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In reply to the discussion: Luxury skyscraper hotel completely engulfed by fire in Grozny, Chechnya (VIDEO, PHOTOS) [View all]zeemike
(18,998 posts)124. WTC 7 was not hit by a 767
Yet it too collapsed...
but anything can be rationalized if you want...cause it is really hard to accept that you were lied to, and far safer to just believe it.
And I know how difficult it is to step out of that comfort zone...but it must be done.
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Luxury skyscraper hotel completely engulfed by fire in Grozny, Chechnya (VIDEO, PHOTOS) [View all]
global1
Apr 2013
OP
Unfought by humans with hoses OR automated sprinklers because the mains were cut.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#17
here is something else you won't believe, those Mother Goose stories, they are not true either.
olddad56
Apr 2013
#26
Multiple engineering teams, multiple universities, multiple insurance analysts.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#216
The inner core only holds up a certain percentage of the building's mass.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#239
Causing 2 BILLION in damage to surrounding structures is a "Big Success"
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#234
Exactly correct. Stick one end of a bent coat hanger into a camp fire sometime.
Thegonagle
Apr 2013
#65
early on after 9/11, the standard claim was that the jet fuel melted the steel columns
NoMoreWarNow
Apr 2013
#180
Raise that aluminium another 100 degrees, and tell me what color it is.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#73
Prove it was molten steel and not copper, aluminium or any other number of things that do melt at
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#42
Not true. Plenty of aircraft have burned in open air down to the steel members
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#71
You're describing tens of thousands of tons of thermite in special containers to direct cutting flow
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#90
With thermite? A LOT, because you'd have to do it around the entire beam. And in some cases
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#91
Your linked video uses the term 'molten metal' and 'molten steel' interchangeably.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#89
When's the last time a Pro caused two BILLION dollars in damage bringing down a building.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#236
If that were the case, the final bill for this collapse came to 2bn dollars.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#235
Local news is reporting the fire is on the plastic facsia of the building, not the interior structur
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#6
If steel buildings can't collapse from fire then why is structural steel required to be ...
Hassin Bin Sober
Apr 2013
#33
Why is structural steel required to be treated with fire retardant coating?
Boardofools
Apr 2013
#61
The recovery is absolutely astonishing - as was its condition after the war. (nt)
Posteritatis
Apr 2013
#43
Of course not. Some plastic siding caught fire. Big deal. Expensive cosmetic damage.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#16
Windsor did collapse. The upper sections of the building that fell down 3 hours into the fire were
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#74