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Persistent fears of terror attacks still haunt New York
www.chinaview.cn 2006-09-07 23:18:50

    WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, two-thirds of New Yorkers are still "very concerned" about another attack on their city while three out of four people elsewhere in the United States say daily life had largely returned to normal, revealed a new opinion survey released on Thursday.

    According to the latest New York Times/CBS News polls, nearly a third of New Yorkers said they thought about Sept. 11 attacks every day. Nearly a third said that they had not gone back to pre-Sept. 11 routines and that they were still dealing with changes caused by the attacks.

    Elsewhere in the country, however, only 22 percent of those polled said they were still "very concerned" about an attack where they live, down from 39 percent five years ago.

    The polls found that Americans' personal sense of security largely revolved around where they live. Nearly a third of big city residents said they were "personally very concerned" about an attack where they live; only 13 percent of the people in small towns or rural areas felt the same. More than half of the suburbanites said they felt safe from terrorism, compared with fewer than half of those who lived in cities.

    In general, the polls found a distinct distrust toward government at all levels. Only 13 percent of New Yorkers thought the city was adequately prepared to deal with a chemical or biological attack. Nationwide, 39 percent said they thought their state and local governments were adequately prepared for an attack in general, while 52 percent said they were not. Enditem

Editor: Mu Xuequan
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