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To: Wayners who wrote (46843)	5/16/2005 3:42:37 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

The trade center design only retains it's structural tubular form when the columns remain lined up in the same direction as the force of gravity. The building could only tilt about the width of a column, only a few feet, before a significant portion of the building was no longer lined up, and it would come apart instead of lean. Now it is the exception that proves the rule, and you can see the exceptional behavior in the top of the first tower. It was significantly shorter (and lighter) and so was able to lean maybe two dozen feet before coming apart. icyspicy.com icyspicy.com