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Subscribe to RSSFirefighters were called to the scene of a fire this morning at One World Trade Center in New York. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Updated at 1:15 p.m. ET: Smoke that was reported on the 88th floor of One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday morning was from welding work and not an actual blaze, the Fire Department of New York said.
A civilian reported smoke just before 7:45 a.m. When firefighters arrived, they could see smoke coming from the 88th floor, FDNY Battalion Chief Kevin Brennan told NBC News.
Firefighters arrived and encountered crews doing welding work, which caused the smoke to be visible from outside the building. The equipment was being used as intended, and there was no actual fire, according to officials.
About 12 workers were on the floor at the time, and no one was injured.
For more visit NBCNewYork.com.
The Port Authority called the incident "a false alarm."
One World Trade Center, the giant monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, laid claim to the title of New York City's tallest skyscraper on April 30.
Workers erected steel columns that made its unfinished skeleton a little over 1,250 feet high, just enough to peak over the roof of the observation deck on the Empire State Building.
The building is still under construction.
NBCNewYork.com, NBC News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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New York firefighters read a newspaper after responding to reports of a fire at the One World Trade Center tower Wednesday in New York.
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Reading this, I had a vision of a fire in the World Trade Center on a busy office floor, and then quickly realized it's no longer there....
The blaze raged for nearly an hour.
Doing the math 0745hrs to 0830hrs is only 45 minutes. I will give you the extra 15 minutes to actually report the fire. It takes that long for firefighters to arrive during morning rush hour, set up, establish a command post, assess the situation and put the fire out and if you say it 'raged' meaning past tense then the fire is out. END OF REPORT.
But we'll let MSNBC.COM over sensationalize the report...BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY DO WITH EVERYTHING.
So go back to faux news if you don't like it.
[o.o.] Please keep up with the times, lol MSNBC.COM is no longer! Just NBC.com - day! I hope this does not ruin your day.
Guess who works for MSNBC.COM? The guy with George Bush/Alfred E. Neuman mashup as his default pic. Either that or he is a paid troll that is commissioned to troll on these boards.
I've always thought it was an insult to Alfred E. Newman. Bush defines "idiot" for a generation.
Meanwhile...seriously, go drool on the Fux website if you hate NBC.com, you'll feel right at home on Fux.
yeah me too I am still crying
0.o is right. Nothing but sensationalism from the media. Hey we all read it but it is good to call them out on it when they do it. Only reason this mattered to the media is because it was at the WTC. Otherwise it wouldn't matter. My guess to is that the NYFD over reacted as well as it said there were 90 firefighters there (though good job getting it handled, maybe we can call it a good practice run?)? I understand being prepared and playing it safe but that sounds like way overkill. There certainly is difference from a construction fire contained to an area or the entire floor engulfed in flames. It said there were about 12 workers so I would assume someone was using the equipment (don't think it just spontaneously combusted) and if they were following the rules should've had a fire extinguisher(s) handy and likely called the FD out of precaution or it got a little bigger than they thought they could handle. There is no story here. And yes, no photos? Can't tell me no one got a photo. I'm sure the local news company scrambled the news choppers without a second thought let alone all the other cameras around. All I'm saying is can we please stop making mountains out of mole hills so often? Its getting really old. If anything make a short article but don't call it breaking news.
It is time
0.0, the title says: "Fire put out on 88th floor of 1 WTC" and you call that "over sensationalize the report". Seriously? Wow, you are a very sensitive soul!
Sorry, truth seeker-2078284-
You came late to the game; this report has been heavily edited from the initial report. The initial report was that the entire 88th floor was on fire and that the blaze raged for an hour until the fire was put out. Now that it has been edited we come to find out that it was just the welding equipment and not the floor itself. But go ahead and fling those arrows; I have taken a lot more from others that thought they knew it all too. Initially, there was not even a pic to show let alone a news video clip on the matter. For a building that is heavily monitored by a lot of tourists and official photographers you would have thought that NBCNews would have a pic to display the 'raging fire on the 88th floor." Alas, they did not and that is why I stated what I did and I stand by my statements. You are entitled to your opinion and beliefs; I will not trample on them...Cheers!
