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Off Topic Comment- This is not intended to offend any victims or relatives of the victims

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What if, on September 11th, 2001, a nuclear device is exploded in Lower Manhattan, lets say, a little bit larger than the Hiroshima Bomb, or possibly twice as big. What would the effects be in the long run.


This Timeline still includes the four planes hitting their targets. About ten minutes after the second plane hits the towers, a nuclear device is exploded near the area.

What would the economic repercussions be, the social ones?


In my opinion, I think casualties would be very high, ranging maybe in the hundreds of thousands, the immediate area, Wall Street, the World Trade Center, and most of the Financial District would be destroyed or damaged. Structural damage would take place across the entire city, bridges like the Brooklyn Bridge would be rendered inoperable.

Anything flammable in Manhattan would be on fire, fires would rage across the rest of the city, killing many, many people. Evacuation would be slow, considering streets out of the area may be blocked. Radiation would get a lot of people.

Long Island would be entirely cut off from the rest of the nation, and the water supply there would be devastated. People would be rushing to get as far as they can from Manhattan. Ferries from the Long Island Sound would be crowded, looting would go across the island as well.

George Bush would likely be evacuated to Norad, as well as most of the government. Racial attacks against Muslims would increase ten fold. The economy would collapse, possibly starting another depression.

Thoughts?
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