As Hoffman blew the doors on the north and south roof fire exit doors, BLUE and GREEN elements stacked and waited.
Pavlechenko led the way for BLUE. Diaz did the same for GREEN.
The fire escape stairs were wide enough for 2 people to stand side-by-side tightly. For the heavily laden marines, this was impossible. The elements found themselves unable to leapfrog pointmen.
Both pointmen swung right and led their teams into a landing where they both faced a corner-mounted security camera.
On the front of the each landing was a oneway swinging door marked "FIRE EXIT". The door has a push-type locking mechanism that could be keyed open with a swipe card. The doorway itelf was of lightweight aluminum costruction.

(FYI, This is what the door looks like on the INSIDE)


