High Heat Above the Street | National Geographic

inside intense flames scale the walls
the terrified tenant is trapped over
fifty feet up in danger of being burned
alive
with rescue unable to reach him
neighbors below try to get the man a
ladder but with no way to anchor the
rungs it’s no use now put yourself in
his place with the temperature rising
would you know how to get down alive
what would you do a escape the flames by
climbing into a neighboring apartment B
hang on to the windowsill until rescue
can reach you or C climb back in and lie
flat next to the window
here’s what you should consider you’re
trapped in your apartment 50 feet above
the ground with an unforgiving
incinerator blocking your exit out the
front door ablaze like this can easily
destroy a full sized home in less than
an hour a one-bedroom apartment like
yours could go down in a fraction of
that time your polyurethane couch
cushions the nylon in your carpet are
spewing out toxic fumes including deadly
cyanide gas a lighter than air chemical
it’s pick siient that interferes with
the normal use of oxygen by nearly every
organ in your body you’ve made it to
your window but with no fire escape it’s
up to you to survive think fast and
choose wisely
make your choice a B or C
so what would you do