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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 09:59 AM
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99. Responses to #3 and #4.....
#3. Why did not just one, but two buildings collapse, supposedly due to fire, yet the firefighters ON THE SCENE clearly stated that the fire was completely controlable, calling for only three lines to put out the fires(in case you don't know, if you're calling for only three lines, the fire is controlable)?

I'm not sure where you're getting this from, because thousands of firemen responded to the WTC fires.


#4. How did two skyscapers, damaged on the side, defy all the laws of physics and collapse virtually straight down into their own footprint?

The North Tower was struck first by AA Flight 11. Flight 11 smashed into the north face and severed most of the outer support columns on that side. The explosion of thousands of gallons of jet fuel produced enough heat to deform the horizontal beams running under the floors impacted by the airliner. That caused a collpase of the effected floors in a downward direction producing what is commonly known as pancaking. Jets of flame and smoke ejected from the floors immediately beneath the falling floors have been mistake by some as the result of "explosive devices".

The South Tower was actually hit on the western edge of the south face by UA Flight 175. This impact not only damaged the vertical support beams on the south face, but it also cut about 2/3 of the vertical support beams on the western face. If you watch any decent video of the collapse of the South Tower, you will see that the part of the South Tower above the impact area leans to the west before the floors below the impact area begin to pancake.

And finally, if you look at any photo of the WTC complex after the fires had been put out, you will see that the debris from the falling towers landed on every building in the complex, destroying most if not all of them. That doesn't fit your description of the two towers falling within their own footprint, does it?
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