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Even if a terrorist attack somehow destroyed the Brooklyn Bridge,* only the parts between the towers or, at most, the anchorages would collapse. Buildings located off either end of the bridge should not be significantly affected.
* = I'm only speaking in hypothetical terms, being convinced that the chances of such an attack are in struck-by-lightning territory.
Jake - the new OEM command center ISN'T under the Brooklyn Bridge - it's near the foot of the bridge.
You're thinking of its predecessor, which was on Water Street, beneath the span.
honestly, proofread the fucking site.
It would take a nuclear weapon to take down the Brooklyn Bridge. Why waste your time when a few well placed kicks in the rusted girders of the other East River Bridges could take them all down.
to be corrected:
Extra, Exta to Extra, Extra, unless you mean ecstasy?
an upscale French B/bistro to an upscale French bistro
e-coli to e. coli
wait, so leaving the corrections in the comments is all it takes to get shit proofread around here?
ooohhh boy.
well, random people still have to point stuff out. It's not like they check beforehand.
the article isn't clear at all - by "tail end of the brooklyn bridge" they really mean the very end. the new OEM is at red cross & cadman plaza east - it's the old red cross building. it's nowhere near the bridge, really.
Bloomie's Bunker is NEAR the Brooklyn Bridge, not under it. It's next to Brooklyn Federal Court - the older part of it.
Nice, clean, state-of-the-art bunker.
Not like ze Rudy bunker - 27 floors up in the old 7 WTC.