with all due respect to retired lt. ziegler, the overwhelming majority of rank and file fdny union members do not like and respect rudy.
as to the nj firefighter comments, the motorola radios that were being used by fdny on 9/11 were no better than the ones that were in use when the wtc was attacked in feb '93. the radios proved to be a cause of a large loss of life in the north tower of wtc on 9/11, because many of the members did not receive the evacuation order on their radios.
also, rudy's decision to place the nyc emergency operations center in building #7 at the wtc complex was disastrous. the emergency op center was evacuated after the planes crashed into the tower, thus there was absolutely no unified emergency command and control of any and all of nyc emergency response that day.
the iconic image of rudy walking on the street on 9/11 was only possible due to the fact that the emergency operations center was absolutely useless due to its proximity to the trade center. rudy and his crew were looking for a city building (precinct, firehouse, etc) where they could make phone calls, talk to the press, etc because they had no emergency op center.
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Posted on September 28 at 7:51 a.m.
with all due respect to retired lt. ziegler, the overwhelming majority of rank and file fdny union members do not like and respect rudy.
as to the nj firefighter comments, the motorola radios that were
being used by fdny on 9/11 were no better than the ones that were in use when the wtc was attacked in feb '93. the radios
proved to be a cause of a large loss of life in the north tower of wtc on 9/11, because many of the members did not receive the evacuation order on their radios.
also, rudy's decision to place the nyc emergency operations center in building #7 at the wtc complex was disastrous.
the emergency op center was evacuated after the planes crashed into the tower, thus there was absolutely no unified emergency command and control of any and all of nyc emergency response that day.
the iconic image of rudy walking on the street on 9/11 was only possible due to the fact that the emergency operations center was absolutely useless due to its proximity to the trade center. rudy and his crew were looking for a city building (precinct, firehouse, etc) where they could make phone calls, talk to the press, etc because they had no emergency op center.
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