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Strategies & Market Trends : Trading the SPOOs with Patrick Slevin!
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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (6814)9/16/2001 3:41:13 PM
From: Patrick Slevin   of 7434
 
I played golf with an architect this morning and we discussed that briefly. By chance, he was on the original WTC construction as well as the repair after the '93 bombing so the Empire State incident came up briefly during the course of conversation. He knew a woman whose uncle died on the floor the B-25 hit.

I should ask him, I'll see him Saturday. However, a construction firm owner I know told me the other day that the reason the B-25 did not do as much damage....aside from the smaller amount of on-board fuel...was because of the "pyramidal" shape of the Empire State. It has a broad base and a narrowing structure as it goes up.

Seems logical but I'll have to ask the architect. He, on the other hand, told me the failure on the towers was the effect of a floor breaking away. The floors were not designed to take the effect of an upper floor falling on it, so the effect was one floor after another "pancaking" into the lower floors.

He also said there is a move afoot in NYC to limit high rises to 40 floors. His point being, even a fireman in body-building type condition cannot carry 110# of equipment up 110 floors. He doubts they will limit the height of such buildings, but points out the consideration that rescue is unlikely at such levels when elevators are out.

I'll check the link, thanks.

Have not made any plans as yet for Vegas but I will this week.
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