Question Authority

Many, if not most, of the survivors of the 9/11 events at the WTC owe their lives to the fact that they ignored what they were told.

From Wired:

Proof can be found in the 298-page draft report issued in April by the National Institute on Standards and Technology called Occupant Behavior, Egress, and Emergency Communications. (In layman's terms, that's who got out of the buildings, how they got out, and why.) It's an eloquent document, in many ways. The report confirms a chilling fact that was widely covered in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. After both buildings were burning, many calls to 911 resulted in advice to stay put and wait for rescue. Also, occupants of the towers had been trained to use the stairs, not the elevators, in case of evacuation.

If only the folks of Carbon Harbor had been a little more disobedient, maybe they wouldn't have had to hang their heads in shame for 40 years.