24 Oct
2001
24 Oct
'01
6 p.m.
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Two hovering police choppers waited for people to come to the roof, rescue hoists ready, but none made it past the locked doors -- a couple of the doorbangers cellphoned home to scream bloody murder.
Not a plausible claim, to anyone who recalls the situation at the top of the WTC on those days. The incredible heat and smoke from an entire jetliner full of fuel a hundred feet below would make helicopter operations impossible. Trying to land on the roof under those circumstances would be suicide. Helicopters circled, but they could not approach.