Thank you for the response and links. The second link is particularly helpful. I'm surprised that Newton is equivalent here, but the reason appears simple: al

Thank you for the response and links. The second link is particularly helpful. I'm surprised that Newton is equivalent here, but the reason appears simple: although the inbound observer's time slows, their velocity does not. A distant observer is unable to perceive them as they approach the event horizon as the inbound actor grows infinitely dim thanks to time dilation.