Tweeter:
What are the qualifications to become a fireman? Most of the ones from my town are barely literate, firebugs and followers. I wouldnt trust their version of events if you paid me.
theauthor:
That's actually a good point. Fireman are without doubt brave and committed but they are not in any sense experts on building collapse, especially in a situation that had never been encountered before.
These are singularly ignorant (and offensive) comments, made by two individuals who clearly have no understanding whatsoever about firefighting.
Firefighters are taught to recognize building collapse indicators because
their lives depend on it. Certainly, such training varies among departments; a small rural VFD which runs only a few calls annually, involving small structures, may require very little of it. But FDNY firefighters, who run many, many calls in tall buildings, are recognized as among the elite. Their experience and training is
very good, and the competition for admission as a cadet is fierce.
Tweeter:
Id like to ask the firemen that said "there were a few small fires and they could take it down with a hose or two" a few questions. I already know enough firefighters that couldnt chew gum and walk at the same time, but im sure the ones in NY are all college educated with doctorates.
I'm college-educated with a couple of master's degrees and 16 years in space engineering, and hundreds of hours of firefighting training which includes recognizing the signs of building collapse - the same ones
unambiguously observed by FDNY hours before WTC 7 collapsed. But you don't need advanced degrees for that - just ordinary intelligence coupled with training and experience. You manifestly have neither of the latter two qualities, and judging from your shrill, fact-free posts, which are full of silly drive-by claims (
Jesse Ventura, anyone?), you are seriously deficient in the first as well.
By the way, the brothers who made those reports gave their lives on that day. So you can't ask them any questions, even if you had enough of a clue to ask them intelligent questions, which you don't. But you have a standing invitation to talk that smack about them
to my face. Let me know and we can arrange it.
But, yes, I'd
love to see you bring your act to an actual FDNY firehouse. I'd even chip in for your transportation there if I could be there with some popcorn.
Tweeter, asked his experience:
Life outside of the internet.
Translation: "None." Excepting talking big on the Internet.
Coward. Ingoramus. Troll.