Originally Posted by
Markle
BTW
Here's the pic where the rescue squad got into the cockpit. It doesn't look like the roof is hacked any more than it was with the piece of support popping out. It does look like the cockpit and first class acted like a ground anchor. That's what, 5 feet of crush and 10 feet out of alignment?
The roof was hacked by the fire and rescue team.
Early on there was TV coverage showing a rescuer on the roof attacking the fuselage with an axe. The shot was from the starboard side.
It seemed odd at the time that they had not tried entry through a side window; had there been sign of life it is perhaps more likely that a window would have been used for entry or exit.