I walked into work at 8:00am after passing the 90 firefighters...the cop outside said someone called 911 for a fire at 1 WTC....the security guy at the front desk L'dOL and said it was a false alarm....
I realize it the WTC but seriously...can we have a lil common sense when responding to the alarms coming from the building site? NINETY firefighters over a false alarm, would be tragic if they were needed somewhere else at the time. It reminds me of a couple of years ago when a hardhat fell and broke his back...over 70 firefighters responded then too!!!
Care to comment NOW, truth seeker-2078284?
Like I said before...WHATEVER...
:-/
Hmm
If there was "no one in the building at the time" who was "welding"?
EXACTLY. The 'welders' waved their hand and said, "You did not see me..." And the security guard said, "I did not see you." So, technically no one was in the building while the welding took place...
Way to go, MSNBC...You can change your name to NBCNews but you are still the worst at reporting...
[o.o.] Ditto MSNBC remark LOL
Just caught up, jack from Jax-
I refuse to call them by their new name...
Case in point: Who do you remember?
Blackwater or Xe?
EXACTLY.
LOL!
Err, make that NBCNEWS.Com, just to keep it current
fair enough, fair enough...LOL!
[0.0.] Blackwater or Xe? gee that is tough but they changed their name to Xe after their debacle in Iraq where they shot up an Iraqi civilian line of vehicles - just keeping up with the times!
You are correct, Jack, but which name do you recall easily? I am sure that an overwhelmingly majority will recall Blackwater first and will give the, "huh? What is Xe?" look on their faces...
Same thing applies with MSNBC vice NBCNews...
Understand what you are saying [0.0.]! Have a good day
It's a conspiracy! Obama did it so he can declare martial law! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Here come the Black Helicopters!
On a serious note... glad no one was hurt.
Grab your guns!
and cling to your Bibles...that must make me an Asian American Redneck.
wrong guys, this is clearly bush's fault.......................:)
Smok'n!
in the boys room ....yes indeed... i was smok'in.... in the boys room...........
Nice job, NBC, trying to sensationalize this with a bold red Breaking News banner. I guess your boner is going down now.
No, I am sure they were able to rub one out quick enough...
Conspirators "They were not fireman, they were the CIA testing to see if the building is still flammable for later on"..
No, Just Rosie O`donnell checking to see if fire bends steel.
K.
thats what was comin in thru my tinfoil hat controls too..............:)
Why WOULD there be picture? I mean there are like a gazillion cameras aimed at the joint at any given time...IF they did post a pic it would probably be a little more to assess what the significance of this report is. It could just be a welder's fire or the entire 88th floor's structural integrity is about to fail and the whole tower would collapse upon it-
What am I saying? They built that structure to withstand @!$%# like this. Fire on the 88th floor? Put the fire out and get back to work.
:-/
back on break more likely......union workers ya know..............:)
They were applying the thermite paint on the steel beams so they will be ready for the next plane to hit...Plane? No, it was a missile! No it was plane! No it was the CIA! No it was Bloomberg! No it was Bush! No it was Obama! No it was WHATEVER.
:-/
@0.0
Maybe it was that death ray from Mars some truthers used to spout about. After all, the Mars Rover just landed, maybe they think Earthlings are invading...
funny how no one was in the building, but all of the workers at the WTC start at 7am.
Let the conspiracy theorists unite! Now is the time to start formulating your hypotheses and stories! See in 20 years or so when-
Who am I kidding? This will be on some History or Science Channel show with Jesse Ventura soon enough...Or is it SyFy?
ZZZzzz...
actually what i am saying is fact. my husband works there. thank you
Read my previous post- this is piss poor reporting by MSNBC. How can no one be in the building if there were welders welding on the 88th floor? That is why I stated about the conspirators. If your hubby works there good for him that he has a gig and is doing a fine job. I am just harping on the @!$%#ty reporting and the conspirators drooling at this report...Cheers!
