Something new for me was a helicopter attempt at a roof rescue, but no one was there. I find that somewhat strange. No one made it to the roof? Maybe that's something that needs further explanation ...
People were trying to get down the tower on the stairs or whatever elevators were working. Likely none of them knew or thought that helicopters could come rescue them on the roof. And besides that the amount of smoke rising up the towers into the top floors would have prevented people from going higher. The first rule of when there's a fire in a tall building is you try to go down not up where the flames and smoke are rising.
I remember thinking back at the time "why couldn't they have a helicopter with a cargo net hover near the windows where people were jumping, so they could at least have a chance to jump to the cargo net?"
Something new for me was a helicopter attempt at a roof rescue, but no one was there. I find that somewhat strange. No one made it to the roof? Maybe that's something that needs further explanation ...
They literally shutdown NORAD on 9-11. That alone should have gotten all DoD generals, POTUS, and VP executed for treason.
Excuse for no helos was airspace shutdown AFTER they let it happen.
People were trying to get down the tower on the stairs or whatever elevators were working. Likely none of them knew or thought that helicopters could come rescue them on the roof. And besides that the amount of smoke rising up the towers into the top floors would have prevented people from going higher. The first rule of when there's a fire in a tall building is you try to go down not up where the flames and smoke are rising.
I remember thinking back at the time "why couldn't they have a helicopter with a cargo net hover near the windows where people were jumping, so they could at least have a chance to jump to the cargo net?"