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Old 08-02-2007, 11:16 AM   #15 (permalink)
BrodieMSU
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Originally Posted by chachi View Post
This bridge... 35' off of the water took 4 seconds to collapse... WTC 1 and 2... .9 and 11 seconds respectively (NIST).

What you describe is a "progressive collapse"... funny how long it took?

There is your conspiracy angle.
If you are trying to compare the collapsing time of a bridge and a tower building, its completely offbase. Those are two completely different structures, with two completely difference failure mechanisms.
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