Hey Bull...so why wasn't your husband in the building if they start at 7???
he was in the building, so were the hundreds of other workers there. the article says there was no one in the building
glad he's ok then.
Did everyone just skip this part in your haste to criticize the article in general?
The article was edited. They have a tendency to do that when they get caught with their pants down.
This article has been edited multiple times. Elfried is spot on; regardless of what others on this thread think ALL mainstream media are notorious for over-sensationalizing reports to grab viewership on their websites. In doing so they can show statistics to current and potential advertisers on the website and increase their ad rates. But the unintended consequence is that those that view their 'news' articles are being conditioned with a majority of them thinking the way they want them to. Because I am a cynic, I tend to see right through this facade. Had they posted a picture along with this report the viewers could have made a better assessment to determine how significant this fire actually was.
HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION: If there was a news report that that in bold red banner along the top that stated, "PRESIDENT OBAMA IN THE HOSPITAL" a good majority of viewers would have thought for the worse thinking that something was wrong with the president when in reality as the report unfolded it was more likely he was either going for his annual physical checkup or was visiting wounded warriors. THAT is what I am referring to over-sensationalizing news reports.
My jabs and sarcastic remarks aside, whoever is the editor of this website and other websites like it, to include FoxNews, need a good dose of ethics training and remember why they are reporting the news. If it is to raise there ad prices, then they are doing it for the wrong reasons...
Look...in todays instant gratification world and 10 second sound bites you really can't complain when they don't have all the facts when they first splash the story.
The call came at 7:45.....I was pretty sure it was a false alarm (after all I had the inside goods from our buildings crack security staff) but you can't expect NBCNEWS to have the same sources I have!! :)
All they knew was that there were 90 firefighters responding to a fire alarm at the WTC building site....I think you and I would both agree that that is news worthy... The version of the story I read didn't mention the entire 88th floor was on fire and I read it when it first splashed...things change as they get more info.
Don't blame the media...they are just responding to our collective societies need for instant news/gratification!
*actually what i am saying is fact. my husband works there. thank you*
Bull-- hope he's not one of the "3 martini lunch" crew (althoug in this case its more likely a 6 pack crew) they are cracking down on. Just read a report that tons of undercovers are in the bars at lunch time to crack down on the hardhats drinking and going back to work!!
If he doesn't know about it better give em a heads up. No warning no second chances...anyone caught if off the job.
I'm sure it was an erie feeling for those firefighters to hear of a fire at that address.
No doubt.
Could you imagine the thoughts that were going though the firefighters on their way over there?
I am sure every time they respond to 1 WTC the bad memories will came again and again.
God bless them.
Well said.
Why did they feel the need to make that building so tall again? Who is going to want to work up on the 88th floor?
Ten stories is about as tall as any building should be IMHO to make it safe for people. People need to stop keeping up with the Jones's and think a little.
Because empty ground is in short supply in downtown Manhattan. If you can't build out, you have to build up.
Using your logic New York City would have expanded all the way to Pennsylvania by now.
Keep NYC outta my state hehehehehee :) J/king....
I say cudos to the firemen who responded... there are wayyy too many reasons why I could not be a fireman.. fear is #1
They are Baaaaaaaaaaaaccccccccccckkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unplug the smoking welder and go back to work
I haven't read all the posts (not much time this AM) but I'll bet there were a lot of hearts in throats when firemen rushed through NY to the WTC again - too many old scary memories.
Bush started the fire, it was his fault. Lol.
No, it's part of Obama's secret plot to take away our guns.
Umm, please read the article again. It did not state that "no one was in the building at the time". It stated that there were 12 workers there and that no one was injured.
Article has been heavily edited from the original report that the entire 88th Floor was on fire...Standard modus operandi of NBCNews.com...
:-/
Wow. I guess they're going to have to build a new skyscraper now because the steel should be completely melted at that rate. Cause you know.. fire totally melts steel and causes buildings to reach total collapse and then turn into dust.
