Creative Escape Routes For Evacuating Skyscrapers

Experts are considering bold new ideas for improving evacuation from tall buildings including nets, flying platforms, and parachutes.

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October 11, 2001, 5:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The swift and unexpected collapse of the [World Trade Center] towers has safety officials and engineers re-examining evacuation plans and stairway design. The collapse is also bringing attention to novel ideas for escape, some already in limited use and others far afield. They include escape tubes that could be slung outside a window, people- lowering devices outside of buildings, flying platforms that would remove occupants through windows and even individual parachutes as a last resort."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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