FDNY Radio System was working on 9-11-01

[n4voxgill]

as reported in MRT:

Report: Motorola repeater worked properly on 9/11
By Glenn Bischoff
Apr 7, 2005
A draft report issued yesterday by the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology indicated that a New York City Fire Department repeater manufactured by Motorola and located in the World Trade Center's north tower worked properly on Sept. 11, 2001

 

[mlevin]

That's true, but the volume level was turned down and the chiefs didn't use it because they thought it was in-operable.