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To: Orcastraiter who wrote (175230)	11/17/2005 11:12:07 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) of 281500

Orca, the twin towers had a unique construction for a steel frame building, with the structural members making up the skin and the core. From what I've read, the attachment points where the floors connected to the structural skin failed in the heat, causing a chain reaction of floors pancaking onto each other, each floor driving the next, which is also why they came straight down as if demolished. This explains and demonstrates the process: pbs.org It's much more likely than the conspiracy theories.

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