reply to post by impressme
FDNY Assistant Chief Joseph Callan: "Approximately 40 minutes after I arrived in the lobby, I made a decision that the building was no longer safe.
And that was based on the conditions in the lobby, large pieces of plaster falling, all the 20 foot high glass panels on the exterior of the lobby
were breaking. There was obvious movement of the building, and that was the reason on the handy talky I gave the order for all Fire Department units
to leave the north tower."
Yeah, with all of the explosions going off in the building and the lobby blasted to pieces.
How would the building move while still standing?
Do you want to explain? What is FDNY Assistant Chief Joseph Callan leaving out?
How about explosions.
Callan: "For me to make the decision to take our firefighters out of the building with civilians still in it, that was very tough for me, but I did
that because I did not think the building was safe any longer, and that was just prior to 9:30."
Wow Joseph Callan must have an engineer degree. Humm, I guess all the explosions that were going off in the basement must have alert Joseph Callan to
evacuate the building. I get the feeling that his story has been edited to fit the OS because, something major is missing for Joseph Callan to think
the WTC were going to collapse.
The "two pockets of fire' is often cited by conspiracy types
That is your opinion.
Most of the fire in south Tower was on floors 81-84, nobody made it that
far to report on conditions
Palmer was giving report on what he saw as made way up - again nobody
made it any farther before building came down .
Do you have a source for this information? In fact, do you have any sources for any of your information?
Explosions? Only explosion I know about was the initial one when the jet
fuel blew done the elevator shafts burning number of people in lobby
Moving ? What you think the building was going to take a walk?
Moving is term meaning building is beginning to shift - walls crack, windows
pop out frame, doors dont close or are jammed , building starts to creak and groan
Its indicates structure is compromised and no longer stable
How did Chief Callan come to conclusion that structure is no longer safe?
Its called training and experience - FF are taught from day 1 that greatest
threat is building collapse
Are trained to watch for signs so can evacuate in time - I have listed some of the signs to look for. Callan as a chief with years of experience
would
kniow what to look for.
Also factor in time - Fire chief know that unless can knock down major
body of fire withing 20-25 minutes should consider evacuation. WTC had been burning unchecked for 45 minutes- Callan would know this...
Have your been in building in danger of collapse? I guess not....
I'm trained as Fire Safety Officer which means at major incidents look
for dangerous conditions and inform incident commanders
What are my sources ?
How about NY Times ?
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