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Reading it, I actually had the same idea. But still, the possible would exist that there's someone in the room who didn't dare climb down in the end.
by Insanity 8y ago
Reading it, I actually had the same idea.
But still, the possible would exist that there's someone in the room who didn't dare climb down in the end.
- mhb 8y agoYes. But then it seems like a mistake to have put the mattress against the door since that strongly suggests that someone is in the room.
- jsgo 8y agoOr could be perceived as a diversion to allow the person enough time to get down their makeshift rope.
- runjake 8y agoHe did this to physically shield himself from random shrapnel. His purpose in opening the balcony door was to give the impression that somebody may have egressed. This is taught in tradecraft courses, and this mention along with others in the article suggests to me that he's been through some tradecraft and/or SERE-type trainings -- probably oriented towards journalists.
- ip26 8y agoMaybe journalists, or maybe pilots. Planes & airports have long been a high profile target.
- runjake 8y agoErr pilots, I meant. I got some wires cross in my head when typing that out. I attended one such tradecraft class and was remembering that virtually all my classmates were journalists headed into theater (Iraq/Afghanistan/Pakistan).