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.