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To: CoffeePot who wrote (52)	9/11/2001 4:12:39 PM
From: MrsNose	Respond to of 27766

Could hardly believe it was real and not some movie special effect. Seemed to start at near the top, and then imploded down through the tower. Collapsed in on themselves. Huge cloud of smoke & dust, you couldn't see Manhattan at all from the live feed from across the river. Towers seemed to have a bulge that moved downwards. Edit: CNN.com now has a video of one of them collapsing

To: CoffeePot who wrote (52)	9/11/2001 4:13:35 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Respond to of 27766

It was terrible. They just went down in tremendous masses of debris and smoke. Footage from the street showed a massive dust/smoke storm advancing until everything literally went black. Charlie

To: CoffeePot who wrote (52)	9/11/2001 4:15:36 PM
From: DWB	Respond to of 27766

Have you ever seen video of when they demolish an older building on purpose? Looked pretty much the same. When the part of the building above the impact starts to collapse, gravity takes over, and it starts a chain reaction...the more that collapses, the more weight coming down. It probably would have done more damage if it had come down like a chopped tree, but 200,000 tons of steel has a lot of inertia, and wants to go straight to the ground. DWB

To: CoffeePot who wrote (52)	9/11/2001 4:16:07 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27766

It was just as horrifying as it sounds ...maybe more so. The planes had hit between two thirds and three quarters of the way up the buildings....and the buildings stood, burning, for an hour.....and then in a matter of five seconds or so, one tower fell in on itself, exactly like film you may have seen of buildings being detonated when they are demolished. A half hour later, the other one shuddered.....and started to fall in....the steel superstructure remained for a few fleeting seconds, then it too collapsed. The buildings are gone. A pile of rubble is all that remains. I have seen reports that an adjacent building or two may have been taken down too.....the collapse must have been stronger than an earthquake for anything nearby.