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The towers were destroyed mainly by the explosives built into the reinforced concrete infill panels in the core walls. You can see the panels blowing out in the photographs of the first few seconds.
well lets just say i have a hard time believing the building free fell without anything other than its on weight and a jet liner
originally posted by: samkent
a reply to: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
well lets just say i have a hard time believing the building free fell without anything other than its on weight and a jet liner
And over an hours worth of fire.
And structural elements severed.
Naw no reaso
originally posted by: samkent
a reply to: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
well lets just say i have a hard time believing the building free fell without anything other than its on weight and a jet liner
And over an hours worth of fire.
And structural elements severed.
Naw no reason at all.
originally posted by: Kester
originally posted by: GenRadek
SMH.
Oh boy the amount of errors in the first OP just makes my head hurt. Where to begin?
For starters, do you know what Operation Paperclip was about? Hint, not this.
Second, the pbs link makes no mention of building explosives into the buildings themselves.
Third, in order to have planted explosives pre-planted "just in case" would mean constant maintenance and monitoring and making sure that NO ONE else finds it by mistake. Explosives deteriorate as does the wiring, the electronics, and everything else that is required for explosives. They would have risked detection by Port Authority and city inspectors any time they dropped in to check up on the structure or during any tenant relocation or construction or renovations of the building. Also you'd have to hide it from the thousands of workers that built the buildings. You'd have to hide it from your every day workers in the building, and youd have to hide it from any one else that needed access to the structure. Oh yes by the way, if it was in concrete in the core, then explain why large segments of the core remained standing after initial collapse? Also, Why dont we see any evidence of the core blowing up, prior to the visible movement of the exterior columns bending inwards prior to collapse? The core was standing.
Fourth, to do any of this would mean that THOUSANDS of people would have been forced to either keep quiet or all paid off for over 30+ years. The Port Authority, city engineers, FDNY, NYPD, contractors, steel workers, etc etc etc, all would have had to been paid off or silenced or kept in the dark. Wouldnt want an outside contractor remodeling a floor and as they remove a panel and see explosives rigged up to the structure.
Apologies for the head hurt. Thinking does that to the less able.
Operation Paperclip was about grabbing information of many kinds. Such as the rudimentary beginnings of this plan. Too many cooks spoiled the broth, methinks. Plus it was a daft idea to begin with.
This is what I wrote with reference to the pbs link. "The pbs link tells us the idea was first proposed in 1946."
There was no "just in case". It was pre-planned mass murder intended to bring political gain on a gargantuan scale.
Deterioration has been covered. It explains the desperation David made evident, the need for extra add-ons, and possibly the detonation failure. Partial detonation is evident in some of the impact images.
I understand renovations, such as holes made in the floors to connect two floors leased by the same firm, were carried out by an in-house team. Your trust in the Port Authority and city inspectors is touching but misplaced.
The construction method made hiding panel emplacement from the "thousands of workers" almost easy. To keep it short, where are the photographs of the interior construction from these "thousands of workers"? The windows weren't installed until a large part of the structure was completed. The obvious danger was enough reason to keep idle sightseers out of the bulk of the building. The workers at the top travelled up in elevators and used materials brought up by the four cranes on top. How could they or any of the ground workers have seen the core wall construction? Narrow window spaces made exterior photography challenging. Inside was a dark space to exterior photographers. The sunrise pictures show the interior from a distance, I know of no other photographs showing the interior during construction. Links most welcome if any of you know otherwise.
Not sure about this "..explain why large segments of the core remained standing.." It was a massive operational failure incorporating several other destructive technologies. But you have hit on the fact NIST couldn't begin to analyse the 'collapse', yet many of us have devoted thousands of hours unpaid to satisfy our need to know.
"Why dont we see any evidence of the core blowing up, prior to the visible movement.." Sounds like an admission that we see evidence of the core blowing up.
The installation of the panels was almost easily kept hidden from the workers due to the method of construction. Lack of outside contractors has also been covered. You wouldn't see explosives within cast concrete. Holes for connectors would be plugged until shortly before the event. They'd just look like concrete infill panels if the drywall was removed for any reason. Modifications made seem mostly to have been holes cut in the floors, not holes cut into the stairwells, lift shafts or rest rooms in the core.
This reply is a bit rushed as I have to get ready for work now. I hope it's an adequate response for the readers.