[hellinahandcart]

Oh, honestly. Why not just admit the ABSOLUTE RIDICULOUSNESS of implying that, since Cantor Fitzgerald lost 700 on four floors (four floors from which there was no hope of escape, BTW), then 700 people per every other four floors in both buildings must have also obligingly died, even if they had a clear escape route?

Some conspiracy-minded folks are suspicious of our government deliberately inflating the death toll to whip up the war fever and give carte blanche to any action the government decides to take; yet this guy thinks they're suppressing the deaths of tens of thousands. And you seem to think the idea is reasonable. So tell me, what would be the motive for covering up the deaths of 38,500 people? And how would they hope to get away with it, considering the number of witnesses and survivors, not to mention the families of the 38,500? Hmm?

[mancini]

not to mention the families of the 38,500?

If you were a grieving member of a family, how would you really know how many other grieving families there were?