[philman_36]

New York has Human shields - The United Nations.
They, like certain other persons of noteriety and infamy on 9-11, will simply be "out of the country for a prolonged absence".
Having had ample opportunity/warning to "exit the building" I'm sure.
Purely "speculation" you know...

[smorgle]

You're on it. The thing is to pick key people to watch, and if several or many of them are away at the same time, hunker down. My list starts with the Clintoids. Who's on yours?