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Broken water pipe found in building where firefighters died

An abandoned skyscraper just steps from Ground Zero where two firefighters died battling an inferno was cited for numerous safety violations in the weeks leading up to the fire, city and federal reports show.

Firefighters learned Monday that a pipe meant to get water to the upper stories of the old Deutsche Bank building where the fire was raging had been taken apart, and the building's sprinkler...

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