Yeah, if I'm trying to escape something like a fire and see a barricade I'm going to think the officials that placed it know that taking that route would be jum

Yeah, if I'm trying to escape something like a fire and see a barricade I'm going to think the officials that placed it know that taking that route would be jumping from the frying pan to the fire. Obviously they were very wrong in this case--blocking a "bad" option when the alternatives were much worse.