By: (AP)
The Wall Street Journal is going home.
Scattered in offices from South Brunswick, N.J., to midtown Manhattan since its headquarters were damaged Sept. 11, the staff of 400 begin returning to their offices in the World Financial Center on Monday.
"Downtown will always be our home," said Steve Goldstein, vice president at Dow Jones, the
Journal's parent company.
Goldstein said the offices have been refinished, refurnished, and repeatedly cleaned.
The headquarters, adjacent to ground zero, were evacuated Sept. 11 as the twin towers burned. The following day's edition chronicled the human impact of the disaster and the staff won a Pulitzer Prize for their efforts.
Goldstein conceded that not everyone is happy about the move. "Some want to make sure that their own safety is not compromised," he said, citing concerns of asbestos contamination.
The return has been rescheduled several times, most recently when a small amount of the carcinogenic fiber -- an amount so small it passed Environmental Protection Agency standards -- was found. The reoccupation was again delayed and the office recleaned.
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