I thought that there was a helicopter platform on top of one of the towers. And it
would have been good to see that something was even tried to save these people.
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
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L�hett�j�: Michel Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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P�iv�: 14. syyskuuta 2001 18:30
Aihe: RE: OT. WTC - Why no helicopters?
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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lasse Karlsson
>Sent: Friday, 14 September, 2001 08:26
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: OT. WTC - Why no helicopters?
>
>
>> Those of you who might know more than me.
>>When the towers were hit, I never saw any helicopters even trying to make
>any rescue efforts.
>>>From the beginning it was obvious that people were trapped. And it was not
>altogether obvious
>> that the towers would collapse.
>> Would such an operation be deemed impossible already from the start?
>> Or is it not part of any emergency plans?
>
>>Also, now as the rescue workers have so much time consuming trouble with
>getting rid of the heavy metal
>> rubbles, why do we not see helicopters trying to lift off part of this?
>> Some helicopter have incredible lifting capacities.
>> What aspects have I missed?
>
>> Lasse
>
>
>In no particular order, and not inclusive by any means:
>
>Really tall buildings all around...
>Wind patterns around really tall buildings...
>Smoke still being a factor...
>Etc Etc ...
>
>Have you ever notice the wind at certain intersections, in relation to the
>buildings? It almost becomes a wind tunnel sometime.
>
>I would think that at this very moment, there are engineering firms redoing
>or planning to redo calculations/simulations of wind conditions for the adjacent
>buildings,
>especially those that were
>built after the WTC was put up.
>
>See the following URL for the big picture:
>
>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/sat.photo.html
>
>The Pentagon one is at:
>
>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/sat.pent.photo.html
>
>
>Michel
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