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Gold9472
08-12-2005, 12:51 PM
New documents revisit agony of 9/11 attacks
Radio transmissions, firefighters' oral histories are made public

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8920815/

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Updated: 12:33 p.m. ET Aug. 12, 2005

NEW YORK - The Fire Department on Friday released thousands of pages of oral histories recorded by firefighters about Sept. 11 and hours of radio transmissions, a vast mine of records that evoked anew the chaos and horror of the attack.
Firefighter Kirk Long, whose Engine 1 was sent to the north tower — the first to be struck by a plane and the second to collapse — described rushing up a stairway as evacuees were coming down.

"I was watching every person coming down, looked at their face, just to make them happy that they were getting out and we were going in, and everything OK," Long said in his oral history.

Long said he heard the north tower shake and thought something in the basement had exploded.

"At that time I never knew that the south tower had gone down," he said.

Another firefighter, Patrick Martin, said that after the south tower had collapsed and before the north tower came down, his lieutenant instructed him to go on a boat that was taking people to hospitals across the Hudson River.

"I told him I wasn't leaving," Martin said. "We were still missing one guy."

Over 500 oral histories of 9/11 attack released
Made public were 15 hours of radio transmissions and more than 500 oral histories describing the rush to the World Trade Center, which saved an unknown number of civilians and cost 343 firefighters their lives. In all, 2,749 people died in the trade center.

The New York Times, joined by families of Sept. 11 victims, sued the city in 2002 to release the records, which were collected by the Fire Department in the days after the collapse of the twin towers.

The city withheld them, claiming the release would violate firefighters' privacy and jeopardize the prosecution of Zacarias Moussaoui, who ultimately pleaded guilty to conspiring with the Sept. 11 hijackers.

In March, the state's highest court ordered the city to release the oral histories and radio transmissions but said the city could edit out potentially painful and embarrassing portions.

In another oral history, fire Lt. Howard Hahn described using his cell phone that day but said his fire department radio was barely functioning.

"I was able to get through, but the transmissions was very hard," Hahn said. It was very hard to control. You're basically doing your own show."

Major flaws
Independent investigations with prior access to the documents have already described major flaws in the city’s response to the terrorist attack. Emergency radios did not function properly. Police and firefighters did not work together. Discipline broke down. Vital messages went unheard.

Some families and other critics of the city’s response hope the new documents will help them challenge the conclusion that many firefighters in the north tower heard but heroically chose to ignore an evacuation message issued after the south tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m.

But Glenn Corbett, a professor of fire science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said Thursday he believes outdated radios prevented many firefighters from receiving that vital message. He said he did not find it credible that perhaps hundreds of firefighters ignored a mayday message from their commanders.

“I’m going to look for the people saying that in those transcripts,” he said. “I don’t believe it. I just don’t believe that.”

At least 450 relatives of firefighters killed in collapse requested copies, which they were to receive by express mail Friday, the fire department said.

© 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

somebigguy
08-12-2005, 01:20 PM
Here is the CNN transcript from here:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/12/attacks.response.ap/index.html

Somebigguy: Oddly enough, they decided not to include the little blurb about an explosion below.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Fire Department on Friday released thousands of pages of oral histories recorded by firefighters on September 11 and hours of radio transmissions, a vast mine of records that evoked anew the chaos and horror of the attack.

Firefighter Kirk Long, whose Engine 1 was sent to the World Trade Center's north tower -- the first to be struck by a plane and the second to collapse -- described rushing up a stairway as evacuees were coming down.

"I was watching every persrd, but chose to ignore, an evacuation message issued after the south tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m."

At least one fire lieutenant quoted in the oral histories heard the call and saw his colleagues leaving.

Fire Lt. Gregg Hansson, whose Engine 24 was called at 8:47 a.m. -- one minute after the first plane crash -- described hearing the call to evacuate while he was on the 35th floor of the north tower.

"I was in the vicinity of the battalion chief, who was on the command channel, when I heard a mayday given over the command channel to evacuate the building," Hansson said in his oral history. "He started to tell everyone to evacuate, and I did also. I saw all the units get up, everybody got their gear, everybody started for the staircases to evacuate."

Compelled by a lawsuit filed by The New York Times, the department made public 15 hours of radio transmissions and more than 500 oral histories describing the rush to the World Trade Center, which saved an unknown number of civilians and cost 343 firefighters their lives. In all, 1,749 people died in the twin towers' collapse.

At least 450 relatives of dead firefighters requested copies of the oral histories and radio recordings, and they received them by express mail Friday, the fire department said.

Independent investigations with access to the documents have already described major flaws in the city's response to the attack -- emergency radios did not function properly, police and firefighters did not work together and vital messages went unheard.

A reading of just a few of the 12,000 pages of transcripts from the oral histories made the day's drama clear.

Firefighter Long described leaving the north tower and being helped by another firefighter to a building nearby that had some clean air.

"There was a lot of mothers and babies there," he said. "I was ready to leave. They were a little shook up because I was covered up with all this dust. I was leaving and they started to cry. They didn't want me to go without them. So I stayed for maybe 10 or 15 minutes until it cleared up a little bit. Then I walked them over to the west side, where there were boats and fresh air."

Another firefighter, Patrick Martin, said that after the south tower had collapsed and before the north tower came down, his lieutenant instructed him to go on a boat that was taking people to hospitals across the Hudson River.

"I told him I wasn't leaving," Martin said. "We were still missing one guy."

The city had withheld the material, claiming the release would violate firefighters' privacy and jeopardize the prosecution of Zacarias Moussaoui, who ultimately pleaded guilty to conspiring with the September 11 hijackers.

