Re: Idea for Twin Towers rescue?

"Don K" <dk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>"Greg Goss" <gossg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> "Magnus, Robot Fighter" <Me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>How about emergency stations on each floor loaded with parachutes?
>>
>> Parachutes need a lot of training to use right.  You'd end up with
>> (incorrectly) desperate people jumping off a building that wasn't
>> going to collapse and then the chute wasn't buckled properly and they
>> fall off it.  Most fires are resolved.
>
>
>Given the alternative of flapping my arms, I'll opt for trying a
parachute
>when forced to jump out of a building even if I might hurt myself.

Right.  But in 90% of the cases, you're better off just waiting.  How
many people will think that the parachute is the answer when they
didn't NEED to flap their arms? 
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Tomorrow is today already.
Greg Goss, 1989-01-27