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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (41373)	9/12/2001 11:36:22 AM
From: Jill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Mocked by colleagues? You must be kidding. Hard to believe. Victoria Pearson, who Teresa has added into her trading room, had a sister & father working at WTC who escaped. But the sister described being trampled by the "dollar index" people and finally being carried to an exit. I agree--think we'll rescue 30-50 people. But each life counts--and especially to the families involved. I'm proud of our city for mobilizing so beautifully, for bringing in electric lights and working through the night, for every life saved.

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (41373)	9/12/2001 1:28:41 PM
From: dustcatcher	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 65232

Why did the towers fall? One answer may be that asbestos-containing thermal insulation was not sprayed on the steel supporting structure, allowing the fire to weaken the steel (fire temperatures are well above the melting point of steel), thus allowing it to collapse. My memory says that the WTC was built in the mid-'70s when we in the U.S. began phasing asbestos out of many of its uses, including thermal insulation and especially spraying such because overspray will drift, in this case, all over lower Manhattan. Insulating sprays are still used, of course, but the chances are that none is close to being as effective as asbestos. ---Jack---