Commentary by CNS Law Student Researcher Dan Humphrey
“No alarms ringing, no lights flashing; the only thing unusual in the hallway was a woman standing there, just as confused as I,” he said. “We looked around the corner to find a member of FDNY hurling foot after foot of fire hose up the stairwell. ‘Is there a fire?’ I asked the FDNY officer, in a state of constant motion. She either didn’t hear me, or didn’t have time to respond. It certainly didn’t seem like a drill.”