Would you work in the new World Trade Centre?

bobblepuzzle

One World Trade Centre is under construction and they will have 55 floors completed by the end of the year. It should open its doors in 2012.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_tower

Would you work in the new building considering the old was targeted twice? Do you think the shiny, bigger, better new tower may be a new target?

Somebody told me yesterday they wouldn't for fear of another attack. Personally, I would work in the new tower if given the chance.

Shanotheslayer

I'd work anywere givin the chance:(

stovelid

Yes.

I'd bring a parachute along too though just in case.

Luxie

Cmdr Keen wrote: »

One World Trade Centre is under construction and they will have 55 floors completed by the end of the year. It should open its doors in 2012.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_tower

Would you work in the new building considering the old was targeted twice? Do you think the shiny, bigger, better new tower may be a new target?

Somebody told me yesterday they wouldn't for fear of another attack. Personally, I would work in the new tower if given the chance.

Lightening, twice, etc.

Although when I was looking for a new job post 9/11 (was working for a US bank and got made redundant several months after the attacks), I was sent for lots of interviews in the Canary Wharf tower, I felt uneasy being simply there for an interview not to mind working there full time.

WindSock

Would you work on an aeroplane?

Mark200

Luxie wrote: »

Lightening, twice, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_World_Trade_Center_bombing

bobblepuzzle

WindSock wrote: »

Would you work on an aeroplane?

Yes, why do you ask?

Its not only airplanes that were used to try and topple it in the past as the 1993 bombing demonstrates....

MagicMarker

Yes, so long as there was an escape pod in my office.

WindSock

Cmdr Keen wrote: »

Yes, why do you ask?

Its not only airplanes that were used to try and topple it in the past as the 1993 bombing demonstrates....

Yeah but a few planes were also hijacked and crashed on that day. So it was not just the buildings that were the danger, if you are going to avoid working in a specific building then you may as well avoid the planes too...

Gary4279

I'd work there. But i'd face my desk towards the window so i'd see em coming
but what if the come from behind.....oh wait they can't do that the're Muslim, I think, **** 'em they took ower jawbs

Mint Sauce

where can i download an application?

Biggins

Yes, if only as a two fingered act of defiance to the bullies of this world.

KevR

I would work in the Freedom Tower. Airport security is now a lot tighter and I'm sure any future hi-jacked planes heading anywhere near New York will get shot down before they get a chance to crash into any buildings OR the passengers would fight back. Obviously a plane getting shot down would be aweful/tragic for the passengers and their families.

up for anything

I would, but don't like the latest name, One World Trade Centre. Makes me think those conspiracy theorists may be onto something with the one world government, new world order thing. Why not call it Faulty Towers!

Dartz

Sure. Direct flights to the office!



In truth. I really don't see the point of being afraid. The original WTC design was uniquely vulnerable to an aircraft impact. It was easier than for a fire to cut off access from upper floors, and the large, open-plan floor design allowed crash debris to move right through the building, and pile up against intact structural elements, where it burned. IIRC, the fires where hottest in parts of the floor furthest from the impact zones, weakening the still intact columns that were holding the building's load.

Fly a 767 into the Empire State, and the end result could be quite different. Most skyscrapers are very different structurally from the old WTC.

amacachi

I would.
Still don't know why the hell they didn't just rebuild them more or less as they appeared before, only way to respond to terrorism.

Ghost Train

would rather work there than a lot of other places, like down a mine etc

bobblepuzzle

amacachi wrote: »

I would.
Still don't know why the hell they didn't just rebuild them more or less as they appeared before, only way to respond to terrorism.

It wasn't economically viable to do that unfortunately...

But only just over a decade after the attacks, the area will be rebuilt with a massive tower, it will be the big fcuk you to those who knocked the previous towers down and rightly so

Only if they put a hole near the top of it. We all know how it went last time.

Hail 2 Da Thief

TBH I wouldn't. It's unlikely to ever happen again but I would still have an irrational fear that something may happen.

OT: New York is hugely over-rated anyway. Would hate to live there!

alwaysadub

Yep it wouldn't bother me.
Chances of me ever getting a job there are very slim mind you.

magick

Dartz wrote: »

Sure. Direct flights to the office!

Fly a 767 into the Empire State, and the end result could be quite different. Most skyscrapers are very different structurally from the old WTC.

Actually a aircraft did fly into it. It was a B25 bomber,I think it was the late 40s, anyway the result was Empire state 1 Bomber 0

sesna

WindSock wrote: »

Would you work on an aeroplane?

There are millions of planes in the world. This is one building, which would be an obvious target for terrorists give it's predecessor was targetted twice in the space of 8 years.

I wouldn't work there if I had any sort of viable alternative.

imitation

I think its safe to say you would be at a far greater risk driving into work everyday than you would be in the world trade center. I doubt a repeat is very likely, as hijacking a plane now wouldn't be so easy, and getting the amount of explosives required to level a skyscraper would also be no easy feat.

What ever way the human mind works, it seems to be far more terrified of extraordinary ways to die than the simple mundane ways that get people every day of the week.

Links234

Are you offering me a job? if so, sure!

can I be president? no, vice president! no, executive vice president!

starbelgrade

No - I wouldn't work there, but it's nothing to do with 9/11.

