Are we talking about the same buildings? You could go up on the roof deck of 2 WTC, jump over the low railings of the walkway fence, and run about 15 yards to the edge of the building if you wanted to jump. NOBODY EVER DID IT. THE EXCUSE IS A BUNCH OF CRAP.
All NYC Skyscrapers have unlocked roof doors. How many people jump off in a year? ZERO!
were there and one little helicopter....i see huge panic being filmed and it would not have been pleasent to watch the rescue fail.
Of course, it was so much more pleasant to watch them all die in the collapse? I really doubt there would have been a panic. People would've been thrilled to be getting off of there.
Not according to this article that appeared in the WSJ yesterday: Could Helicopters Have Saved People From the Top of the Trade Center?
From the article:
New York City's fire code requires roof doors to be unlocked or to have devices that allow someone to open a locked door from the inside. Officials at several companies that manage large numbers of tall buildings in Manhattan say their buildings provide roof access in an emergency.
But the Port Authority's Twin Towers had the status of state government property and therefore were legally exempt from the fire code, according to both the Port Authority and the city's building department, which oversees enforcement of the fire code.
This is an excellent article with much more information about the feasibility of a roof rescue, for anyone who is interested.