So, the quote that is being referred to is as follows:

"I remember getting a call from the Fire Department commander, telling me they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, you know, 'We've had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is just pull it.' And they made that decision to pull and then we watched the building collapse."

Mr Silverstein was talking to the fire commander.

Neither the fire commander or Mr Silverstein is in the demolition business.

Are you implying that the NYFD rigged the building with explosives and then detonated it?

If not, who rigged the building and who detonated it?

If Mr Silverstein was involved why would he say so on TV?

He meant blow building 7 back to hell.

....pull his finger?

Originally posted by warrenb
....pull his finger?

Yeah, see, I thought he had a whore under his desk who was dressed up like his hunchbacked grandma busy giving him a handjob using chaulmoogra oil...but now I realize that I just dreamed all that one time when I fell asleep while watching Larry King...

Here is an email from Chief Daniel Nigro, the fire commander in charge of building 7.



Regarding WTC 7: The long-awaited US Government NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) report on the collapse of WTC 7 is due to be published at the end of this year (although it has been delayed already a few times [ adding fuel to the conspiracy theorists fires!]). That report should explain the cause and mechanics of the collapse in great detail. Early on the afternoon of September 11th 2001, following the collapse of WTC 1 & 2, I feared a collapse of WTC 7 (as did many on my staff).

The reasons are as follows:

1 - Although prior to that day high-rise structures had never collapsed, The collapse of WTC 1 & 2 showed that certain high-rise structures subjected to damage from impact and from fire will collapse.

2. The collapse of WTC 1 damaged portions of the lower floors of WTC 7.

3. WTC 7, we knew, was built on a small number of large columns providing an open Atrium on the lower levels.

4. numerous fires on many floors of WTC 7 burned without sufficient water supply to attack them.

For these reasons I made the decision (without consulting the owner, the mayor or anyone else - as ranking fire officer, that decision was my responsibility) to clear a collapse zone surrounding the building and to stop all activity within that zone. Approximately three hours after that order was given, WTC 7 collapsed.

Conspiracy theories abound and I believe firmly that all of them are without merit.

Regards, Dan Nigro
Chief of Department FDNY (retired)

He pulled his men back about three hours before the collapse because he as the ranking fireman was worried about collapse.

Originally posted by Wildbob77

"I remember getting a call from the Fire Department commander, telling me they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, you know, 'We've had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is just pull it.' And they made that decision to pull and then we watched the building collapse."- Larry Silverstein.

"For these reasons I made the decision (without consulting the owner, the mayor or anyone else - as ranking fire officer, that decision was my responsibility) to clear a collapse zone surrounding the building and to stop all activity within that zone. Approximately three hours after that order was given, WTC 7 collapsed. " - Dan Nigro, Chief of Department FDNY (retired)

Obviously one of the two is not telling the truth.

Obviously one of the two is not telling the truth.

It just depends on what time the phone call was made. If Dan Nigro had already PULLED his men back before he call Silverstein, then both statements could be true.

Originally posted by ashamedamerican
I'm so tired of official story parrots claiming things like "Larry Silverstein meant pull the firefighters out of the building" that I have decided to put this one to rest once and for all.

Its posts like this one that ensures a never-ending source of humor and entertainment, if such can come out of Sept 11.

To think that Silverstein would, on national television, admit to knowing the building was rigged for demolition is really the absolute zenith of absurdity and hilariousness.

But, we've come to expect that from the Troothers, so full speed ahead!

[edit on 12-12-2008 by pinch]

When I read the documents, I come to the conclusion that the NYFD was not involved in the demolition of any of the buildings.

I also have to conclude that the statement made by Mr Silverstein on TV was not about demolition of the buildings. I don't think that you become a billionaire developer by being stupid and blurting things out on TV.

It's really weird. I cannot believe the official story, and the only alternative for me is that explosives were used, it was pulled. But this would be such a complex operation that I can't wrap my mind around it.

Were those buildings rigged after the garage bombing as a security measurement? Someone in the other thread had this idea, and somehow it makes sense.


But more important, Silversteins comment makes sense in this case:

They decided to pull it. That would mean it wasn't predestinated to get pulled, which would oppose a false-flag operation, and - as I understand it - that decision was done right there in this minute.

So, if they just there on spot decided to pull it, and it wasn't part of a plan, my only explanation left would be a "failsafe" mechanism, a security measurement that was already in place to be used if another attack after the garage bombing in the 90's occurs, to safely bring the building down, so it doesn't falll in a non-controlled way, falling onto other buildings, streets etc. - a HUGE mess.

They would never admit that they shot down flight 93, too. It would be VERY unpopular, so they cover it up. Makes sense to me...kind of.

[edit on 12.12.2008 by SiONiX]

Wildbob 77:
You seriously think a fire chief ISN'T going to issue a letter saying something like that?
Yeah he's just going to blow a government coverup wide open...

For these reasons I made the decision (without consulting the owner, the mayor or anyone else - as ranking fire officer, that decision was my responsibility)

Well you just saw the video of Larry Silverstein saying he was consulted.

Also try reading the original post and the information provided in the links, according to FEMA, NIST, and Frank Fellini, the Assistant Chief responsible for WTC 7 at that time, there weren’t any firefighters in the building.

This ones dead, sorry.
Haul out all the letters and videos you want, it's obvious and clear to anyone with an I.Q. higher than jello that Larry Silverstein didn't mean firefighters when he said "it."

[edit on 12-12-2008 by ashamedamerican]