From: "Salil Tripathi" <salil61-AT-hotmail.com> Subject: RE: The Hierarchy of Death Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 07:26:41 +0000 rebecca, Yes, Australian firefighters did go to the US, but I don't believe any of them died in the debris. It takes about 20 hours to fly to the US from Australia. The fires started at 9 am US time (EST). That's around 10 pm tomidnight, Australian time, depending on the time zone. The fire fighters could not have flown to NY for another four days, as the US airspace was closed for 3-4 days. So the Australian firefighters could not have made it to the US till Sept 15 or 16. Nobody, I believe, died due to the attacks after that. Australian firefighters who went showed the same humanity which many aid workers show when they rush to a disaster site; and they deserve unreserved admiration. But I don't know what's the point of questioning the US when it chooses to spend its own aid- and tax-dollars to identify the dead on its soil, an overwhelmingly large number of whom were Americans. It would indeed be cussed if they find non-American body parts and leave them there -- nobody says they've done that. The original piece seemed like another example of finding a tool to knock the US -- they're callous if they let the bodies buried; they are callous to others' plight, if they dig out all bodies for the relatives..... Salil _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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