Did the towers meet the remoteness requirement in the New York City Building Code?
When the towers were originally designed, remoteness was defined as being as remote as practicable. It would not have met the half and third diagonal rule used in the current code. Q: Communication issues are more of a general problem than some of the other issues. Was the counterflow issue one of perception? The emergency services going up are hitting a constant stream, whereas the people going down are only hitting counterflow every so often. A: There is an issue of perception. People did encounter firefighters and stepped aside to let them pass. Statistics showed that the counterflow was less of an issue than other factors, which overwhelmed the counterflow issue. C: It’s probably worth stating that the general result about counterflow being less of a problem compared to others has to be taken in context. It does not mean that specific individuals were not affected significantly by counterflow or that firefighters always were affected by counterflow. Those are all consistent stateme
