Unidentified Speaker 2

Last thought before I close my eyes at night, first thought when I wake up in the morning. If I wake up during the night, it's what's on my mind, and a hundred times during the day.

Last thought before I close my eyes at night, first thought when I wake up in the morning. If I wake up during the night, it's what's on my mind, and a hundred times during the day.

Last thought before I close my eyes at night, first thought when I wake up in the morning. If I wake up during the night, it's what's on my mind, and a hundred times during the day.

It was December 3rd, 1999, just after six in the evening. All of a sudden, the alarm hit. A report of smoke coming from a downtown warehouse. And right away I said, bad building. It's the Worcester coal storage building. A relic from the industrial age, the Worcester coal storage building had been vacant for almost a decade. And why did you say that's a bad building?

It was December 3rd, 1999, just after six in the evening. All of a sudden, the alarm hit. A report of smoke coming from a downtown warehouse. And right away I said, bad building. It's the Worcester coal storage building. A relic from the industrial age, the Worcester coal storage building had been vacant for almost a decade. And why did you say that's a bad building?

It was December 3rd, 1999, just after six in the evening. All of a sudden, the alarm hit. A report of smoke coming from a downtown warehouse. And right away I said, bad building. It's the Worcester coal storage building. A relic from the industrial age, the Worcester coal storage building had been vacant for almost a decade. And why did you say that's a bad building?

You can picture a building that has virtually no windows in it, six stories worth of no windows, 18-inch thick brick walls, very difficult to make your way around inside. You could lose your bearings very easily.

You can picture a building that has virtually no windows in it, six stories worth of no windows, 18-inch thick brick walls, very difficult to make your way around inside. You could lose your bearings very easily.

You can picture a building that has virtually no windows in it, six stories worth of no windows, 18-inch thick brick walls, very difficult to make your way around inside. You could lose your bearings very easily.

But when they got to the warehouse, there were no flames in sight.

But when they got to the warehouse, there were no flames in sight.

But when they got to the warehouse, there were no flames in sight.

It was a light to moderate smoke condition showing at the roof at that point. I can remember saying, well, it doesn't look too bad.

It was a light to moderate smoke condition showing at the roof at that point. I can remember saying, well, it doesn't look too bad.

It was a light to moderate smoke condition showing at the roof at that point. I can remember saying, well, it doesn't look too bad.

Still, just as a precaution, Chief McNamee called for backup as the arriving firefighters got down to work, laying hoses, venting the heat and smoke, searching for the fire. and also searching for anyone who might be inside. So many times we've gone into abandoned buildings and found people there.

Still, just as a precaution, Chief McNamee called for backup as the arriving firefighters got down to work, laying hoses, venting the heat and smoke, searching for the fire. and also searching for anyone who might be inside. So many times we've gone into abandoned buildings and found people there.

Still, just as a precaution, Chief McNamee called for backup as the arriving firefighters got down to work, laying hoses, venting the heat and smoke, searching for the fire. and also searching for anyone who might be inside. So many times we've gone into abandoned buildings and found people there.

We never assume a building is empty.

We never assume a building is empty.