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Ron Johnson: “Firefighters went up there because they did not feel like…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 22:52

It doesn't fall. None of them fall like that. And if they did, you wouldn't have firefighters, no matter how brave they are, walking up into danger trying, because again, the Firefighters went up there because they did not feel like this thing was going to collapse on them. Now they're walking to danger. They got fire fires put out. One of the more famous firefighters lost their life. (22:52–22:58)

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Asserts that firefighters did not expect the Twin Towers to collapse.

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