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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (121959)	4/10/2010 2:56:15 PM
From: GuinnessGuy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Mike, you wrote- "I wonder how it would have done in all the updrafts and smoke that would make it difficult not to be bashed by the buildings." No doubt that it would be a wild ride down and some might get seriously hurt or worse, but I can pretty much guarantee you that the hundreds of jumpers at the WTC on 911 wished they had something like the executive chute strapped to their backs. According to one report, some guy located in the Windows on the World restaurant atop the WTC north tower tried to fashion a table cloth to use as a parachute. craig