[Jay W]

The facdt that they didn't mention the fact that asbestos was used on the lower floors and that they focused on the "insulation" being blown off of the structural members makes me very, very suspicious. Would asbestos have reacted in the same way?

I noticed that that went unmentioned, as well.

But in the world of pc -- political correctness -- asbestos = bad, bad, bad. Bad, asbestos, bad!

(Well, it is bad if you breathe its loose fibers, but what the heck, you can seal it off so its fibers won't be inhaled. Unless it'd been removed from the lower half of the buildings, that means that for 30 years people worked in the lower halves in an environment with asbestos nearby.)

What I found interesting, and something I hadn't previously known, was that 4 people from above the impact areas managed to make it down to safety. Also, that 1 stairwell in the South Tower was apparently intact enough above the floors blasted out and on fire, so that if more people had known about it -- a communications problem -- they might have been able to get out.

[Always Right]

Also, that 1 stairwell in the South Tower was apparently intact enough above the floors blasted out and on fire, so that if more people had known about it -- a communications problem -- they might have been able to get out.

The sad thing is there was a group of seven or so that could have got out, but a couple had convinced five of them to turn around and go up instead.