Anyone else ever wonder why?

[Sam Fisher]

How many times have you seen a news report of a building being on fire and inevitably there will be people jumping to their deaths. I've always wondered why?

We saw it in the WTC incident, and I know I've seen news videos many times throughout my life of people leaping from a burning building only to fall to certain death, which to me seems much worse than dying of smoke inhalation. I could be wrong, but it still haunts me as to why someone would jump. Your thoughts?



A man jumps from the fifth floor of a building that caught on fire in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, May 9, 2013. The 13-storey government building caught fire and quickly intensified spreading to three floors of the tall building. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Source: AP2013


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[Jack Davenport]

Simple. Most people would rather take the remote chance that they could survive a fall than the certainty of burning alive.

 

[Sam Fisher]

Simple. Most people would rather take the remote chance that they could survive a fall than the certainty of burning alive.

A valid answer for sure. However, I heard or read where most people don't burn to death. Rather, they die from smoke inhalation, which is fast and surely not as bad as splattering yourself all over a sidewalk.

 

[Jack Davenport]

A valid answer for sure. However, I heard or read where most people don't burn to death. Rather, they die from smoke inhalation, which is fast and surely not as bad as splattering yourself all over a sidewalk.

Most people facing certain death will take the option that allows them to choose their demise. It's basic human nature. They would rather take a slim chance of survival by jumping. And they are also horrified at the thought of their remains being burned beyond recognition whether they pass out first or not.

 

[STDiva]

What Countach said. I'd rather die from the jump I chose over sitting and waiting for the smoke to fill my lungs. Unless I had a gameboy.

 

[vodkazvictim]

I blame liberals.

 

[Bonezstorm]

Yeah I'd also take the change of surviving a jump instead of being burned alive. But first I'd try to actually climp down that building, if I fail, I will fall down anway

 

[Jack Davenport]

Yeah I'd also take the change of surviving a jump instead of being burned alive. But first I'd try to actually climp down that building, if I fail, I will fall down anway

The building would be too hot to touch or grab a hold of. The steel transfers heat nicely. Might as well jump.

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