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BigmanPigman

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9. I researched this tragedy after 9/11

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2026, 06:27 PM

22 hrs ago

and found many similarities. Firefighters unable to reach the upper floors, bodies falling with great "thud" sounds, firefighters unable to get close to the building due to bodies landing around them, etc.

I can't believe that the two owners of the company didn't learn any lessons and continued fraudulent practices and the harm other workers. This proves my point that greedy businesses and people never change. Greedy, sociopathic and psychopathic monsters are everywhere, just look at our political history over the past 250 years.

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I researched this tragedy after 9/11 BigmanPigman 22 hrs ago #9