A Pre-9/11 Mentality

Jesse Walker | December 2, 2006

The Associated Press reports:

Hundreds of pieces of mail destined for the former World Trade Center still arrive every day at a post office facing ground zero....Telephone bills, insurance statements, wine club announcements, college alumni newsletters, even government checks populate the bundles of mail. Each one bears the postal code once reserved exclusively for the twin towers: 10048.

"I guess sooner or later they'll realize the towers aren't back up," said letter carrier Seprina Jones, who handles the trade center mail. "I don't know when."