Question concerning the Twin Towers

[Valerie5555]

If anyone was there at the Trade Centre on Sept 11 2001, I wonder if they would have obeyed their "gut instinct" or the instructions about how they should "return to work for the towers were secure."


I hope I for one no doubt would have obeyed my intuition and gut instincts for I probably would have been a very dead duck on that day.


In my case this was a purely hypothetical scenario for I was in Calgary that day and no where near the Twin Towers.

[tpub]

1. many people in tower 2

heard the instructions to remain where they were, but knew better b/c of 93 and evacuated anyway. I know of 1 entire company that was saved b/c of that.

[Valerie5555]

3. Am sure the survivors did decide "the heck with the instructions"

We ARE going to get the HECK out of there and so they undoubtedly survived.

[HootieMcBoob]

12. yup

the company I worked for at the time had many in that tower. Every since '93 they'd been drilling on how to get out of the building quickly and it paid off big time. Not everyone survived but many more than would have without the years of drills.

[karlschneider]

2. Well, hindsight being 20-20, I've thought since 9/11 that I, for one,

would have damn little interest in staying in a building right next to an identical one that was obviously in great distress.
:eyes:

[Valerie5555]

4. Same here

eom

[Feanorcurufinwe]

5. The lesson

The lesson: don't panic, don't stampede, but don't leave it to others to do your thinking for you.

[Valerie5555]

6. And also

trust your own gut instincts.

[Yupster]

7. I don't think I would have thought of the second getting hit too, but

I bet I would have thought the first one might fall over into the second one so I'd hope I'd head for the basement or subway station.

[Valerie5555]

10. That may have been what the terrorists had in mind for the first World

Trade Centre bombing attempt in 1993.

[bpilgrim]

8. if the public was warned as the leadership was

there is no doubt in my mind that most would have fled.

blood on their hands

peace

[Valerie5555]

9. And the passengers on the planes no doubt would have

FOUGHT BACK AGAINST THE HIGHJACKERS.

[donco6]

11. I think I would have figured it was a really good day . . .

. . . to go home sick.

[Valerie5555]

13. Or to suffer or experience

a "death in the family" (hopefully to an older human or even animal loved one and from "natural causes") if anyone knew what I meant.

On edit meant that as just a way to keep a person's distance as FAR away from the Twin Towers as possible.