Reply #14: WTC 7 Evacuated - what were they doing on 7th and 8th floors

[mirandapriestly]

(where fires were) -I think we all know, although some might not want to admit it.

After 9:03 a.m.: WTC Building 7 Evacuated; Timing Unclear According to a soldier at the scene, WTC 7
is evacuated before the second tower is hit. (Fort Detrick Standard, 10-18-2001)
However, a firefighter who arrived there after the second tower is hit told that the building is being evacuated due to reports of ta third plane, indicating that two planes have already crashed. (Jems And FireRescue Supplement, 3/2002)
9:30 a.m.: Office of Emergency Management is Evacuated The headquarters of New York’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM), which is on the 23rd floor of WTC Building 7, is evacuated. The headquarters was opened in 1999 and was specifically intended to co-ordinate the city’s response to disasters such as terrorist attacks (see June 8, 1999). <9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 283-284> A senior OEM official orders the evacuation after being told by a Secret Service agent that additional commercial planes are unaccounted for. <9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 305> All civilians were evacuated from WTC 7 around the time the second WTC tower was hit (see After 9:03 a.m.). Despite these evacuations though, firefighters reportedly find individuals on the 7th and 8th floors of WTC 7 at around 12:10 to 12:15 p.m., who they then lead out of the building.

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