Re: Maybe. If you've got the guts, there's all kinds of options.

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McFly — 9/13/2002 4:58:27 PM (archived)

Clearly, we've seen that many people will do whatever it takes to regain contol of their fate, depending on the circumstances, and even if only for a short time.

It seems to me that parachutes are an outlandish, outrageous idea...but also an idea which may have saved who knows how many lives a year ago.

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I'm a genius! - Lee - 9/12/2002 9:51:24 AM
- Rescue - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 3:14:05 PM
  - Re: Rescue - McFly - 9/13/2002 4:48:24 PM
    - Engineering study of the collapse - Larry J - 9/13/2002 7:52:25 PM
      - Collapse - Bowser - 9/13/2002 6:11:27 PM
      - Re: Engineering study of the collapse - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 8:56:02 AM
        
        Kerosene and water don't mix very well - Larry J - 9/13/2002 9:56:57 AM
        
        Design for impact - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 10:58:46 AM
  - Access to Roof - Nick Hoffman - 9/13/2002 4:04:36 PM
- Re: I rarely crap on ideas, but - SM - 9/12/2002 10:47:42 AM
  - That wouldn't be a problem - Lee - 9/12/2002 1:04:36 PM
    - Re: Maybe. If you've got the guts, there's all kinds of options. - SM - 9/13/2002 12:03:10 PM
      - Re: Maybe. If you've got the guts, there's all kinds of options. - McFly - 9/13/2002 4:58:27 PM
        
        Re: Yes, but they would also have been a great hindrance . . . - D. Spires - 9/13/2002 8:19:44 AM
        
        Which is why my idea is very practical. - Lee - 9/13/2002 3:16:45 PM
        
        Problem: - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 8:14:35 AM
        
        No they weren't - Lee - 9/14/2002 8:57:52 AM
        
        Re: Tower 2 . . . - D. Spires - 9/14/2002 11:29:50 AM
  - Re: I rarely crap on ideas, but - Scott - 9/12/2002 11:29:07 AM
    - Re: I rarely crap on ideas, but - SM - 9/14/2002 12:50:01 PM
  - Re: The pole could be enclosed in a room with self-closing (magnetic blocks) doors . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/12/2002 11:05:13 AM
    - Kinda defeats the purpose - SDG - 9/13/2002 10:39:58 AM
      - Re: No, that's the way stairwells work . . . - D. spires - 9/13/2002 12:18:16 PM

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