Answer: I have this assignment too, here's what I got, (teacher marked right)
9. When people crowded onto the fire escape it cause the nails to become loose, sending them tumbling to the 8th floor hitting sharp objects.
10. The main idea was the 10th floor was the best place to be, and the author supported this by saying that they survived by dashing up the stairs.
11 Chief Crocker was no softie and was used to horrific things that came with his job but this case hit him differently, He included this sentence to show how horrific and saddening the situation was and that even the toughest people in the field were heartbroken.
Explanation: is this u addie?