In March, the state's highest court ordered the city to release the oral histories and radio transmissions but said the city could edit out potentially painful and embarrassing portions.

In another oral history, fire Lt. Howard Hahn described using his cell phone that day but said his fire department radio was barely functioning.

"I was able to get through, but the transmissions was very hard," Hahn said. It was very hard to control. You're basically doing your own show."

Gold9472
08-12-2005, 01:25 PM
That's why I posted it... that kind of sentence will be few and far between in any upcoming articles about 9/11...

somebigguy
08-12-2005, 01:40 PM
Better get a print screen before its wiped.

Gold9472
08-12-2005, 04:37 PM
Better get a print screen before its wiped.

Too late, already was..

Gold9472
08-12-2005, 06:49 PM
Officials Release 9/11 Oral Histories

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-5206037,00.html

Friday August 12, 2005 5:31 PM
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN

NEW YORK (AP) - The Fire Department on Friday released thousands of pages of oral histories recorded by firefighters on Sept. 11 and hours of radio transmissions, a vast mine of records that evoked anew the chaos and horror of the attack.

Firefighter Kirk Long, whose Engine 1 was sent to the World Trade Center's north tower - the first to be struck by a plane and the second to collapse - described rushing up a stairway as evacuees were coming down.

``I was watching every person coming down, looked at their face, just to make them happy that they were getting out and we were going in, and everything was OK,'' Long said in his oral history.

Long said he heard the north tower shake and thought something in the basement had exploded.

``At that time I never knew that the south tower had gone down,'' he said.

Some families and other critics of the city's response have been hoping the new documents would help them challenge the conclusion that many firefighters in the north tower heard, but chose to ignore, an evacuation message issued after the south tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m.

At least one fire lieutenant quoted in the oral histories heard the call and saw his colleagues leaving.

Fire Lt. Gregg Hansson, whose Engine 24 was called at 8:47 a.m. - one minute after the first plane crash - described hearing the call to evacuate while he was on the 35th floor of the north tower.

``I was in the vicinity of the battalion chief, who was on the command channel, when I heard a mayday given over the command channel to evacuate the building,'' Hansson said in his oral history. ``He started to tell everyone to evacuate, and I did also. I saw all the units get up, everybody got their gear, everybody started for the staircases to evacuate.''

Compelled by a lawsuit filed by The New York Times, the department made public 15 hours of radio transmissions and more than 500 oral histories describing the rush to the World Trade Center, which saved an unknown number of civilians and cost 343 firefighters their lives. In all, 1,749 people died in the twin towers' collapse.

At least 450 relatives of dead firefighters requested copies of the oral histories and radio recordings, and they received them by express mail Friday, the fire department said.

Independent investigations with access to the documents have already described major flaws in the city's response to the attack - emergency radios did not function properly, police and firefighters did not work together and vital messages went unheard.

A reading of just a few of the 12,000 pages of transcripts from the oral histories made the day's drama clear.

Firefighter Long described leaving the north tower and being helped by another firefighter to a building nearby that had some clean air.

``There was a lot of mothers and babies there,'' he said. ``I was ready to leave. They were a little shook up because I was covered up with all this dust. I was leaving and they started to cry. They didn't want me to go without them. So I stayed for maybe 10 or 15 minutes until it cleared up a little bit. Then I walked them over to the west side, where there were boats and fresh air.''

Another firefighter, Patrick Martin, said that after the south tower had collapsed and before the north tower came down, his lieutenant instructed him to go on a boat that was taking people to hospitals across the Hudson River.

``I told him I wasn't leaving,'' Martin said. ``We were still missing one guy.''

The city had withheld the material, claiming the release would violate firefighters' privacy and jeopardize the prosecution of Zacarias Moussaoui, who ultimately pleaded guilty to conspiring with the Sept. 11 hijackers.

In March, the state's highest court ordered the city to release the oral histories and radio transmissions but said the city could edit out potentially painful and embarrassing portions.

In another oral history, fire Lt. Howard Hahn described using his cell phone that day but said his fire department radio was barely functioning.

``I was able to get through, but the transmissions was very hard,'' Hahn said. It was very hard to control. You're basically doing your own show.''

somebigguy
08-15-2005, 12:30 PM
Just an FYI, this may not be the best article for proving explosions and controlled demolition. You'll notice that immediately after hearing what sounded like a bomb in the basement, Long states he didn't know at the time that the other tower had already fallen. This implies what he thought was a bomb going off was actually the collapse of the other tower, whether or not this is true is irrelevant, it is reasonable doubt and therefore would never stand up under intense scrutiny.

To prove demolition, stick with the good old witness statements:

http://911blimp.net/vid_FDNYfirehouse.shtml
http://www.911blogger.com/2005/07/former-auxiliary-ny-fireman-paul-isaac.html
http://terrorize.dk/911/witnesses/heavy.duty.explosion.wmv
http://www.911blimp.net/videos/FDNY-explosions.mov
http://terrorize.dk/911/witnesses/911.wtc.msnbc.2.wmv
http://terrorize.dk/911/witnesses/911.wtc.reporter.2.wmv
http://terrorize.dk/911/witnesses/911.wtc.witness.1.wmv
http://terrorize.dk/911/witnesses/911.wtc.witness

As well as this article:
http://www.yourbbsucks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3409&highlight=simple+logic+exposes+truth

And this flyer:
http://www.911blogger.com/flyers/BushKnew.pdf

Since I'm the author of these two documents, I'm kinda partial to them, but if anyone else has good evidence of demolition, post them here as well for other people to see and use.

Gold9472
08-15-2005, 12:48 PM
This video helps as well...

Click Here (http://www.mypetgoat.tv/video/Bomb_Montage.WMV)