New thoughts on using elevators in skyscraper evacuations
Photo credit: AP | A worker welds on the Shanghai Global Financial Center in Shanghai, China. The 101-story, 492-meter-tall building is one of the tallest in the world. (June 5, 2006)
Ground Zero immediately after 9/11 photos
Sept. 11 aerial photos released
The long-held belief that elevators in skyscrapers should not be used in evacuations during emergencies, particularly fires, is getting another look amid new research into how the World Trade Center towers collapsed on Sept. 11.
"Yes, the country is exploring the idea of using elevators in evacuations," said Dennis S. Mileti, a professor emeritus at the University of Colorado and a member...
