Starbucks charging WTC rescue workers for water

bluecrayola · October 17, 2001, 2:22pm

What ever happened with that incident? Was that just another urban legend from the WTC attack?

AndyJ · October 17, 2001, 2:25pm

No it’s true.

They charged them for water.

Here’s a link

I fixed the link for you. AutoParse doesn’t like commas in URLs.

[Edited by DrMatrix on 10-17-2001 at 12:31 PM]

TomH · October 17, 2001, 2:27pm

True, according to Snopes:

Duck_Duck_Goose · October 17, 2001, 2:27pm

According to Snopes, it’s true.

Dang, must learn to type faster than Andy.

JavaMaven1 · October 17, 2001, 2:27pm

This was discussed on the boards about 3 weeks ago:

Topic		Replies	Views
Starbucks charged NYFD for 3 cases of water on 9/11 The BBQ Pit	4	2376	September 26, 2001
Fuck you Starbucks. The BBQ Pit	34	3570	September 28, 2001
Official SDMB WTC Rumor Killer Thread Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share	18	1362	September 22, 2001
Mountains out of Molehills...Skyscrapers out of Starbucks Cafe Coolers In My Humble Opinion	16	3142	June 20, 2002
Exploiting the WTC tragedy The BBQ Pit	13	1213	September 20, 2001