Cain;7369773 said:dalyricalbandit;7368762 said:Some folks forget how big the Twins were (208 feet on each side) 110 floors both had about 10floors of support beams taken out which left the floors beneath the impact zone holding up weight it wasnt meant to hold up of course its gonna come down on itself for most part if the core is caving in because of the weight
and although they fell straight down the pressure they came down shot parts of the building hundreds of feet it just doesnt seem like it cause the plaza at the foot prints of the Towers was huge probably like 3city blocks or something
lol..........................the Towers was built specifically take hits by big jets same for the Empire St bldg matter of fact
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^^^^hit by a B-52 bomber
But the twin tower attacks set a precedence because it was the first time a plane that size flew into a building at that speed. A 757 is a much bigger plane than the B-52 and it was also going at over 500 mph. The planes that hit the towers weren't even invented yet when the architects were designing the towers, so they weren't really able to plan for that.