Exit Signs and The NYC World Trade Center Attacks
UDEC: LIGHTING THE WAY TO SAFETY
Historical Moment: NYC World Trade Center Attacks
I don’t think any adult who was alive then forgot where they were on the morning of September 11, 2001 as el-Qaeda suicide hijackers flew two planes into the World Trade Centers Towers.
At work, we gathered around my friend’s desk and speaker-phone. She worked with the New York district and they were on the phone relating their eyewitness view of the tragic events from their office windows, only three blocks away from the World Trade Center towers.
Can I even relate to you the horror as our New York co-workers started screaming and crying as they watched people jump to their deaths from the flaming, crumbling towers? They abruptly hung up, no longer able to speak. In shock we gathered around our break room television to watch the rest of the horrific story until released to go home.
Ultimately, 2,750 deaths were related to the 9/11 attacks, 340 emergency personnel and 60 police officers were killed in the collapse of the Twin Towers. The World Trade Center site cleanup and recovery continued 24 hours a day and involved thousands of workers. The massive pile of debris smoked and smoldered for 99 days.
It’s impossible to avoid every calamity or accident, but prevention and safety are our top concerns. UDEC Emergency Lighting provides quality lighting when you need it most.
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Based on the WTC Commission recommendations , PL was chosen as the only acceptable system for the progressive NYC building code, Local Law 26.
According to my UDEC source, one of the few things that did save lives was the emergency egress strips installed in the stairwells in the World Trade Center buildings. They glowed in the dark and were thought of as very important in avoiding panic and confusion with all the people in the absolute dark not even knowing which way was down.
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