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Latest comment: 11 years ago5 comments4 people in discussion
Some of the events on this page really don't belong. The title says "disasters" and famous murders such as John Lennon or Sanford White don't fit. (The Son of Sam I could agree was something of a disaster as it did affect the city.) A few items I just added are more obvious cases of events that were disasters for the city, notably the fires and epidemics that used to hit the city in the 1700s and 1800s. For more about the fires -- up to 500 per year -- see [1]. - Rbs 09:13, 2004 Feb 14 (UTC)
This list is interesting, but a mess. It should be split into two: New York City disasters containing train wrecks, fires, plane crashes, plagues and a few high-profile crimes (like 9/11) and a separate list of High profile crimes of New York City. As it stands, this list has no consistency.--Jackyd10107:09, 11 May 2007 (UTC)Reply
I agree that this list should be split, disasters in one list, but I would say all crimes in a separate list, but five years later, no editor has been willing to do the complex work. 9/11 was a terrorist organization act of war, way beyond the crime category. --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:51, 29 October 2012 (UTC)Reply
On the line for 9/11 someone has added "It is the worst disaster in New York City's history.". By what metric can this is be claimed? The page lists epidemics that killed over 5,000 people, fires that destroyed a quarter of the city etc. This observation appears unwarranted and should be removed or altered to "This is not the worst disaster in New York history, but the worst in living memory.". Hornbunkler (talk) 14:07, 4 November 2010 (UTC)Reply
My complaint with this material is that it is written in the present tense. All of the events described are historical events which occurred in the past. Portraying past events in history and news in the present tense has become vogue and is entirely incorrect. If one watches closely, one will see where the writers who rely on this gimmicky, "You-Are-There," emotionally-based rather than scholarly-based device cannot even remain internally consistent within their own text between the past and the present. This is an infuriating and unethical corruption of journalism and history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldfox (talk • contribs) 14:24, 22 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
