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To: maceng2 who wrote (16359)9/30/2006 1:24:57 AM
From: David Howe  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 20039
 
<<< However the building took the initial impacts well >>>

True.

<<< the fires were not consequential >>>

False. The fire was widespread and caused significant expansion of the floor joists. This expansion combined with some detrimental effects due to the impact caused joists to column connections to fail. When enough failures occurred, the whole building collapsed.

<<< and the collapses now unbelievable. >>>

False. Just look at the videos of the collapse. The videos look exactly like a building with mid point structural failure with the upper section crushing the floors below it. The videos show this very clearly.