Ny B15 Analysis Fdny Videos Fdr- Notes- French Tape 066

Was on command channel, which I think was 3 Not 100% certain if car repeater channel was 7 Car repeater doesn't allow FFs on upper floors to talk to each other; allows chief who activated to speak to chiefs who on that channel, which might be 6 or might be 7 Joe Higgins of dispatch is radio expert

French Tape Pfeifer on manhattan dispatch on way down - had second alarm report into 1; 3rd alarm to West and Vesey (on Street). Can hear a ff in pfeifer's car say, "clear through the fucking building." Can see glass shattered right by command post 55 Engine (on Broome St.) got there fast, as did squad 18 10 engine 10 Truck Chris wah setting up magnetic board See 6 truck outside 24 Engine 7 Engine 8 Engine (tmaybe) or maybe 9 Rescue 1 4 Engine 5 Truck Can see them knocking out the rest of glass in windows right by commandpost See McGovern's aide Foust, who died, and McGovern

Pfeifer had citywide radio, which is manhattan dispatch, different than normal FDNY radio Four links of hose for two engine companies See van esssen, feehan, fitzpatrick Pfeifer says gets car repeater out of car, but don't turn it on. Can hear Shierer say he wants to use lobby of 7 WTC as triage Can see EMS guys in bunker gear Pfeifer says to McGovern, "see if you can get in touch with channel 2." See NYPD ESU Pfeifer told 1 Truck to go to channel 2 (around 29 minutes into tape) Turi says there is another fucking plane coming; Hayden responded we told them to concerned of secondary device Turi said concentrate on getting people out and let fire burn up. Hayden says we've got to get the people out Hear a "Number 3 in other building" [could be rescue truck] See a black PA cop- not Whitaker See EMS guy holding up radio, trying to get reception See pfeifer grab someone else's radio - pinch thinks because it was on tactical, cause a FF. Pinch thinks the "standbye" was on command channel Here Callen trying to get in touch with Ballation 7, pinch thinks probably on command channel. Then pfeifer tells someone to go activate car repeater Pinch says on chief who should be on tactical should be chief helping at magnetic board Hear Callen sayng, "4 David to any unitsin tower 1"

Hayden saying something to Pinch about 71st floor of this tower 1 -pinch says he was told first to go 21-25; Then Pinch goes to magnetic board; which he says not all officers do "happens half-ass" See about 5 EMS guys at about 9:25 AM just hanging out near lobby See 20 Truck 20 seconds after Callen's evac order, you see a unit going up Here on pfeifer's radio, "Stairway C is open from 33 up

no more civilians."

At about 9:38 hear Callen saying, "4 David to any units on upper floor of tower 1" At 9:40 see ESU NYPD gearing up See 18 ladder guy standing next to 18 ladder guy - not full units See 11 truck guy who appears to be solo - maybe his unit which on-duty already inside or maybe chauffers Security was saying that they tried to clear out OCC, but "no one in white helmets would listen." See pfeifer switching channels after hearing a "all units on channel 3" Pfeifer uses outside line at about 9:50 Can see pa guy checking every elevator car to see if anyone in it. See Ray Downey at about 9:55 AM At about 9:56 DeVona seems to be telling Pfeifer how to exit See Pfeifer telling a FF that this is tower 1, which had been written down in pen on command desk 4 David said everyone get out of Tower 1 post south tower collapse