The thought of working in any office block, full of people who are forced to wear suits, work in little office pods, told what time to show up and go home at & when they can eat, is my idea of hell.

AckwelFoley

Yes, yes i would.

If it were in athlone.

Im not leaving the country.

Arnold Layne

As long as there was a mosque on top

CorkMan

Now i'm in the limelight cos I rhyme right,
time to get power blow up like the Freedom Tower

Those lines are from the new mixtape by T.I. I'd avoid the place like the plague.

mikom

Cmdr Keen wrote: »

Would you work in the new World Trade Centre?

Manning the anti-aircraft gun..... maybe.

starbelgrade wrote: »

No - I wouldn't work there, but it's nothing to do with 9/11.

The thought of working in any office block, full of people who are forced to wear suits, work in little office pods, told what time to show up and go home at & when they can eat, is my idea of hell.

A4 paper dropped right to your desk though.....

kev9100

Yep. The second you make decisions based on terrorist acts they've won.

round tower huntsman

yeah, but dont think they've any vacincies for islamic teachers:(:( ah well back to dole office for me.

starbelgrade

mikom wrote: »

A4 paper dropped right to your desk though.....

Cripes. The lengths you have to go to get your paper delivered these days!

round tower huntsman

kev9100 wrote: »

Yep. The second you make decisions based on terrorist acts they've won.

team america....fcuk yeah......

sesna

kev9100 wrote: »

Yep. The second you make decisions based on terrorist acts they've won.

What a hero

ihateclowns11

Yes i would work there,The new world government does not need to blow up any more buildings to blame on terrorists anymore because all you poor fools fell for 9/11.

sesna

ihateclowns11 wrote: »

Yes i would work there,The new world government does not need to blow up any more buildings to blame on terrorists anymore because all you poor fools fell for 9/11.

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punchdrunk

ihateclowns11 wrote: »

Yes i would work there,The new world government does not need to blow up any more buildings to blame on terrorists anymore because all you poor fools fell for 9/11.

as yes the American government,they can't plug an oil well leak for four months but they can highly orchestrate a precession terrorists attack
I can see the logic there :rolleyes:

orourkeda

Yes. I need a job

orourkeda

punchdrunk wrote: »

as yes the American government,they can't plug an oil well leak for four months but they can highly orchestrate a precession terrorists attack
I can see the logic there :rolleyes:

BP dont govern the U.S

round tower huntsman

i'd say you be safer in the wtc then leinster house these days, the way things are going:mad:

Just_Magic

No. I wouldn't work there. Irrational fear maybe but no I wouldn't take the chance.

Laois_Man

No - I wouldn't work there if I had any choice!

It's not a question of 'if' WTC is ever attacked again....it's 'when'. Because as soon as that opens, it lays down a challenge to certain groups in the exact same way as knocking it down gave others the determination to rebuild it. Its would definaltely DEFINATELY be a target that they would definately DEFINATELY make serious attempts at hitting again.

People here saying that hijacked planes are never gonna fly into it again...well d'oh! Of course that won't happen. I doubt they'd even be stupid enough to attemt that again. But they will attack it some way - by bombings or hitting it with rockets or something!

Dravokivich

What is this job you speak of, any required qualifications?

What details would you require from me to arrange the required visas and work permits?

jackiebaron

punchdrunk wrote: »

as yes the American government,they can't plug an oil well leak for four months but they can highly orchestrate a precession terrorists attack
I can see the logic there :rolleyes:

Since when did the American government get into the business of plugging oil well leaks? Last I heard it was BP who were busy botching that up.

pickarooney

No, the commute would be hell.

Notorious97

CorkMan wrote: »

Now i'm in the limelight cos I rhyme right,
time to get power blow up like the Freedom Tower

Those lines are from the new mixtape by T.I. I'd avoid the place like the plague.

He took a nice big tasty bite out of Biggies ‘Juicy’ on that one, except it goes ‘Time to get paid blow up like the worlds trade’ from 1994.

Id work there though, the chances of it happening again are slim to none, i cannot see them hijacking planes in that way again. Parachutes for people in top floors i think wouldn’t be a bad idea!

You cannot let these people put you off working somewhere, the day you give up is the day they win and you may aswell go home and shoot yourself as they can attack anything in life, and if you were to avoid all they attack then whats the point in living.

Brendog

Now I know why they are building a mosque beside ground zero. If terrorists try to destroy it again they'll also destroy the mosque.

thats like pissing off a Muslim and holding the Koran over a fire.

"Go on hit me! because once you do it'll fall it the fire. Thats right, back away!"

ILA

€10 that a Parachute/Paragliding store will open less than a block away when the building opens it's doors.

I'd work, but I'd like a parachute and training how to use it!

kfallon

I'd defo work there, lightning doesn't strike twice. You can't let these people rule your life. It's like saying you're not going out on the streets of Dublin anymore cos of all the recent shootings.

And if I was working in the World Trade centre and I saw a plane coming towards the building I'd drop my pants and wave me hoop at it.....at least that way I could say I died with dignity

Gummy Panda

Only if its equipped with SAMs