[Redditolavoro] Fw: 7 years later - are our skyscrapers more safe?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Kate Stayman-London, CREDO Action 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 5:29 PM
Subject: 7 years later - are our skyscrapers more safe?


     
        
      
                        We have one week to fight the Bush Administration. 
                       
                        E-mail all eighteen board members of the ICC with a single click - implore them to do the right thing at their board meeting next Thursday. 


                       
                 
           
      How many lives could have been saved on 9/11 with higher safety standards?

      I was born in New York City, and - like so many who grew up in that area - I knew people working in the World Trade Center on 9/11. I remember the panic as I called everyone I knew, sent frantic e-mails, and prayed that my friends and their families were okay. 

      Of course, we all know that terrorists were responsible for the tragedies on 9/11. But the devastating truth is that some lives were lost needlessly that day - lives that could have been saved if the towers had had more stairwells or fireproofing. And those are just two important safety upgrades now being considered by the International Code Council, which makes decisions about building safety code regulations. 

      The Bush Administration is blocking these upgrades on behalf of its cronies. But the one review board can stop the sellout. 


      The ICC is set to vote on these recommendations next Thursday, September 18th. The recommendations were drawn from a comprehensive post-9/11 report by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The purpose of the report was to improve our safety code to protect buildings and save lives in case of another attack. Sounds like a no-brainer, right? 

      Not for the Bush administration. On September 8th, the New York Times reported that the General Services Administration - a federal agency that manages property for the government - is opposing the new safety standards. That's right: an agency of the Bush administration is using your tax dollars to fight against the very standards that could have saved lives on 9/11. Why? To help line the pockets of super-rich landlords and appease the real estate lobby.

      This far exceeds unreasonable. The group of building owners is even refusing to put glow-in-the-dark markings in stairwells to help people evacuate safely. Why save lives when you can cut corners instead?

      Fortunately, there are eighteen people who can stand up and force these landlords to do the right thing.

      They're the Board of Directors of the International Code Council, or ICC. It's the ICC's job to approve or reject the new safety standards, and they're meeting next Thursday, September 18th, to vote.

      With one click, you can e-mail all eighteen ICC board members and ask them to make sure that if we ever endure another attack, at least we will have done all we can to keep Americans safe.

      Just one click could help save lives. Thank you for working to build a safer world.

      Kate Stayman-London, Campaign Manager 
      CREDO Action from Working Assets
       
        
     

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