[Pirate21]

...the possible use of helicopters (which I was expecting to see while this was happening)...

Not a pilot, but I don't think it was possible to fly helicopters over the towers -- air currents or whatever affected by the tremendous heat. Could be wrong.

As for officials ordering the immediate evacuation of the 2nd tower, I think that at the time, it was presumed that the hitting of the first tower was a horrible accident. Just some thoughts, not a debate.  :)

[Gay State Conservative]

Not a pilot, but I don't think it was possible to fly helicopters over the towers -- air currents or whatever affected by the tremendous heat. Could be wrong. As for officials ordering the immediate evacuation of the 2nd tower, I think that at the time, it was presumed that the hitting of the first tower was a horrible accident. Just some thoughts, not a debate.

You could well be correct on both counts.However,regarding the evacuations of the second tower,I would think that they'd want the occupants out a) so that the FDNY could have maximum flexibility in fighting the fire and b)in case the fire spread somehow to that tower.

[BlueSky194]

There was a police helicoper flying around the 2 towres.
But they didn't want to try a roof rescue.
They said cause no one got to the roof.
There was no way to do a roof rescue on the South Tower.
The entire roof was all smoke.

But on the North Tower, about 30 percent of the roof didn't have smoke.
I still think when the people were at the ledges of the windows of the upper floors of the North Tower.
The police helicopter should have just tried to send a rope to see if a rescue was possible.