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re: New emergency inflatable device to save lives if a building caught on fire

Posted on 1/26/19 at 1:47 pm to
Posted by Patrick_Bateman
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 1/26/19 at 1:47 pm to
You mean, like a parachute, except stupider?
Posted by BHM
Member since Jun 2012
3848 posts
Posted on 1/26/19 at 2:03 pm to
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It’s a good idea and would have saved a lot of lives on 9/11.



Fairly certain most skyscraper windows do not open. Not sure how hard it is to knock a whole in one.
Posted by Jackie Chan
Japan?
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 1/26/19 at 3:37 pm to
Posted by Graham Wellington Jr
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2018
916 posts
Posted on 1/26/19 at 3:39 pm to
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That's pretty fricking awesome. Not sure how well it would work en masse, but still neat.


Only executives should have them. Problem solved.
Posted by Graham Wellington Jr
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2018
916 posts
Posted on 1/26/19 at 3:41 pm to
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Fairly certain most skyscraper windows do not open. Not sure how hard it is to knock a whole in one.


This is true, and they are tempered so they arent just going to shatter. You might have to disassemble them and have a suction cup to remove them.
Posted by BuckeyeFan87
Columbus
Member since Dec 2007
25249 posts
Posted on 1/26/19 at 4:02 pm to
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Yeah, I don't see a single issue arising with 500 of those coming out of a building at the same time

More of an issue than burning alive?
Posted by BuckeyeFan87
Columbus
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 1/26/19 at 4:03 pm to
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Fairly certain most skyscraper windows do not open. Not sure how hard it is to knock a whole in one.

This is true, but how many people jumped to escape fire/smoke that day?
Posted by CuyahogaTigerJr
Northeast ohio
Member since Aug 2018
2369 posts
Posted on 1/26/19 at 4:28 pm to
Well that’s F ing awesome!!!
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