Yeah I was expecting the same, total failure of all the massive steel supports leading to a global collapse that would completely destroy the tower at nearly freefall pace... and then of course, the collapse would have had to destroy another building perhaps a 47 story one... at freefall speed for over 2 seconds..
You conspiracy theorists crack me up.
Sheep crack me up, too.
Baaahhhh Baaahhh Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away;
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air.
Nikki.. you do know that NIST had to admit WTC 7 fell at freefall speed at 5:20 that afternoon, isolated fires, yet every single massive steel supporting column failed at the exact same moment.. now, I am sure you are good with physics.. care to explain how this happened? Again, every single support failed at the very same moment so that no resistance, where there should have been the most resistance allowed the upper portion of the structure to fall at freefall speed.
Looking forward to your explaination. thanks.
All the conspiracy theorists think Humpty Dumpty was pushed too!
Marty you too are a conspiracy theorist, you believe that 19 men conspired with 1 caveman to attack America.. the very definition of conspiracy..
But glad to see yet again when confronted with science, the best most official story believers can do is make nonsensical conspiracy remarks..
Engineers & Architects for 911 Truth.... compelling science....
seems to me that the article said. "there were about 12 workers on the floor at the time" what and where are you people reading? thats the problem with you commentators, you all comment and debate without even reading it first! and this would make news knowing all those people on the ground going to work, who most likely witnessed or had relatives lost in the trade centers on 9/11........you people need to get off the keyboards and get real jobs! good job nbcnews for not posting a pic to scare all others in the us, who most likely have not even been awake when this happened.
The problem with you commentors is that you think that MSNBC can't edit their articles after they realize that people saw their flawed article that they released as quickly as possible for some quick sensationalist reporting.
djb-
This article has been heavily edited...That is why the initial posts on this thread do not match the story and make them look illogical...Don't sweat it...The original post was that the entire 88th floor was on fire for about an hour...That and there were no pics on initial...Had there been pics, we could all easily assess that this was not as bad as NBCNews made it out to be...Cheers!
Man. I know it was just some equipment on fire but could you imagine what was going through the minds of those firefighters heading back there again? Or the people who live/work around there who didn't see the news but just looked out and saw the smoke.
11 years and it still feels as real as day one.
Well, in any case, I'm glad everyone is ok.
True statement, Chris-
But NBCNews was as much at fault for over-sensationalizing this report to make people think EXACTLY THAT WAY. Those firefighters needed to respond the way they did and they did it admirably, but NBCNews did NOT make matters any better for their viewership by putting out spotty reporting so that they could get a scoop on all the other news outlets...
Yea there's a fine line between being on guard and ready vs being in a panic and jumping the gun.
Panic is just fuel for terrorists.
Roger that.
Why not make it the tallest building in the world? Is it we don't have enough people with American pride to make it happen? I guess will settle for being #2 behind the Arabs. Tall buildings should have on site fire brigades to respond quickly so the building does not melt.
Come on now, Bob-
This is Liberal America; it is wrong for us to chant, "USA! USA! USA!" when we win a gold medal at the Olympics, it is appropriate to give everyone a trophy at little league; even if you come in dead last, we are supposed to have our president literally bow to other world leaders, we don't want to give another target for the terrorists, etc...In a previous era, this type of thinking would be ludicrous at best and declared a Communist at worst.
But I still remember the good ol' days...Cheers!
:-)
Anyone ever see the old movie with Steve McQueen and Paul Newman "Towering Inferno?"
McQueen is the Fire Chief: "We keep telling 'em not to build over seven stories cause we can't fight 'em successfully over that height and they keep building 'em taller and taller."
You reminded me of the ol' drive in day's. Such great memories. Thank you. :o)
This is just what the TSA was waiting for to inclue cavity searches in their normal screening procedures.
Way to go NYFD,. All Firefighters ROCK even retired ones. Nuthin but love from Switzerland Florida.