9/11 rescuers ‘made decisions based on incomplete data’

RESCUERS on September 11 were forced to make rapid-fire, life-and-death decisions based on incomplete communications, according to a new report by the federal commission investigating the attacks.

Within 20 minutes of the start, family members of the World Trade Center victims were dabbing their eyes and offering each other support. More than 2,700 people were killed.

There were scores of family members in the audience as the commission showed footage of the first hijacked plane slamming into the tower, and played survivors' videotaped testimony.