Were these his only writings, he would have remained a respected but minor figure.^[1]^. 1  _Against the Academics_. 386 A.D. (Contra academicos) 2  On Providence. 386 A.D. (De ordine) 3  On the Blessed Life. 386 A.D. (De beata vita) 4  Soliloquies. 386/387 A.D. (Soliloquia)
The evidence strongly suggests that 1,100 or more people in or above the impact zones survived the initial crashes, roughly 300 in the south tower and 800 in the north. Many of those lived until their building collapsed.
More than 30 people have killed themselves by leaping from the Empire State Building over the years, but there was at least one who tried and was unsuccessful. In 1979, a woman named Elvita Adams leapt from the 86th floor, got caught in a gust of wind and was blown back on to the 85th floor. She suffered a broken hip.