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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 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.
Designed my great architects,engineers(many who are AFOL's) and BUILT by
skilled tradesmen/women.
> 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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