Emergency response Firefighters A firefighter looks up at the remains of the South Tower. Standard evacuation procedures for fires in the World Trade Center called for evacuating only the floors immediately above and below the fire, as simultaneous evacuation of up to 50,000 workers would be too chaotic. The firefighters directing evacuees did not want anyone going through the front doors due to falling debris and falling people. People evacuating from WTC 1 were directed from the lobby level through the WTC shopping mall beneath the outdoor plaza.
People evacuating from WTC 2 were ordered up from the lobby level to a door on the mezzanine level that led to a covered footbridge over West Street to a building complex then called the World Financial Center. However, many defied those instructions and proceeded to evacuate the South Tower (most notably, Rick Rescorla, Morgan Stanley Security Director, evacuated 2,687 of the 2,700 Morgan Stanley employees in the building). See also: Casualties of the September 11 attacks § EvacuationĪfter American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower (1 WTC) of the World Trade Center, a standard announcement was given to tenants in the South Tower (2 WTC) to stay put and that the building was secure.
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