Five people were injured when a construction crane caught fire and collapsed in midtown Manhattan.
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#Manhattan #NYC #cranecollapse
Officials explain cause : “Gravity.”
So they have already ruled out racism and climate change? Those two seem to be the answer for everything these days.
His fireman’s hat looks like a carnival prize
@kendall EvansIt’s a bit exaggerated, reminds me of those state patrol ones.
@Shadow 133 LOL….Agree!
Could have been so so much worse.
SENIORS PLEASE RETIRE SO THE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN MAKE SOME MONEY TOO
Zombie why can’t you make money? No skills?
Just video game experience? I retired at 44 in Hawaii. I never wasted anytime with video games. Once I played PacMan and it was as lame as pinball. You want to play games, I’d shoot pool. But games are for kids. Work is for adults. Don’t be an adult kid. Doesn’t pay well.
Nobody could retire today thanks to the mentally deranged liberalism policies
@truthseekers Calling BS on the “retired at 44” fable. I’m 65 and just retired in S. CA. More likely you’re the village drunk now in Hilo after just giving up on trying to find work.
@kendall Evans your troll account speaks volumns
@kendall Evans Moro no Brazil. E aqui um ex-presidente se aposentou aos 36 anos quando era capitão e promoveu atentados. Foi punido com promoção e aposentadoria. Há outros casos ainda pior, como juízes corruptos obrigados a se aposentarem com renda milionária. Há defeitos nos EUA, mas os daqui é que dão vergonha.
again the commie sleeper cells strike with a terrorist act undetected!
Obama and bg Mikel have fled Martha’s Vinyard after a body was found near their property.
7/26 = 7 + 26 = 33 ( free masons ) 26 -7 = 19 ( 911 ) 🧐it’s all a strange set of coincidences having something to do with 9/11 and the secret shadow government agenda. Isn’t it funny how the government is now having ufo hearings while trying to Investigate the corruption scandals of Joe Biden and Hunter Biden?? TRUST NO ONE
Nah not that bad but still bad
@bobmag8227
The reference is to the fact that this many is a 9/11 survivor hero.
We are under attack from Ukcrane
Uh, buddy? Firefighters are also civilians.
not when working
True
@truthseekers Yes they are. A civilian is a person not in the armed forces.
@zammmerjammer Wow how partially right you are. They may or may not be. Go back to your video games kid. Or make a dumb cat video.
@zammmerjammerfirefighters, police officers, military and politicians are not civilians. It’s not just a military word lol
See this legend guy triggers me.
triggered troll
Chief Joe Pfeifer a Class Act
@Neil Evanshe is that guy.
@Neil Evans First Deputy Commissioner Joseph Pfeifer was the first Chief to enter the north tower of the WTC on 9/11 at the time he was the Battalion Chief of Battalion 1.
@Denzz that’s right Chief Joe Pfeifer was the first to enter the North Tower.. Chief Joe Pfeifer gave the first official report of the attacks
This man should be THE FDNY COMMISIONER
@DMK you’re preaching to the choir… Chief Joe Pfeifer was the one who gave the first official report of the commercial aircraft crashing into the North Tower.. Chief Joseph Pfeifer saved a lot of lives in the North Tower.. when Chief Joe Pfeiffer was escaping the North Tower collapse and Battalion Chief dying around him Chief Joe Pfeifer was still giving orders.. unfortunately Chief Joe Pfeifer lost his brother Lieutenant Kevin Pfeiffer in the North Tower collapse.. on the basis of that alone Chief Joe Pfeifer should have been fire commissioner without a question…
where’s video of the ground
why not have water available from every floor
The problem here is the distance from where hose streams can be positioned and the fire. You could place hose lines on each floor and it’s not going to resolve the issue of the distance.
@azul8811 especially if they were talking about debris and roofs and the ground. Which is surely a much worse situation. Its a bit lame we didn’t get more detail from this explanation
@azul8811 Chopper waterdrop ~~~~~~
@truthseekers How much water is held in the Bambi Bucket that the NYPD uses? And what would it weigh?
@truthseekers yes FOX carried it live and I was watching for a chopper to do a water drop.
FDNY what does this remind me of?
Why on earth is he wearing that ridiculous hat?
Professional
Why does this guy look like the fire-chief from 9/11?
He is the fire chief of 911 Chief Joe Pfeifer who made the first official report of the 9/11 attacks
He is.
It is. His brother passed on 9/11 as well.
Because he IS the fire chief from 9/11. Lost his brother, also a fire fighter, when the towers collapsed
Cranes and anything else in NYC that are safe and pass inspection don’t earn the city government any money in fines.
Crane shouldnt cover up the 500k crazies being bussed in
This guy was a major player on 9/11. Surprised he is still on the job.
Yes he was Chief Joe Pfeifer came out of retirement to be second-in-command as the fire commissioner
Because they needed to legitimize the ridiculous hire who is the current Fire Commissioner
GO CHIEF JOE-
YOUR BROTHER WOULD OF BEEN PROUD OF YA SIR
Where is spider man when you need him 😢
Banging Mary-Jane
First thing I thought to lol
The same place “God” is. 😂
We living in Earth 42
That’s Joe Pfiefer the Chief whom was first on the scene on ❤9/11
Take a train, all by yourself! See how it is down there.
