Why wasn't escape tower used on Gemini?

From: PP@xxxxxx
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 02:07:11 GMT

I was just watching the gemini DVD again. It said that an ejection
from the capsule probably wouldn't have been survivable because of the
speed. why didn't Gemini use the escape tower like Mercury and
Apollo?
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