[MrGiggles]

Military planes are stressed to the limit regularly, so catastrophic failure is much much much more likely to occur than on, say, a 737.

Also, the pilots stayed in the plane until the last possible second to avoid crashing into a school and so they could dump all the jet fuel. One pilot ejected so low that his seat never dropped off. They found him in shock and still strapped into his seat in a building. So yes, they literally did everything they could.

edit: btw, the apartment complex had a bunch of elderly and infirm that they haven't found yet I think. Mayor Sessoms at scene: "So far there have been no fatalities. I don't expect that to be the case by the end."