[42059] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: More CNN reports...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Rubenstein)
Thu Sep 13 10:29:40 2001
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:15:18 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
From: Alex Rubenstein <alex@nac.net>
To: David Charlap <David.Charlap@marconi.com>
Cc: "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, David Charlap wrote:
>
> Roeland Meyer wrote:
> >
> > I'm impressed. From all of the reports, the appearance is that
> > they've managed to empty most of the building in less than 10
> > minutes.
>
> According to:
> http://www.foxnews.com/images/36149/1_22_wtc_layout.jpg
>
> There was 18 minutes between the first crash and the second. People in
> the second tower who began evacuation as soon as they saw the first
> crash had enough time to get out (or at least below the level of the
> fire from the second crash), if they moved quickly.
Actually, when the first plane hit 1WTC (south), within 3 minutes there
was a PA announcement over the loudspeakers of 2WTC (north). The statement
was, more or less, 'there was an incident in 1WTC, and everything is fine
at 2WTC; you may return to your offices'. How do I know this? I heard it
over the phone when I called someone in 2WTC after the 1WTC incident.
The good news is that most people ignored the PANYNJ and evacuated the
building anyway.
