11 Sep
2001
11 Sep
'01
7:04 a.m.
Wow, I haven't seen that movie forever. I
don't recall any water
tanks. was that movie based, even loosely, on anything real?
I don't know how much basis in reality the problems in that
movie had, but I do know this:
1) I've seen many more referrals to large water tanks built
into skyscrapers
2) it must be a nightmare to try and fight any kind of large
fire in those types of buildings
As for the water tanks in the movie, if I remember correctly
they really didn't come into the story until towards the end and I
believe that Steve McQueen does end up rupturing them so that the
water spills down the building into the fire.
Jeff
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