So bascially there is either something wrong with Hawking’s theory or there is something wrong with Einstein’s. If the “firewall” exists then general relativity is partially wrong. If it doesn’t, then the idea of Hawking radiation is partially wrong. Either way, I don’t see how entangled particles on either side of an event horizon violates the entanglement.
The theory requires a very minor modification of Hawking's original idea, which was slightly wrong. There is a good link to the explanation at the web site of this article.
GR and Hawking Radiation are still intact. No worries.
Either way, I don’t see how entangled particles on either side of an event horizon violates the entanglement.
The entanglement is violated because the particle that falls into the black hole in annihilated, leaving an orphaned partner. The resolution is that Hawking particles are spawned in entangled pairs of pairs. [Four particles.] In each case the entangled particles fall in, or escape together.
Like a double date, where you go into a bar and get so trashed you wake up in a strange bed, but it's the gal you went in with in the first place, so no "fire wall" to deal with later on...