I still doubt it. ;-)
Harry Jed Rothwell wrote: > Harry Veeder wrote: > >> I doubt the Empire State Building would have collapsed if a jet liner >> crashed into it. > > The Pentagon was built around the same time as the Empire State > Building, using similar materials and techniques. It shattered when > the airplane smashed into it. > > I believe experts have said the Empire State Building would have > fallen sooner and more catastrophically than the Twin Towers did. > > The Empire State Building was struck by an airplane in 1945, but it > was a B-25 bomber, which was far smaller than today's commercial jetliners. > > - Jed > >
