New Yorkers were 'lied' to about toxic air after 9/11 attacks, says Mamdani
0 / 26
English
中文
Mamdani, Jon Stewart reveal new 9/11 documents Toxic air quality was being recorded in Manhattan soon after the 9/11 attacks even as officials played down health risks to the public, according to a trove of newly released files.
马姆达尼 (Mamdani) 和乔恩·斯图尔特 (Jon Stewart) 公布了新的 9/11 文件 根据最新公布的大量文件，9/11 袭击事件发生后不久，尽管官员们淡化了公众的健康风险，但曼哈顿的空气质量仍出现了有毒的情况。
Asbestos was found "nearly everywhere" tested near Ground Zero, where the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
纽约市市长佐兰·马姆达尼 (Zohran Mamdani) 表示，在 2001 年世贸中心双塔倒塌的“归零地”附近进行测试时，“几乎到处”都发现了石棉。
"People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied and told them they were safe to breathe in toxic air," he said, announcing the release of 170,000 documents related to the attacks.
他说：“人们之所以生病，是因为他们信任的领导人撒了谎，告诉他们呼吸有毒空气是安全的。”他宣布公布了 17 万份与袭击相关的文件。
Illnesses related to the dust and smoke from the towers' collapse have claimed more lives than the nearly 3,000 who died in the attacks, US health officials say.
美国卫生官员表示，双子塔倒塌产生的灰尘和烟雾导致的疾病导致的死亡人数比在袭击中死亡的近 3,000 人还要多。
BBC speaks with those affected by toxic air at Ground Zero Thousands of people have experienced health effects like cancer, including many who have died, after breathing in hazardous contaminants after the Twin Towers collapsed.
BBC 与受归零地有毒空气影响的人们交谈 双子塔倒塌后，成千上万的人因吸入有害污染物而遭受癌症等健康影响，其中许多人死亡。
Speaking alongside Mamdani at Tuesday's news conference, TV host and 9/11 survivor advocate Jon Stewart said the new files show the city knew by October 2001 - a month after the terrorist attacks - that the air in Manhattan was toxic.
在周二的新闻发布会上，电视主持人兼 9/11 幸存者倡导者乔恩·斯图尔特 (Jon Stewart) 与马姆达尼一起发表讲话，他表示，新文件显示，该市在 2001 年 10 月（恐怖袭击发生一个月后）就知道曼哈顿的空气有毒。
"So to be fair to them, they only buried that information for 25 years," he said sarcastically.
“所以公平地说，他们只将这些信息隐藏了 25 年，”他讽刺地说。
The records show asbestos was found near Ground Zero for months after the attacks at the same time people were being advised it was safe to go there.
记录显示，袭击发生几个月后，在归零地附近发现了石棉，同时人们被告知去那里是安全的。
The files, which include air-quality reports and communications among city officials, include October 2001 correspondence known as the "Harding Memo".
这些文件包括空气质量报告和市政府官员之间的通信，其中包括 2001 年 10 月的信件，称为“哈丁备忘录”。
In it, an aide warned former Deputy Mayor Robert Harding that the city could face as many as 35,000 legal claims for its response to the attacks.
一名助手在信中警告前副市长罗伯特·哈丁（Robert Harding），该市可能因其对袭击的反应而面临多达 35,000 项法律索赔。
The document states that the city could be sued because health advisories caused individuals "to return to the area too soon (causing toxic exposure or emotional harm)".
该文件指出，该市可能会被起诉，因为健康建议导致个人“过早返回该地区（导致有毒物质暴露或情感伤害）”。
City officials also told citizens to clean up dust and debris with "wet mops and rags" despite the presence of asbestos, which is only supposed to be cleaned by licensed professionals, according to another memo documenting the concerns of congressman Jerry Nadler.
