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FEMA concluded in 2002: “The specifics of the fires in WTC 7 and how they caused the building to collapse remain unknown at this time. . . . The best hypothesis has only a low probability of occurrence.” Yet officials knew WITH CERTAINTY that Building 7 was going to come down. “Then I remember seeing like a few different chiefs at the corner [of West St. and Vesey St.] throughout the day. They became very concerned about the condition of number Seven World Trade and where we were in vicinity to that. They kept announcing the collapse and who's moving, and we got pushed further and further west.” — FDNY Firefighter David Moriarty “They pulled us all back at the time, almost about an hour before it, because they were sure — they knew it was going to come down, but they weren't sure. So they pulled everyone back, and everybody stood there and we actually just waited and just waited and waited until it went down, because it was unsafe.” — FDNY EMT Joseph Fortis “We had heard reports that the building was unstable, and that eventually it would either come down on its own or it would be taken down.” — FDNY Lieutenant David Restuccio