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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>scusate, mi aiutate a tradurre, in
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CREDO Action</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 11, 2008 5:29 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> 7 years later - are our skyscrapers more safe?</DIV></DIV>
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face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif size=4><A
href="http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=1505&id=835-805502-x6_3FYx&t=3">How
many lives could have been saved on 9/11 with higher safety
standards?</A></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif color=#37424a>I was born in New
York City, and — like so many who grew up in that area — I knew people
working in the World Trade Center on 9/11. I remember the panic as I
called everyone I knew, sent frantic e-mails, and prayed that my friends
and their families were okay. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif color=#37424a>Of course, we all
know that terrorists were responsible for the tragedies on 9/11. But the
devastating truth is that some lives were lost needlessly that day — lives
that could have been saved if the towers had had more stairwells or
fireproofing. And those are just two important safety upgrades now being
considered by the International Code Council, which makes decisions about
building safety code regulations. </FONT></P>
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color=#37424a><B><A
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Bush Administration is blocking these upgrades on behalf of its cronies.
But the one review board can stop the sellout. <BR></A></B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif color=#37424a>The ICC is set to
vote on these recommendations next Thursday, September 18th. The
recommendations were drawn from a comprehensive post-9/11 report by the
National Institute of Standards and Technology. The purpose of the report
was to improve our safety code to protect buildings and save lives in case
of another attack. Sounds like a no-brainer, right? </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif color=#37424a>Not for the Bush
administration. On September 8th, the <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">New
York Times</SPAN> reported that the General Services Administration — a
federal agency that manages property for the government — is opposing the
new safety standards. That's right: an agency of the Bush administration
is using your tax dollars to fight against the very standards that could
have saved lives on 9/11. <B>Why? To help line the pockets of super-rich
landlords and appease the real estate lobby.</B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif color=#37424a>This far exceeds
unreasonable. The group of building owners is even refusing to put
glow-in-the-dark markings in stairwells to help people evacuate safely.
Why save lives when you can cut corners instead?</FONT></P>
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there are eighteen people who can stand up and force these landlords to do
the right thing.</A></B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif color=#37424a>They're the Board
of Directors of the International Code Council, or ICC. It's the ICC's job
to approve or reject the new safety standards, and they're meeting next
Thursday, September 18th, to vote.</FONT></P>
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one click, you can e-mail all eighteen ICC board members and ask them to
make sure that if we ever endure another attack, at least we will have
done all we can to keep Americans safe.</A></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif color=#37424a>Just one click
could help save lives. <B>Thank you</B> for working to build a safer
world.</FONT></P>
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