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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Everyone knew, particularly after 9/11--but they would know in any case--that New York was a particularly vulnerable…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2009
Everyone knew, particularly after 9/11--but they would know in any case--that New York was a particularly vulnerable jurisdiction to planes of every kind.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton points out New York's vulnerability to aviation threats, especially after 9/11.

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