Great Escapes
Monday, May 18, 2009 - 15:21
in Psychology & Sociology
Invention: Rescue Reel Inventor: Kevin Stone Cost: $335,000 Time: 6 years Is It Ready Yet? 1 2 3 4 5 As the 9/11 inferno unfolded on television, one question kept dogging Kevin Stone: Why weren't the people trapped in the World Trade Center able to make their way to safety? "I said to myself, This is crazy," recalls Stone, an orthopedic surgeon and seasoned inventor in San Francisco. "There should be a better way to exit a skyscraper when something like this happens." read more