911: Did You "Forget"?

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And normally I would agree with you, but the fear mongering and "patriot-gasm"...that followed in the wake of the attacks, and indeed, lives on today...makes me think someone would have done something.

 

Oh I'm sure the idea was looked at, then written off as being ludicrously expensive even for what had previously been a purely theoretical exercise. Then you get into the aesthetics of the thing... there's a reason fire escapes on downtown apartment buildings are always in the grungy disused alley. Just imagine what it would look like to have an entire side of a landmark high-rise covered by one.