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In lugnet.general, Rob Doucette writes:
> In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> >
> > Think of how much worse things would have been, had they toppled sideways
> > instead of collapsing in a controlled way.
>
> Also, what would have been the outcome had the terrorists targeted the base
> of the buildings? Had the collisions occurred in the lower 20 floors, most
> folks would have been trapped inside, and toppling may have occurred.
It would be *extremely* difficult to crash a 767 travelling at 500km/h at the
lower 20 floors of any building in such a city. That is possibly part of the
reason they chose the WTC towers - they were so much higher than surrounding
buildings.
In fact, a couple of pilots I've talked to say they think the 2nd plane was
lucky to hit the south tower at all - the pilot was making an extremely steep
turn at the point of impact simply to avoid missing it altogether. At that kind
of speed, even those towers would seem like a very small target.
ROSCO
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