As the first director of the new crisis center , '' " one of Hauer ’s first tasks was to find a home for an emergency command center to replace the inadequate facilities at police headquarters , " '' according to the Times . The site selected , was immediately controversial because it was part of the World Trade Center complex ( although not in one of the Twin Towers ) , which had already been the location of a truck bomb attack in 1993 . City officials , though , including Mr. Hauer , have long defended their decision , even after the command center had to be evacuated during the 2001 terror attack . The Emergency Operation Center was widely hailed as the finest such facility in the nation , receiving visitors from around the world and serving as a model for others . A memo revealed by Chris Wallace on Fox news showed that Hauer wanted to put the command center in Brooklyn but was forced by Guilliani to put the facility within walking distance of City Hall
truck bomb attack in 1993
1993 World Trade Center bombing
Jerome Hauer