Survival Lessons to be learned from the Victims (long)

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Originally posted by juju2112
Very interesting reading. What sources did you use to gather all this information?

Almost all information is from the NY Times five full pages of research published last Sunday 26 May 2002, starting at the top page, entitled "Fighting to Live as the Towers Die". It may also still be on their web site including interactive video. However much additional background information comes from other responsible sources including The Economist (Time Magazine is not responsible - just see their latest cover stories).

Those three PA employees - using information from different sources - one may be the former lead investigator into the terrorist attack in 1993. Forgot his name, but he recently was hired as head of security after a nonsense political fubar about a possible intelligence compromise.

Generations ago, parachuting from airplanes fell in total disrepute. Again basic knowledge. Even parachuting from a skyscraper requires advanced training. Better to not build buildings for emotional ego and instead use good engineering prudence.

Let me suggest just another simple disaster. Lets say someone hijacks a subway train, takes it under the East river, and blows up that tunnel. The resulting flood water would destroy the entire NYC subway system. I have personally identified many more disaster scenarios on this scale, in part, because I avoid all pathetic fiction such as Steve King. How often do we ask - what if - based upon real world background? That is what a responsible author like Tom Clancy does.

Keep in mind that terrorism is so easy. If we were really under the threat hyped by our leaders, then the WTC disaster would have been only one of many since the day the world changed - 1 Aug 1990. It is why we need leaders who don't use MBA philosophies and therefore empower the people in the field. It did not take a genius to see a possible WTC attack - as we now know. It is just that people, such as the FBIs own chief pilot, use the facts, experience, and question everything around them. It is why everyone should ask "why that car crashed and what could I do to avoid that human failure". It is why responsible people disparge Action News - and other local gossips like Oprah and Jerry Springer.

New York Times earned kudo on 26 May 2002 for doing what a responsible press does - facts we all can learn from.