"On the Front Lines  - A NYC Hospital Engineer's
First-Hand Account of September 11" -
© Michael Rawlings and William Bernstein (12/01) 
Health Facilities Management

Excerpt from Article:  "Located about five blocks from the World Trade Center (WTC) site, the 170-bed NYU Downtown Hospital was thrust into one of the most horrific events in history on Tuesday, Sept. 11.  While the attach on the WTC and its aftermath was a situation none of us at the hospital previously imagined, our emergency planning prepared us better than we could have hoped..."