More journalistic delirium about the Lidle crash

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Greg Farris wrote:

"We felt so alone," he said. Some, like the Weisbergers, have questioned
emergency protocols. They claim a building employee and at least one
firefighter told them to stay put.


Supposedly the WTC occupants were told the same thing.

Not a firefighter or expert on the subject, but I believe that is the
standard response in city high-rises.


Had they
quickly evacuated perhaps hundreds would have lived.

Perhaps. That hundreds would have died is equally possible though.
The case of the building collapsing is, to say the least, atypical. In city
high-rises, it is assumed, unless a fire is in your apartment, the
firefighters can arrive quickly enough to get you out of danger and this is
safer than trying to make a panicked escape, jump out a window, run down a
toxic smoke-filled, unlighted stairway etc.

GF







Ron Lee