[Tymesup]

Given 28 out of 11,400 are women with 343 deaths, and assuming men and women firefighters have an equal chance of dying, and that each death is independent, I come up with a 42% chance that there are no female deaths.

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[TrappedInLiberalHell]

I haven't checked your math, but it sounds reasonable. I would guess that men would have had a greater chance of dying. Because in general they can climb further up stairs with heavy gear (stronger quads, shoulders, and backs), meaning they were stuck further up in the stairwells when the building came down, and it would have taken them longer to get out once the evacuate order was given by the chief.

What we really need is data on how many women firefighters were actually present during the fires and up until the collapse of both towers. It could be zero.

[VRWC_minion]

Given 28 out of 11,400 are women with 343 deaths, and assuming men and women firefighters have an equal chance of dying, and that each death is independent, I come up with a 42% chance that there are no female deaths.

If 348 died at the WTC then there should have been a much greater number than 343 present and there should have been at least 1 female there if not more. Assuming those who entered the building had a 100% chance of death, there is a good chance that there were females present and none of them entered the buildings.