New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released more than 170,000 pages of internal records Tuesday that show officials misled people about the safety of the air around Ground Zero after the September 11 terror attacks.
纽约市长佐赫兰·马姆达尼(Zohran Mamdani)周二公布了超过 17 万页内部记录，显示 9·11 恐怖袭击后，官员们就世贸遗址(Ground Zero)周边空气的安全性误导了民众。
“People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied and told them they were safe to breathe in toxic air,” Mamdani said during a news conference.
“民众之所以生病，是因为他们信任的领导人撒了谎，告诉他们吸入有毒空气是安全的，”马姆达尼在新闻发布会上说。
The move came just days before the U.S. is set to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the al Qaeda hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people when passenger planes toppled the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, damaged the Pentagon and crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
此举发生在美国即将纪念基地组织(al Qaeda)劫机案 25 周年之际——那场袭击造成近 3000 人遇难，客机撞塌了世贸中心双子塔、重创五角大楼，并在宾夕法尼亚州尚克斯维尔附近坠毁。
Comedian and activist Jon Stewart, an outspoken supporter of first responders who were sickened while searching for remains at Ground Zero, also spoke at Mamdani’s City Hall news conference.
喜剧演员、活动家乔恩·斯图尔特(Jon Stewart)——那些在世贸遗址搜寻遗骸时患病的第一响应者的直言支持者——也在马姆达尼的市政厅发布会上发言。
“There was poison in the air, and on the ground, and in the window sills, and in your air conditioners, and covering your pets and your clothes, and it stayed there for months,” he said. “Everyone knew. Now it’s very clear that the city knew as well.”
“毒就在空气里、地上、窗台上、你们的空调里，覆盖着你们的宠物和衣服，而且一待就是好几个月，”他说，“所有人都知道。现在很清楚，市政府当时也知道。”
Key findings from the documents, which were reviewed by The New York Times before Tuesday’s announcement, include:
这些文件在周二公布前由《纽约时报》(The New York Times)审阅过，其中关键内容包括：
• Asbestos levels in dust samples throughout lower Manhattan exceeded hazardous limits in the days after September 11.
• 9 月 11 日之后的几天里，曼哈顿下城各处粉尘样本的石棉含量都超过了危险限值。
• Asbestos and other contaminants were found above acceptable limits in dust and air in lower Manhattan.
• 曼哈顿下城的粉尘和空气中检出石棉及其他污染物，超过可接受限值。
• A November 2011 audit showed levels of the carcinogen benzene were still spiking in the air around the towers’ footprints.
• 2011 年 11 月的一份审计显示，双塔原址周边空气中的致癌物苯含量仍在飙升。
• That audit also showed that the amount of asbestos in the air at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island increased after the attacks.
• 该审计还显示，袭击发生后，斯塔滕岛弗什基尔斯(Fresh Kills)垃圾填埋场空气中的石棉含量有所上升。
• A woman who lived in lower Manhattan wrote a letter to the DEP in February that detailed alleged missteps by officials in removing contaminants from in and around her building.
• 一名住在曼哈顿下城的女士 2 月写信给环境保护局(DEP)，详述官员在清除其大楼内外污染物过程中涉嫌的失职。
