How the Twin Towers Collapsed

[Adam$]

We all remember the saddening day of the 9th September 2002. We remember all the lives lost and what a saddening day it was all over the world. We are still living in fear today, over the worry that terrorists will strike again, which came true with the London bombings. But now, I begin my explanation of how the Twin Towers collapsed.

When the plane collided with the tower, It would have damaged a few floors. After the collision, one floor dropped, colliding with the next. This continued until it reached the bottom floor. The tower could manage the weight of the few remaining top floors, until it could stand no more. The tower then collapsed downwards, causing an uproar of smoke.

The reason for the floors dropping was the lack of beams between the floors. More steel gurders should have been placed so the floors could withstand a lot more. The tower would have still collapsed, although, however, it would have given the occupants a larger time to evacuate to safety. Those positioned where the impact happened, and those above, would have had no chance. However, the people underneath could have probably escaped. Obviously, the floors were sturdy with people, because they would not have been manufactured to withstand the impact of a jet aeroplane.

Today, we still remember all those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attack, along with the London Bombings. We also remember those whose lives were lost in terrorism in other countries too.

I don't see why we have soldiers in Iraq. We achieved the main thing, Saddam Heussein. We shouldn't have gone into Iraq in the first place. We should stop the gassing, the shootings, the violence in Iraq, and let them live in a country with peace and without violence.

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What also freaks me out, is on one camera angle, a face appears in the smoke.
I was thinking it was photoshopped, but it is on the CNN video.

[cocaine]

Wheres the face then?

[2hd.]

9th september?? it was the 11th, 9/11 is usa date

[Tommy]

Yeh it was the 11th, 9th is my mates birthday, i would of known if it was on the 9th.

[2hd.]

also, the towers collapsed due to the steel melting on the beams holding it up..

[Tommy]

But... on a lighter note, nice try, but id prefer to keep my mind blank of that day, i know we should remember the firemen's bravery and the people who died, but that day was awfull and id like to forget a good bit of it. Memorial day is this sunday isnt it?

[Magnet]

No, actually, the towers were built to fall like that. So that it wouldn't cause as much damage if it fell sideways. It was actually built to never collapse atall, but something went wrong their.

Just imagine if they fell to the side. Also, the towers dropped about an hour after the planes crashed into them.

Edit: It was also in 2001, wasn't it?

[Detox]

We all remember the saddening day of the 9th September 2002.

It was 11th September 2001.

[Mentor]

Actaly the story your getting from them is a sligly influced, as to say pretty made up, its easly shown the slight lacks in certain arias of insultion (the stuff wich was missing if u check your socres) had no real impact, take the size of the building and the size of the plains that crashed in to them, its abosulty increcible they stayed up at all. Nevelown with the massive esplosions resulting "/
The bulding only did stay up as long as it did due to speacalist designs made due to the possibiblty of such an attack, wich the building had in part been designed to withstand temporaly (within the bugets it would be immposiblec to make it indestrcuable, wich is would realy have needed to be to withsatnd it)

The real problem is, is that the us govement had had warnings of this very attack, deleived to them almost 2 years previos to them yet took no actaion, they even were in postion of the very date it was happening, since it had been exstracted from a terroist suspect of the same group appernined quite some time previosly, along with plans to hit in to almost 5 possiblke targets.

[Garycia]

No, actually, the towers were built to fall like that. So that it wouldn't cause as much damage if it fell sideways. It was actually built to never collapse atall, but something went wrong their.

Just imagine if they fell to the side. Also, the towers dropped about an hour after the planes crashed into them.

Edit: It was also in 2001, wasn't it?

Yup I remember that day.