Quote:
Originally Posted by TNVeric
"I remember getting a call from the Fire Department commander, telling me they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, you know, 'We've had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is just pull it.' And they made that decision to pull and then we watched the building collapse."
So let's take your interpretation that "pull it" means "blow it up".. ok if someone on the internet says that those two phrases mean the same thing then it must be true.. so here is the quote again with the appropriate substitution.
"I remember getting a call from the Fire Department commander, telling me they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, you know, 'We've had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is just blow it up.' And they made that decision to blow and then we watched the building collapse."
Does that make sense at all???
Now let's go with the Silverstein company explanation that "it" refers to the the contingent of firefighters working in and around the building. So once again let's replace these phrases and see what it looks like
"I remember getting a call from the Fire Department commander, telling me they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, you know, 'We've had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is just pull the contingent of firefighters.' And they made that decision to pull the group of firefighters and then we watched the building collapse."
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The correct substitution would be to add the word '
down' after the words '
pull it'
"I remember getting a call from the Fire Department commander, telling me they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, you know, 'We've had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is just pull it
down.' And they made that decision to pull and then we watched the building collapse."
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Date: January 9, 1996
TO: Vancouver City Council
FROM: City Building Inspector
SUBJECT: Demolition of Dangerous Building
City staff have contacted the property owner by phone to request that he obtain a demolition permit and
pull down and demolish the building, however, the owner has demonstrated no desire to cooperate.
http://199.175.219.1/ctyclerk/cclerk/960116/a5.htm
Sept. 24, '98
Four executive members of the Atebubu youth association (AYA) have been arrested by the police
over the demolition of a building which was being rehabilitated for use as the office of the Atebubu town council.
Members of the association allegedly went on rampage and
pulled down the building
because, according to them "as a swish building, it was not fit to be used as a town council office."
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePag...el.php?ID=4018
The next house erected in Seneca was a concrete stone building, put up by Downing & Stewart;
the latter soon after selling to A. M. Smith. Downing & Smith sold to L. J. McGowan,
who finally
pulled down the building and erected the substantial stone structure in which Hazard & Sons now do business.
http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/...aha-co-p4.html