And I'm with you, metmom. I've heard people say that the 9/11 jumpers thought they might survive by jumping. No way. They preferred that death to death by fire. I would have gone with them.
Prayers for these poor people and their loved ones.
I never heard about the British guys on 9/11. There was such a massive amount of info coming in, that it was impossible to catch it all. What was that all about?
Yes...the Soviets had already had the same thing happen, but rather than warn us of the danger, they covered up the event, airbrushed the victims out of official photographs of their cosmonaut corps, and let us proceed. :-( The descriptions of that Soviet disaster were horrific, where one of the victims lived for a while and they had to give him injections through the sole of his foot because it was the only place with some skin left.
And I'm with you, metmom. I've heard people say that the 9/11 jumpers thought they might survive by jumping. No way. They preferred that death to death by fire. I would have gone with them.
I've heard that some said that via cell phone, and that others could be seen trying to use tablecloths as parachutes. Of course, they failed to realize that they'd be trying to support nearly their entire weight from the little bit of grip they had, so they tore loose... :-( Others are believed to have been blown out of the building by the updraft of the fire, knocking them from their refuge on the ledges or by the windows.
WWI pilots were known to have jumped from their planes rather than burn in the cockpit.
So horrid.