[dp0622]

and with no thought to using safe work procedures...

and THAT killed one of my friends.

You are right.

If you’re gonna spend BILLIONS, have them do VERY SHORT shifts with FULL GEAR and not surgeon’s masks to walk into a death pit!!

You are ONE HUNDRED percent right!

[Alberta's Child]

This is where leadership on the ground in NYC was extremely lacking. Those firefighters working at Ground Zero had a very strong emotional drive to do what they were doing. That was understandable, but that’s exactly where someone in a position of authority with a prudent, objective thought process should have stepped in and said: “Hey, fellas — let’s be careful and do this right.”

Firefighting is dangerous enough. It’s ridiculous to put firefighters at risk like that when the situation does NOT involve immediate threats to public safety.

I’m really sorry for what you have gone through with the losses among your friends and neighbors.