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To: NOW who wrote (51511)	5/19/2006 12:36:59 AM
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<does anyone deny that the towers were engineered to withstand the impact of a large aircraft filled with fuel?> Apparently NOT! I don't deny they THOUGHT they did. I guess the fireproofing didn't say on the steel: newscientist.com Then there's this from a UK engineering school: June 5, 2003 New Theory on Why WTC Towers Collapsed A vulnerability in the structure of the World Trade Center towers may have contributed to their collapse after the September 11 attacks, a leading structural engineer at the University of Edinburgh's School of Engineering and Electronics said on Wednesday. Reuters Tidbits: May 8, 2003 WTC Fireproofing Not Tested to Hold up to Code, Panel Says Fireproofing on the steel floor supports in the World Trade Center was never tested and might have been too thin to hold up in a fire for the two-hour minimum set by the city building code, federal investigators said Wednesday. AP via The State Portion of WTC Had Upgraded Fireproofing Federal investigators examining the World Trade Center collapse said Wednesday only 30 of the 110-story twin towers had fireproofing material upgraded from one-half inch to 1 1/2 inches. UPI via Washington Times April 23, 2003 Engineering Firm Says Collapse of Twin Towers Two Separate Events An analysis by an engineering firm says both towers fell because their inner steel cores were weakened by fire. The analysis was paid for by leaseholder Larry Silverstein. CBS 2 November 19, 2002 Twin Towers' Collapses Due To Fire, Expert Says W. Gene Corley explained Monday at the NorthWestern University how researchers discovered that the fires from the explosion caused the twin towers to collapse. Daily Northwestern Anyway.... as I said, I"m sure all sorts of experts have looked into this. DAK

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