A Conduit for Water

GEORGE TAMARO: Within a matter of hours after the attack, water was flowing from Manhattan to Jersey City through the PATH train tunnels. At its lowest point mid-river, the tunnels were completely filled; the Exchange Place station, about 20 feet lower in elevation than the WTC station, was filled to platform level. The fear was that the water would eventually flow north from Exchange Place to Hoboken and circle back through the PATH system to Manhattan, flooding as far as 34th street.

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