[newzjunkey]

the fact that there were 50,000 to 60,000 people in those buildings

This is not a fact. No one has determined exactly how many people were in the buildings. From interviews I've seen, a number of companies while offices there had 'shifts' with later starts so the building wasn't nearly as busy as it could have been two hours later. I've seen one estimate by a company representative that "only" 20,000 may have been in the towers based on the time of day. If that's so, it would mean almost 25% are missing. Another 25% were injured.

[John Jamieson]

The injuried have been greatly exagerated for who knows what purpose. Only a few hundred accually stayed in the hospital even one night.

[Alberta's Child]

I find it hard to believe that there were "only" 20,000 people there, especially when you consider that Morgan Stanley had about 5,000 employees (most of them worked regular hours) and the Port Authority probably had another 5,000 or so (at least). As with most government-type agencies, those PA employees aren't there a minute before 8:00 AM or a minute after 4:00 PM.

I deliberately overstated the estimated number of people involved slightly, to account for all of the people in the adjacent buildings (including the 47-story building that later collapsed). I think 50,000-60,000 potential victims is probably fairly close.

[Alberta's Child]

Also, it is true that companies in the WTC started their work days in shifts (i.e., 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, etc.). That was one of the conditions of any lease agreement for those buildings, since the lobbies and elevators would have been packed to the roof if every tenant started their work days at the same time.

[sneakypete]

>>This is not a fact. <<

Yup,I may be wrong,but I believe the 50,000 figure is the total figure if ALL 8 buildings in the complex were full. This is the maximum capacity of the whole complex,not the actual number of people in the two buildings (later 3) that went down.