
Episode 189: 9/11 Part I - The Day
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The Impact of the World Trade Center Crash
Because of the angle of the impact, all stairwells and elevators from 92nd floor up were rendered completely unusable. It trapped 1,344 people above and none of them would survive. So the people in the towers knew nothing. This was pre ubiquitous internet. Because they filtered off course, they felt it up above. They said they felt the tower sway. And then snap back into position. But the people below it, because of the way these buildings are built, you know, they're built to sort of like move with like the wind and stuff like that. They did not feel it. Like it happened, some power went out and like, but no one actually heard
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