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Can someone in a wheelchair get out in an emergency?

A panicked man in a wheelchair is sitting at a table in a meeting room. A fire alarm is ringing on the wall behind him and the window at the back of the room is filled with flames. The man in the wheelchair is desperately looking up towards the emergency exit at the top of a flight of stairs in the far corner of the room. He is holding up his hands with a look of helplessness on his face. Three people are running up the stairs to escape, leaving him abandoned. Several chairs have been pushed away from the table and lie fallen on the floor.

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A panicked man in a wheelchair is in a meeting room where a fire has broken out and the emergency exit is at the top of a flight of stairs.