| Geologist Janet McCoy, in New York City for a meeting withNASA o~cials, was strolling in Central Park when she wanderednear the blast site for a new subway spur. There she found a smallpiece of "Genesis rock"-a sure sign of impending volcanic activity.That s when she began to get scared Hank Lawson, inspector for the Consolidated Edison powercompany, had gone out to the subway excavation to investigatereports of steam lines broken by the recent blasting. According,io~his information there were no steam lines anywhere nearlt~e site Tom Chastain, photographer for the Daily News, was~ec0rdingLawson s visit when the "steam lines" erupted again-inca violentexplosion that killed Lawson instantly and made Chastain s storyfront-page news Ben Keller, demolitions chief at the site, thought he knew whatwas causing the steam-small pockets of water in the rock that hadbeen heated by a previous blast. He decided he could cool themdown with a few fire hoses directed into the fissure Janet McCoy, and the team of scientists she had gathered, couldhave told Keller that he was about to make the worst mistake ofhis life. For if the fissure really were volcanic, then new pressurefrom above would very likely cause the fault to expand The thousands of people who died in the next few minutes neverknew what hit them. Now the city waited for a second, even moreterrifying eruption-for the waves of glowing red lava that wouldsignal the beginning of the end |
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