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This ridiculous notion that firefighters who are trained and prepared to enter buildings on fire to save people would turn tail and run when they see a 48" TOW missile disturbs me greatly.

Consider the firefighters running up the stairwell in the World Trade Center toward a 767 jumbo jet on fire and compare that to what the federal government is expecting us to believe about the OKC firefighters. I am not buying it.

Too many Oklahoma firefighters have died in the line of duty for me to buy it.

This ridiculous notion that firefighters who are trained and prepared to enter buildings on fire to save people would turn tail and run

I do not see the wisdom of your belief. Is it your belief that firemen and rescue personnel should stay in a building if there is belief that the building will blow up and they will be killed themselves? I remember hearing, and seeing, that on 9/11, when it became obvious that the buildings might collapse, the firemen were ordered to evacuate. And they did evacuate. Yes, there were over 300 that didn't make it out, but they were ordered out. Many died trying to get out. And had that order not been given, there would have been 300+ more that died. Firefighters are trained for fighting fires and rescuing people, but if the situation appears as though those firemen will surely die themselves, then they are ordered out. What good is a dead fireman. Don't say it didn't happen. It did. They were ordered out. I was there. Were you? And as to 9/11, again, there were orders for the firemen to evacuate. And they did. You saw the video. I did too. That doesn't diminish their valor and bravery. But there is no point in killing firemen if it can be avoided. Again, a dead fireman cannot help anyone. Firemen don't run into burning buildings if there is not possible way for them to get in, or out. If the building looks as though it will collapse, they don't go in. It happens everyday.