另一份记录国会议员杰里·纳德勒担忧的备忘录显示，尽管存在石棉，市政府官员还要求市民用“湿拖把和抹布”清理灰尘和碎片，而石棉只能由有执照的专业人士清洁。
The memo pointed to testimony from the city's top health official at the time saying a study had found "no elevated levels of asbestos in indoor air", but that tests showed dust had "low levels of asbestos in some samples".
备忘录指出，当时该市最高卫生官员的证词称，一项研究发现“室内空气中的石棉含量没有升高”，但测试显示灰尘“某些样本中的石棉含量较低”。
The memo, attributed to Ester Fuchs, a special adviser at the time to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, acknowledged "potential problems for City Hall".
这份备忘录出自时任迈克尔·布隆伯格市长特别顾问埃斯特·福克斯之手，承认“市政厅存在潜在问题”。
Days after the attack, city and federal officials - including the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - declared that the air near the Twin Towers was safe.
袭击发生几天后，市政府和联邦官员 - 包括美国环境保护署 (EPA) - 宣布双子塔附近的空气是安全的。
Christine Todd Whitman, the head of the EPA at the time, later apologised for this declaration, saying the agency "did the very best we could at the time with the knowledge we had".
时任美国环保署署长克里斯汀·托德·惠特曼后来为这一声明道歉，称该机构“根据我们所掌握的知识，在当时已尽力而为”。
Firefighter describes emotional 9/11 stair climb Toxic dust legacy of 9/11 plagues thousands of people Tuesday's release of documents resolves a lawsuit brought by advocacy group 9/11 Health Watch, which sued after officials said they did not have the records.
消防员描述 9/11 事件中激动人心的爬楼梯事件 9/11 留下的有毒粉尘困扰着数千人 周二发布的文件解决了倡导组织 9/11 健康观察 (9/11 Health Watch) 提起的诉讼，该组织在官员表示他们没有这些记录后提起诉讼。
City officials found 68 boxes of documents last year.
市政府官员去年发现了 68 箱文件。
The pages of air quality reports and other records were released through an online portal timed for this Friday's 25th anniversary of the attacks.
空气质量报告和其他记录的页面通过一个在线门户发布，时间是本周五的袭击 25 周年纪念日。
More documents are to be shared over the next year.
明年将分享更多文件。
Karen Klingon, who was involved in the 9/11 Health Watch lawsuit, told the BBC on Tuesday her brother lived five minutes away from Ground Zero.
参与 9/11 健康观察诉讼的凯伦·克林贡 (Karen Klingon) 周二告诉 BBC，她的兄弟住在距离归零地五分钟路程的地方。
He developed asthma, was later diagnosed with cancer and died at 61 of a related brain tumor.
他患有哮喘，后来被诊断出患有癌症，并于 61 岁时因相关脑肿瘤去世。
Robert Klingon, who lived near the World Trader Center on September 11 and died of cancer in 2020. "There's a lot of research, probably, that can be done about what was in the air, and the kind of illnesses that derived of those toxins that were in the air, like what happened to my brother," she said.
罗伯特·克林贡 (Robert Klingon) 于 9 月 11 日住在世界贸易中心附近，于 2020 年因癌症去世。 她说：“可能可以对空气中的物质以及由空气中的毒素引起的疾病进行大量研究，就像发生在我兄弟身上的那样。”
"Hopefully it helps people that were sick know and in the future." Phil Alvarez, whose brother Luis Alvarez died of cancer in 2019 after exposure to Ground Zero toxins, told the BBC that people "continue to get sick every single day, continue to die".
“希望它能帮助那些生病的人了解情况并在未来有所帮助。” 菲尔·阿尔瓦雷斯 (Phil Alvarez) 的兄弟路易斯·阿尔瓦雷斯 (Luis Alvarez) 于 2019 年因接触归零地毒素而死于癌症，他告诉 BBC，人们“每天都在继续生病，继续死亡”。
仅供学习使用，如有侵权请联系删除 · 查看原文