Originally Posted By: the G-man
But the firefighters didn't retreat. They were doing their damned best to get people out of there, weren't they?

This comment on your part seems to be more indication of the illogic of the hate. One day, the left claims Rudy "disses" the firefighters. The next they attack him for lauding their bravery. There's just not rhyme or reason to the Rudy hate.


What "retreat", what "illogic"? The point is that they stayed behind inside the towers not out of some sense of duty despite the fact that the towers looked ready to collapse and despite the fact that the NYPD received evacuation orders. The point is that there was no chance for them to even know of the danger of the buildings about to give way or to hear the evacuation order because of their faulty radios.

Rudy's mythology would make sense if they had working radios and they then chose to commit suicide to try to save as many people as possible. But even taking into account the heightened drama of that day, no firefighter willingly and willfully chooses to stay in a building that's about to collapse.