10 Months After Harlem Explosion, Girl Leaves Hospital

Last October, a faulty gas line caused an explosion in a Harlem apartment building. The explosion killed a woman and severely burned her four daughters, who have been in hospital burn units. Yesterday, six-year-ld Duaa Al Ghaithi was the last of the girls to return home, after many months of rehab (she will need many more years of therapy). According to NY1, she "wears a head-to-toe compression garment 23 hours a day" which also includes gloves. Duaa's vocal chords were also damaged, but she said, "I'm a female spiderman." Her family has sued the building's owner and Con Ed; apparently there had been complaints about the smell of gas, but the smell was later masked by fresh paint.

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By Jen Chung in News on August 19, 2008 8:51 AM

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Jerky

>Her family has sued the building's owner and Con Ed; apparently >there had been complaints about the smell of gas, but the smell >was later masked by fresh paint.

A billion dollar company doesn't possess a trace-gas detector or something more sophisticated then "...doesn't smell like gas to me..."???? That's somewhat disturbing. Or else Con Ed is full of sh*it and attempting to cover their ass, which is more likely.

Peter

"Con Ed has denied responsibility"

And in even more surprising news, the Sun rose in the east this morning.

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