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Originally Posted by WarChild
One of my favorite arguments is that the WTC Towers fell directly in their own footprint, straight down. Well of course they did! This isn't evidence of any controlled demolition however. The largest force acting on the buildings by far was gravity. Absent another force pushing or pulling in another direction other than straight down, gravity is going to win. This is high school stuff guys!
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The whole point is the gravity argument doesn't work with a straight-down vertical collapse.
High School Physics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_of_least_resistance
Had the buildings followed the gravity course, the top segment of #2 WTC for example would have slopped off the rest of the building and crashed onto the ground, since 70% of the building was still structurally sound minutes before the collapse (
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/09/nyregion/09TOWE.html ) and would have resisted it's downward momentum (which was skewed by the angle of the impact point).
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Originally Posted by WarChild
No they didn't fall at free fall speeds. This is just a falacy you are repeating. Have you actually read the NIST report? Have you watched the video that demonstrated exactly how they measured how quickly the building fell? It was not free fall speed, period.
You guys are so ridiculous. Of course it falls on deaf ears! It's absurd on the face and not even worth arguing about.
Anyway enjoy your detective work. I feel safer knowing we have aces like you on the Internet and on the case to find the truth wherever it may hide!
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NIST admitted that #7 WTC which wasn't hit by a plane fell at free fall speed. Just watching the video you don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that. But read NIST's report yourself:
http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/factsheets/faqs_8_2006.htm
At least get some grounding in the points of contention to make your "argument".
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