Ticking Time Bombs

On Wednesday, citizens of New York city ran from an explosion they felt was another terroritst attack.It was a familiar scene as people ran for cover and police and firefighters ran to the scene. At first this was believed to be an act of terror, and why shouldn't we believe that? The media has only been promoting how Al-Qaeda is at large again. Do we really need that message, a message that almost sounds like we should have no faith in our government or our soldiers who fight for our safety?

Turns out this terrifying scene of 9/11 deja vu was the work of underground steam pipes that finally blew after eighty-three years. Thankfully the damage and numbers of injuries were nothing close to that of the Twin Towers, though one person died of a heart attack later. And as if a huge crater in the middle of the street wasn't bad enough, turns out many of the steam pipes are lined with asbestos, a carcinogen that can cause serious illnesses with long-term exposure, but apparently there have been no victoms of this.

Many major cities are lined with these underground steam pipes, and unless something is done, the time will come for theses ticking time bombs.