Ah Scott you shouldn't blame the firefighters for not coming forward. Have a look at the attached video and then ask yourself why we have never seen these guys interviewed and probed on multiple TV shows ? As I know guys like these they are generally happy to be on TV, '' boom-booom-boom-boom-boom--like detonatotors like you wanted to bring down a building. 'We ran at least two blocks...'' Those guys could name their own price on TV to this day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ4dVo5QgYg Firemen's Testimony- Study
Now you are probably thinking that they and their families are being intimidated into silence to this day. Possibly because of their pensions being threatened or their fear for the lives of their family members. because it is clear from the video that this testimony should have been heard at the 9/11 commission hearings. As it was these firemen's statements were prohibited.