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vincent_vega_lives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 05:17 PM
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21. controlled demolition
Because it had the characteristics of one

WTC 1 & 2 didn't in the least bit. COMPLETELY different from controled demolition. WTC 7 did however. Not like the other two.

Things have to happen in a very precise order and with strict timing in order to get a building to implode on itself. It's not in the buildings nature to do so naturally, especially after being struck on a corner near the top. Were a collapse to take place in this instance, it would most likely be a toppling rather than a straight down implosion.

WTC 1 and 2 didn't implode. One floor collaped on the other one at a time in rapid sequence, top down. A sequence that was initiated at the point the aircraft struck the buildings. It would not have been possible for the WTC towers to topple over. In the terms of a scale model the towers were not Two-by-fours, or Legos, they were more like a tower of toothpicks. Any strong Lateral force that would start to topple the tower would reslult in complete loss of structural integrity.
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