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Without commenting on whether god had anything to do with this or not...
In lugnet.general, Ian Warfield writes:
> - The death toll at the WTC could be much higher than it is. Fifty thousand
> people worked there, yet most were able to evacuate because the towers did
> not collapse right away.
This particular one is noteworthy... you can see gods hand in it if you
like, it is said he moves in mysterious ways, but the reason these towers
didn't collapse right away is that they were designed with *great* skill.
It is a stunning testimonial to the architects and engineers of WTC... steel
melts, and concrete pulverises, at well below what Jet A burns at so the
upper floors were doomed no matter what, but even with supports unevenly cut
away the towers lasted a while, and when they went down, they went
*straight* down in a controlled collapse.
Think of how much worse things would have been, had they toppled sideways
instead of collapsing in a controlled way.
Small consolation to the thousands who died but I personally feel a huge
debt of gratitude to the (anonymous?) WTC engineering team, whoever they are.
++Lar
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