44,000 persons perish and we almost lost the "services" of some skinny pinup gal?
Yeah ... I never realized either. ;)
Wow are we getting PC around here. Not allowed to notice anything other than the central story --- the death of all those poor folks who also happened to be economically impoverished. If in the hundreds of such stories you also notice that the event touched someone from NY, and someone with star quality, and you talk about it --- oh my god! you are breaking the rules!
Get a grip, people. This story has local interest for New Yorkers and was published in a New York paper along with a multitude of other stories about the larger, sadder event.
And if we are supposed to follow a set of rules on what's ok to talk about after a tragedy, please list them here, in detail. Please share your version of PC with the rest of us. In detail. We're all dying to know.