Saturday, August 18, 2007

But Will It Collapse?

It has to, doesn't it?

Otherwise, the only time fire has destroyed a steel-framed structure would have been on September 11, 2001, since that physical anomaly has never occurred before nor since.

So it must fall.

"Fire Breaks Out at Ground Zero" by RAY RIVERA and FERNANDA SANTOS

Flames tore through several floors of the vacant Deutsche Bank skyscraper opposite ground zero Saturday afternoon, sending potentially toxic plumes of smoke over Lower Manhattan in a scene eerily reminiscent of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

At least two firefighters were critically injured while trying to reach the fire, which appears to have started somewhere between the 14th and 15th floors and spread from there to other portions of the 40-story tower, including a scaffolding propped against its side, fire officials said. Crowds of onlookers watched as burning debris fell to the street below.

The cause of the fire was unknown. But the building, which was heavily damaged during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was being dismantled piece by piece because of toxic leftovers from that day nearly six years ago. Much of that work involved acetylene torches. In addition to asbestos, the building was laden with excessive levels of seven hazardous substances, including dioxin, lead and chromium. Workers had already removed about 14 stories of the building, located at 130 Liberty Street, before the fire broke out.

City and environmental officials reached yesterday could not immediately say whether the acrid smoke billowing over area contained harmful contaminants, but many residents in the area remain distrustful of the air quality since the 9/11 attacks.

The injured firefighters were rushed to New York University Hospital Downtown; their condition was not immediately known. The fire started sometime around 3:30 p.m., sending hundreds of firefighters, as well as city, state and federal officials to the site; at least some of these officials were wearing protective masks like those worn by doctors at a hospital.

Bonnie Bellow, a spokeswoman with the federal Environmental Protection Agency, said work being performed at the building on Saturday, as on most Saturdays. The shift ended at 3:30 p.m., right around the time the Fire Department received the first reports of a fire at the building.

[Hmmmmmmm!!!!]

Ms. Bellow said there are 12 air-quality monitors installed in and around the building. One of these monitors is on the 15th floor scaffold, two others are on the rooftops of adjacent buildings, and several others are on the ground, she said. “At this point, we’re gathering whatever results we can from these monitors,” Ms. Bellow added. “For some of the contaminants, we can get instant readings, but other contaminants require further analysis of the monitors’ readings at a laboratory.” She could not provide more specifics.

Mary Costello, a spokeswoman for Bovis Lend Lease, the construction company in charge of the building’s dismantlement, deferred all comments to the Fire Department."

Notice how the Times danced all around the controlled demolitions and WTC 7?

We will NEVER get the TRUTH out of the MSM!!

They are a COLLABORATING, SCRIPT-READING ENABLER that is PUSHING this CRAZED Neo-Con, Zionist AGENDA!

Sorry, readers, but it's the truth!