On Saturday, a fire at Trump Tower left six firefighters injured and killed 67-year-old resident Todd Brassner, who had lived in the building for two decades.
My sincerest condolences to Brassner's family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors. I hope the injured firefighters will all make swift recoveries.
There are no sprinklers on the residential floors of Trump Tower, because it was completed before building codes in New York City required them. And, although many building owners voluntarily retrofitted their residences with sprinklers despite not being required to do so, presumably because they aren't sociopaths and care about human lives, Donald Trump was not among them.
"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters. ...Or allow someone to die because I'm a cheap garbage person who refused to retrofit the residences at Trump Tower with sprinklers." — Donald Trump.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) April 8, 2018
In fact, Trump fiercely lobbied against a proposal that would have mandated sprinklers in all high rises, and, instead, the city council passed a different version of the bill, signed by Trump's BFF and then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani, which excluded from the mandate buildings built before its passage.
"According to the New York Times, Trump was one of the developers in the late '90s who lobbied against sprinklers in buildings. ...FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said on Saturday that there is extra fire protection at Trump Tower when Mr. Trump is there."https://t.co/X3cvKVrWJ4
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) April 8, 2018
A lack of sprinklers were not the only problem during the blaze:
Some details of Trump Tower fire from residents. In addition to the building not having a sprinkler system, yesterday there were:
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) April 8, 2018
* no orders to evacuate
* no working phones
* no working elevators
* no fire alarms
* no one answering at the front desk pic.twitter.com/bxmhpcbckj
And, despite the injuries to firefighters and Brassner's death, the only thing Trump has said about the blaze, via tweet, is: "Fire at Trump Tower is out. Very confined (well built building). Firemen (and women) did a great job. THANK YOU!"
He has offered no condolences to Brassner's family, offered no concern for the injured firefighters, offered no sympathy for the other residents who may be traumatized or dealing with smoke damage to their property. Just praise for how "well built" his building is, even though its lack of sprinklers may have cost a man his life.
He's been on Twitter instead shit-talking Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and the FBI, and congratulating the winner of the Masters golf tournament.
What a truly loathsome person he is.
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