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Posted by Hank Eisenstein on Tue Aug 26 16:33:22 2008, in response to Re: Building Const. For Fire Service (Was: Some WTC Thoughts), posted by JournalSquare-K-Car on Tue Aug 26 16:09:57 2008. Thoeretically, yes; BUT, it was designed to sustain the IMPACT, not the results of the impact. The buildings survived long enough to give those located below the collision floors time to escape before there was a catastrophic failure of the building. From that point of view, it's quite the success. |