Galileo
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Thank you, Norseman!
That is the video where you can hear Hess say the power went out in the building and then they decided to make their descent.
Here it is, Galileo, from the transcript, with Hess speaking:
"Yes, I was. I was up in the emergency management center on the twenty-third floor, and when all the power went out in the building, uh, another gentleman and I walked down to the eighth floor where there was an explosion and we were trapped on the eighth floor with smoke, thick smoke, all around us, for about an hour and a half. But the New York Fire Department, as terrific as they are, just came and got us out."
There is Michael Hess's testimony. I imagine if Jennings were asked, he would agree with Hess on this small point, that they decided to make their descent when all the power went out in the building.
AND HERE IS THE CONNECTING FACT:
From FEMA's report on WTC7, on page 5-15.
Con Ed reported WTC7 lost power at 9:59 due to the collapse of WTC2:
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/fema403_ch5.pdf
This means they descended at 10 o'clock, and when reaching the eighth floor (both of them said this on video), the "explosion" they experienced was actually (right on cue in the time-line) WTC1 debris crashing into WTC7 causing tremendous damage.
Those are the facts, they are not confusing, and Jennings was, and still is, confused about this.
Thanks again, Norseman!![]()
How would Hess know the entire building lost power? He only knew about the 23rd floor. Hess and Jennings witnessed power loss at around 9:03.
Jennings saw both towers out the window on the 8th floor, before even the South tower fell. Perhaps the FEMA report you rely upon is inaccurate.