Excellent point, Collin. I was amazed at how those buildings almost appeared to
implode, falling into themselves. If they were actually designed to collapse in
that way, then the architects and engineers involved in their design no doubt saved
tens of thousands of lives yesterday. Yesterday's carnage was horrific - but it
could have been worse.
-frank
Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
> They collapsed vertically because of the design.
> The original plan in 1993 to make one fall into the other
> probably wouldn't work. Buildings are designed to be
> collapsed vertically because of the crowded areas
> where they may need to be someday torn down.
> The build design kept it from becoming worse.
>
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it is true." -J. Robert
Oppenheimer
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