Reply #109: 10 out of 10 for actually having a look at the document

[Kevin Fenton]

But 0 out of 10 for reading comprehension.

The quote is:
"Upon a preliminary examination of the middle cases, it became clear that the towers would likely remain standing. The less severe cases were discarded after the aircraft impact results were compared to observed events."
NIST used three sets of cases - less severe, base and more severe. The quote clearly says that the less severe cases (one for each tower) do not match the observed events (for example the plane approached the tower at a different speed and angle). It does not say that the middle (aka "base") cases do not match the observed events. They do.

In fact, in addition to the numbers for the base cases being more accurate than those for the severe cases, the base cases also correspond more closely to what really happened:
In the base cases "the overall agreement with the observed damage was very good. The agreement for Cases B and D was slightly lower."
NIST report, p. 116/166

Are you saying that the videos don't give an accurate impression of what happened?