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Half the flash flood deaths as people drive through the water they put themselves in those situations by driving into water and you don't want to do that. jillian: looking at fema safety tips, go to the highest. if you haven't asked to take with you take that, do not climb into a closed addict, you could get trapped. get on the roof if necessary. >> we had several rooftop evacuations and rescues yesterday. is this system continues its slow-moving and we will see more areas affected by flooding and more power outages, trees and root structure cannot stand up on the saturated grounds. jillian: w...

>> people thought they could go to the roof because people went to the roof in 1993. >> civilians were not informed that rooftop evacuations were not part of the port authority's evacuation plan. >> when they got to the roof, the doors were locked. >> they were not informed that access to the roof required a key. the port authority acknowledges that it had no protocol for rescuing people trapped above the fire in the towers. >> on the streets people were leaving the area as fast as they could. >> i saw people running. i saw people fleeing, which is exactly what we wanted them to do. we wanted ...

Lovingly around my shoulder, come on, buddy, let's go home. >> as brian and stanley searched for escape route, hundreds of others were still trapped above the fire in the twin towers. >> my first question to the chief was can we get helicopters up to the roof and help any of those people? and pete pointed to a big flame that was shooting out of the north power at the time, and he said to me my guys can save everybody below the fire but i can't put a helicopter above the fire. to go many p headedght they could go to the roof because people went to the roof in 1993. >> civilians were not informe...