纽约市市长佐赫兰·曼达尼本周二宣布公开关于9/11恐怖袭击后曼哈顿空气质量的历史文件1。这些文件表明，官员们当时知晓存在有毒空气隐患，却向公众保证世贸中心遗址是安全的1。曼达尼在新闻发布会上表示："人们生病是因为他们信任的领导人说谎，告诉他们在有毒空气中呼吸是安全的"1。这一决定解决了倡导团体9/11健康监察组织提起的诉讼1。
纽约市政府去年发现了68箱此前声称不存在的文件1。市政府计划投入超过3400万美元通过在线门户网站发布数十万页空气质量报告1。这些文件显示石棉几乎在所有检测地点都被发现1。根据1982年10月的"哈丁备忘录"，当时的副市长曾被警告纽约市可能面临多达35000起法律诉讼1。与双塔倒塌产生的尘埃和烟雾相关的疾病已造成的死亡人数是恐怖袭击本身死亡人数的两倍1。
New York City Mayor Zohran Mandani announced this week the public release of historical documents regarding air quality in Manhattan following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, resolving litigation brought by the advocacy group 9/11 Health Watch.1 The files, dating back 25 years, reveal that city officials were aware of toxic air hazards at the time yet assured the public that the World Trade Center site was safe.1
The city plans to invest more than $34 million to publish hundreds of thousands of pages of air quality reports through an online portal.1 Officials discovered 68 boxes of documents last year that had previously been claimed not to exist.1 The records show that asbestos was detected in nearly all tested locations.1
At a press conference, Mayor Mandani stated: "People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied to them, telling them it was safe to breathe toxic air."1 Television host Jon Stewart, speaking at the event, remarked sarcastically: "To be fair, they just buried this information for 25 years."1 An October 1982 memo, known as the "Harding Memorandum," had warned the then-deputy mayor that New York City could face as many as 35,000 lawsuits.1 Deaths from illnesses related to dust and smoke from the Twin Towers' collapse have exceeded twice the death toll of the terrorist attack itself.1
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