Steel cables under tension like that are outrageously dangerous when they suddenly fail and start whipping around. They’d cut through a man like a hot knife through butter. I imagine that once it started collapsing a few weeks ago there was general understanding that there was no safe way to put men up there to keep the rest from going and so it was already a fait accompli. Too bad, as an engineer I hate to see things like this.
That's exactly what they are saying.