Going forward. that is indeed the question. and a lot of the key provisions seem to not have held. clarissa ward, thank you very much. all right. joining us now is the former new york city fire commissioner, thomas von essen. his department lost 343 firefighters on september 11th. sir, thank you so much for being with us on this day. thank you. how are you reacting to this news? you know, it s symbolic for me. i ve tried to look at it through the eyes of the families. i don t think the families are going to be, you know, celebrating it. i think they re more upset with the recent things that are going on in saudi arabia with the gulf, and the inability to get any movement on some of the court cases they have with iran. and saudi arabia. at least they ve gotten information from the fbi with records that have been opened up to them, finally. so, i think that i hear people
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"Anyone who got to spend time around Chief Geraghty knew he was a special person. The kinda guy we were all supposed to grow up like. He was larger than life.
And the poor children. thomas von essen. bob saget died yesterday in orlando, florida, at just 65 years old. saget was in the middle of a standup comedy tour and just performed a two-hour set saturday night. he tweeted loved tonight s show. a shock to get that on our phones. saget is known for his role as the wholesome tv dad danny tanner on full house. in june he told jake tapper it mirrored another classic sitcom, happy days. i was doing an audience warmup for b bussom buddies i l.a. and i got an offer for the show. they made happy days laverne &
The unification of this city come into this family and this community to let you know we are here and we re going to be here for you. thank you very much. and you ve been listening to an update from the mayor of new york, eric adams, the new york governor, new york senator chuck schumer and other officials on the deadly fire that killed 19 people including nine children in the deadliest fire in new york city in some 30 years. and with me now is the former fdny commissioner thomas von essen. commissioner, it sounds as though what we were hearing from both the fire commissioner and the mayor is that this fire appears to have been tragically started by a malfunctioning electric heater, a space heater in a bedroom. my goodness, i m old enough to know how dangerous those space heaters can be and how people are warned over and over again, you know, be careful with those