[ben richards]

If the doors remain unlocked people would go to the roof to kill themselves or throw things off of the roof or similar stunts. When this happens, Port Authority gets sued and is forced to keep the doors locked. Doors locked, no one gets out in the event of a fire. Such is the world in which we live.

[Andrew Byler]

If the doors remain unlocked people would go to the roof to kill themselves or throw things off of the roof or similar stunts. When this happens, Port Authority gets sued and is forced to keep the doors locked. Doors locked, no one gets out in the event of a fire. Such is the world in which we live.

NYC Code requires all buildings to have unlocked doors to allow emergency egress to the roof. There is no undue rash of suicides off of any of NYC's many towers.

The PA was more concerned about the telecom atennae being damaged.

However, if this was a real concern, each floor's fire marshall (NYC Code requires each floor have a designated fire marshall), could have been given the ability to unlock the door.

[pepsionice]

Lets all go back to the Vegas hotel fire where the Air Force literally pulled people off the hotel roof with rescue helicopters. Ten helos could have been used and pulled at least 300 people off each roof within a 30 min period without any trouble.