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Posted by Peter Rosa on Sat Jan 11 13:06:47 2025, in response to Re: LA Fire-gate, posted by AlM on Sat Jan 11 12:38:07 2025. It is this process that resulted in most of the firefighter deaths. They were inside the North* or South Tower trying to get to the flames as the tower collapsed.* Radios didn't work, so many firefighters in the North Tower didn't get the order to evacuate. Poor radio communications meant that no one knows for certain just how high firefighters were able to ascend in the North Tower before the collapse. The National Institute of Standards and Technology estimated it to be around the 50th floor, based on how long it takes firefighters in full gear and carrying hoses to ascend staircases (about one story a minute, with a few minutes' rest every 10 to 15 floors). Radios worked better in the South Tower so it's known that Battalion Chief Orio Palmer reached the 78th floor elevator lobby - the "Gore Floor" - about a minute before the tower collapsed. He had found a working elevator that got him to the 40th floor and walked up an additional 38 flights. |
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