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To: SiouxPal who wrote (16129)	5/8/2005 3:17:51 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361220

Once you had two or three floors combined, they WERE falling at "free-fall" speeds. It's all covered in that Nova link I provided. You don't think Nova's in on the "conspiracy", do you?

To: SiouxPal who wrote (16129)	5/8/2005 3:18:07 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361220

47 massive steel columns that constituted the weight-bearing core of each tower. I don't think this statement is quite correct. While the core was weight bearing, so too were the external "curtain" walls. The structural key was in keeping both structural elements perpendicular, and this was done by connecting the outer walls and the central columns by the floor joists. The loss of any of these elements would compromise the integrity of the whole. TP