Glad it wasn’t worse 🙏🏾
He really is a very poor public speaker. His spoken English is execrable.
How long until NBC says crane operators are mostly white and this is racist
They should install way better fire suppression systems in those cranes. Would have saved a lot of money.
So absolutely relieved that there are no facilities such a blessing 😢😢!!!!! I’m sure people got very badly injured though
no FATALITIES.
Bruh said facilities
@K3Vz0i was so confused at first 😂😂😂
Facilities 😂
Praise God it wasn’t worse!🙏❤️
Why did “God” allow this to happen? If we’re praising “Him” for not making it worse, then we have to blame “Him” for it taking place in the first place. Your “God” stinks.
God is dead. stop praising a dead person. SMH
Bro got neck problems from that hat. Guy in the job before him was much bigger obviously
Why is mayor adam even there? he didnt do anything to help
Democraps believe he does
Why doesn’t the fire depth have resources to put out fires starting in cranes. Why aren’t these cranes under stricter regulations? This will happen again unfortunately 😢
Ohh yeah also in space too
They have strict regulations
I Guess they can’t make it rain.
Somthing specialized specifically for that situation wouldn’t make alot of sense especially given how little this kind of thing happens, in all honesty a machine or tool for it would sit collecting dust and need constant maintenance and likely wouldn’t be useful in the more common situations the FD is called for. It typically makes alot more sense that the FD has a variety of tools that can be used in different situations coupled with city design, thats why alot for skyscrapers have ports for fire hoses so they can rain water down on buildings below them. As we saw in use here actually. Cranes having failsafes to stop catastrophic failures like this would be a way more worthwhile investment tbh.
Will they not let that man retire? Has he not been through enough?
Why wasn’t the street shut down lol
If Barney Fife was a fireman. Lol
I have a penthouse at 432 Park Avenue (billionaire row) and suddenly saw a lot of smoke.
🍪
The crane has been removed Long time ago from that building. You are safe. LOL
That was unbearable, retirement needs to be mandatory at 60!😮
He’s a Commissioner he’s not tactical
Hopefully your forced out of your career
Though I guess your field of work doesn’t involve much labor
Man’s been on the job for decades, he may not be a great public speaker but he’s a outstanding fireman. Smh. Have some respect.
Like joe Biden pushing 52 years sucking the life out of society!
Serving! Lol
Now breaking news: Singer Sinéad O Connor has died😢🧐Hunter Biden plead deal in court falls apart and he pleads not guilty?? The World feels like it’s falling apart on this 7/26/2023 , just like the collapse and fire of this crane in New York City
ATTENTION CHRISTIAN’S IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN DANGER SAY JESUS JESUS JESUS JESUS JESUS JESUS JESUS JESUS OVER AND OVER AND IF YOU CAN TAKE PHYSICAL ACTION AT THE SAME TIME. JESUS SAVES. JESUS LOVES YOU. 🙏❤️
Does mayor Adams even talk at all or just look cool? 😎
Is that Chief Phifer from the 9/11 documentary?
Physics and chemistry are no joke.
Y’all bugging this is worse. Who tf wants tons of metal falling on they body. Area should of been cleared 100%. Once that fire was reported. Y’all accept anything 🙄
OH MY GOD JOEEPH PFEIFER!!!!
Explaining the science behind a crane collapse awesome fmfl!
Nice to see First Deputy Commissioner Pfeiffer.
Thankfully, nothing worth caring about lives in NYC
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Respect to the FDNY & EMT people.
Being the first chief to respond to the towers on 9/11 22 years ago almost 23 and still being on the job after witnessing it all before your own eyes is remarkable. He should be praised for his work in trying to evacuate the buildings and helping with the command post in the towers. Matter fact if you’ve ever seen the video of him responding to the towers, you could see that he made the call to send his fellow first responders into that horrific scene knowing that they might not make it. God bless you sir. You not only deserve New Yorkers respect but the worlds.
Eh, none of that matters. He’s too white. He won’t last long in this administration.
Where exactly what street
Oh boy uts a good thing those SIDEWALK SHEDS are up Mayor!!!
🙏 God Bless
Fancy hat guy reporting
This could have been an absolute catastrophe. The operator in particular and civilians passing by are extremely fortunate.
Liberals that’s why.
He’s been on the job for 45 years to get to wear that hat
Amazing NOBODY was killed considering the crane dropped 16 TONS of concrete when it collapsed! 🤔🙏
I hope they ban ketchup of color they their them zir zur zeir.
He did not explain the cause. And, by the way, there was only one official explaining anything.
It was reported that a hydraulic hose ruptured and sprayed hydraulic fluid on the hot engine and exhaust
The fact he’s addressing the media makes you wonder why he isn’t the Commissioner.
“Building Back Better”….🇺🇲🇺🇲……
Idiots that speak publicly are still wondering what can we do next time. 200 fire fighters mostly watching and how many ems and police!
Dipships! If you’re going to build up! Like you have since the 1920’s Have a fire represent in the air.
Doesn’t spit on a fire like 9/11! But one fdny helicopters ready with fire retardant wouldn’t make you look so stupid!
No disrespect to the commissioner but that hat doesn’t fit you very well bro😂
Well it dose say fony = phony