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Subject:Re: Push wise and pull foolish From:"Dick Margulis" <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 27 Jan 2000 20:50:02 -0500
Dan is correct. The uniform practice is codified in state law in many, if not all, states, directly as a result of the Cocoanut Grove fire, 28 November 1942, in Boston, in which 492 people died primarily for the exact reason Dan supposes.
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From: "DANIEL D HALL" <misterhall -at- prodigy -dot- net>
Reply-To: "DANIEL D HALL" <misterhall -at- prodigy -dot- net>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 07:26:55 -0800
I've always assumed that the U.S. "standard" of pulling the door of a
business to go in and pushing to get out had more to do with egress in an
emergency than anthing else. After all, if you stopped to pull a door toward
you in the crush of frantic people .... squash!
