Ninety-nine days after muslim terrorists flew hijacked
airliners into 50,000 people sitting at their desks, the
fires were finally extinguished...
CNN
December 20, 2001
World Trade Center fires finally put out
More than three months after two hijacked planes slammed into the
World Trade Center towers, firefighters Wednesday extinguished the
fires in the rubble now known as Ground Zero.
Blimps and traffic helicopters are expected to be seen again in the
skies above 30 metropolitan areas. The Federal Aviation Administration
lifted restrictions implemented after September 11 that prohibited
aircraft from flying over major cities if air traffic controllers
could not monitor those crafts.
Firefighters remain on the scene at the World Trade Center rubble in
case clean-up crews uncover more hot spots, but fire officials report
that fires no longer burn at that site. "We've stopped putting water
on them and there is no smoking," said Chief Brian Dixon from the New
York Fire Department.
Workers have removed more than 710,000 tons of debris and more than
135,000 tons of steel from the site.
After the terrorist attacks, the FAA restricted the use of private
planes, news and traffic helicopters, banner towers, blimps and
commercial sightseeing aircraft that fly according to visual flight
rules. The agency banned those aircraft from flying near major cities,
including Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Miami and
Atlanta.
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