By Brian Kates
Furious that no one has been held responsible for the deaths of two firefighters in the Deutsche Bank building blaze, a fire union wants the case reopened.
In a letter to Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr., Uniformed Fire Officers Association President Alexander Hagan demanded a "review all of the evidence ... in a renewed effort to pinpoint blame" in the 2007 inferno.
Hagan, a fire captain, singled out the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., the building's owner, saying its failure to heed warnings of fire hazards and repeated violations of its emergency action plan "adds up to criminal negligence."
The letter came a day after a judge acquitted the project's asbestos abatement chief - the last of three defendants to be cleared of manslaughter and other charges in the deaths of Robert Beddia and Joseph Graffagnino.
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