--- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 22:03:27 -0400 From: Gary Stock <gstockat_private> To: Declan McCullagh <politechat_private> Subject: Missing in Action: World Trade Center DM: Major media (including CNN, USAToday, and others) have offered the public a woefully incomplete listing of WTC tenants. Most outlets have mirrored the same leasing data, naming only 280 firms. However, WTC operators (PANYNJ) report 430 known tenants. The media have fallen far short of the full story -- in fact, they are ignoring hundreds of business entities. In doing so, they neglect the concerns of many thousands of people around the world. Many smaller firms in the WTC apparently have lost both staff and records. The best authority on their existence now may be the collective memory of the internet. UnBlinking has scoured public search engines, corporate web sites, Google caches, whois records, and various trade directories, all online. Our research has revealed some 600 unique WTC addresses -- including a significant number of sublets, partners, and contractors unknown to major media. Our comprehensive catalog of online references to over 600 business and government offices in the World Trade Center complex appears here: http://www.tbtf.com/unblinking/arc/2001-09a.htm UnBlinking also offers live links to 200 of these firms. We seek to include _all_ prospects known to the web, including many yet to be confirmed. Where appropriate, resources are marked as potentially outdated. UnBlinking now lists 300 prospects beyond those reported by major media. That number grows with each day of online research. We believe we may uncover another 100 or more in coming days -- if we can do so before their websites disappear :-( Thanks for your efforts, GS Always available from: http://www.tbtf.com/ http://www.unblinking.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary Stock gstockat_private UnBlinking http://unblinking.com/ "The first thing you'll notice is, when the camera's plugged in..." Bill Gates, launching Windows XP Earthquake, Seattle, 28 Feb 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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