It seems a little disingenuous to say the evacuation was completed in 55 seconds. Over half the passengers perished - the evacuation was never completed. I th

It seems a little disingenuous to say the evacuation was completed in 55 seconds. Over half the passengers perished - the evacuation was never completed. I think it'd be accurate to say there was a survivable window of 55 seconds, and 37 people managed to deplane in that time. It seems very convenient to picture that rows 1-11 were just fine and rows 12+ were SOL. But it does seem just as likely that there's a shade of gray between the two - could row 12 have exited given more time? or did the smoke just form a wall at this point. Of course, this is all based on zero information. If the accident investigators find a single body in the aisle rather than strapped into its chair, then it'd remain a worthy question. But even if it turns out those in 12+ really were sealed by fate, I think it's still worth reminding people of every single time - because next time it could be you in row 12. "ignore the experts, it's probably fine" serves no-one.