! it asecious emergency, the facility could . Jibld as many 2s 100 top city administruars. *; Plens also call for water and cots for eqnamissioners and other top emergency of- Gcials who would need to work through - the night to deliver the city fom floods, famines, terrorist attacks and othercalansi- | ~ tlhs. The center will have backup genera- - tits to be used during power failures and egen a place for workers to cook. As for _ fod,t the administration official said, there van MAAC Std a ‘nt BRET AT NAH are afew cans of frais and yegetables—but, -- ke said dryly, the Mayor.and his aides probably would prefer the fare at a public’ : ” fetéria on the building's third floor.“ ~ 8 Mg. Collins told The Observer thai the: , Gis spent S49 million on general con- don, $4.6 million onelectricalequip- - lent and some $2 million on mechanics, __ Hung ane speinkler. Add thet othe fx Jity’s aginual reat, anaverageof $1.5 mil. for 20 years, and the total price tag—" mri spberating Conte: £omcs f0 more, > SUNTOLUE ry encroacht ene temergency took place [° D fete a hencece gr || in" —compare cekend of March 13-14, ‘according to. | us 56 POO mil = rormnpanm eran | init ited by Saddas - Pacrpener Masageaeay je agency that « |" >: 5: Rt ey es ithecenter’s- |: {bsitlties allowed hs colteas- es bo get to “posts the night before 1i.¢ storm hit-- - tather,than have them drive i is nom... ere stay over/"hesald. = it Mer. Hauer ae howeyes hae ac- LEE ~ The Observer that the command center was- |- . beeninstructed not to talk sbowt the ceates. - strenuously rejected the suggestion that the facility is, in fact, a bunker. He has commiodations were afyything butswank, "They're very modest, like army bunks,” double-decker bunks,” be seid, noting that they were based on bedding srrangemenis provided for Secret Service agents housed on the ninth ftoor of the same ‘building. Tor SECRET - Sever! Werld Trade Ceater is asosring " office tower occupied by Salamon Sinith Barney and the New York office of the Se- ; _ Curities and. Exchange Conamission,— among other tenants. ee | messengers,is allowed bey . "without approval from somebody else in. . thobuilding. A guard standing nesiby told - “have questioned the feed for anexpéasive, ; high-tech facility. Los Angeles, hardly a. stranges to calamities like mudslides nnd Tiois, managed to convert a 1960's bomb shelter into an emergency managemcnt centers, updating jhe facility for several million dollars. And for years, the city's emergency management systesn cuneffectively out of Police Headquarters. { Even with the new facility all but finished, the command center at | Police Ptaza e- “mains operational.” hunkerdown throigh disastess. Rather, he has said, the facility boasts a statc-of-the- art Communications system, comecting scores of people in goverament and law enforcement viz compulers to a rnapping erlines, water mains andsubway tunnels. in thiscity,” noted Hob Louden, an expert in emergency management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, it makes ~ There are cans i of fits’ "and ‘vegetables in’ ithe. ” command center, ‘but’ - “the Mayor probably nal Lede the fare at. creaté anew entily to make sure all agen: Cies work togethier.” mo impressively high-tech. Buthessidhehad - * Coupled with the barricades around opening of the command center coincides suggepied a politic quick to see him-. self ag under. cone an vebwulod leader secant ey | Leeda een weeks of well: | SRE pay ae ngrae Se loose in Central Park.- : ladon otaskngle pubic thilerorovepair | “ With 2 foldout couch until his political: BF a single exif on the F, DR. Highway |- _|.. Storms blow over, "Ee may need it—his ee yee - - belt narbeas: are dropping.” quipped aan Despite the quasi-cltary Took. of tae : ane ney ea es rs Bae elinen dae | _ command center's décor, Mr, Hauer bas pointed out that the center is adt-a place’ for the Mayor and his allies andrelativesto | system iat pinpoints the location of dis- | § i A asters and shows how nearthey are to sew- |. [Iau “Given the things that have happened |: FEE fen 4 a sense "so upgrade What theyaredoingand |: HEADING FoR Cover? aan & Of course, on a less dramatic hote, the |. witha dip in Mr, Giuliani's popatarityand | - en ' a percui ved political vulnerability. The | Tomer Rey. Al Stiarpton has managed to reinvent -§ himself yet again, this time at Mr. Giu-. |. - publicized demoastraticias'at Police Head" "quarters. ‘The tactics of his Police Depart= - i iment have come undes national icrutiny. [ * j.- at. And just theothér day, acoyote roamed tee one. m ter how cdmfortable the pai lout F may | ... oondinate: when dott 7 spring (nto action to. deal a have deen at odds aincd:. 3. ‘plans for the new conte ed |= ar- - Officials tay say the fcility td not & fiebe. 222 i meriog pia Cic-~|: bunker, but ever 0, Mr. Giuani might be _| - City Counci] mex we : forgiven for taking cover infuduiet place’ = A= 7 Themagain, he may fad n no aces whens s, The command center was the” , |. condiee sping overtoNew Yorks ima oe en eg ‘ relief, : “. ly protect their turf. . | oH . Indeed, it remairis to | fx be: seen. how the two , - command centers will - * with the latest disaster, “Mr. Hower “anid” Policat See? Commissioner Howard: Mapes i. Safir, - who reportedly NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document