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Old 11-24-2010, 05:33 PM
 
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Coal mighta done it, but not kerosene.
jet a, while based on kerosene, does in fact burn hotter than kerosene does. also dont forget that the trade towers were designed to carry the load through an external skeleton as well as internal structure, and third the fireproof coating on the internal support beams was scraped off when the airliners hit the towers.

as for building 7, while not hit by airplanes, there was several tons of debris that fell on that, and other trade center buildings, that caused severe damage.

oh, and if the trade tower beams were cut, then why didnt the towers fail much earlier? and why hasnt someone that was in on the so called conspiracy come forward and name names? the 9/11 conspiracy is bull crap.
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Old 11-24-2010, 05:37 PM
 
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jet a, while based on kerosene, does in fact burn hotter than kerosene does. also dont forget that the trade towers were designed to carry the load through an external skeleton as well as internal structure, and third the fireproof coating on the internal support beams was scraped off when the airliners hit the towers.

as for building 7, while not hit by airplanes, there was several tons of debris that fell on that, and other trade center buildings, that caused severe damage.

oh, and if the trade tower beams were cut, then why didnt the towers fail much earlier? and why hasnt someone that was in on the so called conspiracy come forward and name names? the 9/11 conspiracy is bull crap.
The column beams are always cut in preparation for controlled demolition...

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Old 11-24-2010, 05:38 PM
 
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People who claim that 9/11 was an inside job and was a controlled demolition are just as insane as people who still believe that Obama was born in Kenya.
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Old 11-24-2010, 05:40 PM
 
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People who claim that 9/11 was an inside job and was a controlled demolition are just as insane as people who still believe that Obama was born in Kenya.

One group claims, and one group believes.

Hmmmm!
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Old 11-24-2010, 05:41 PM
 
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The beams in the World Trade Center were cut...
I know New York has a lot of rats, but what I didn't know was that it had a army of rats with acetylene torches scurrying behind all the wall coverings and sheet rock cutting through the steel beams supporting the structure.

Of course I never realized that there was another set of gremlins running around for weeks weakening supporting structures laying in tons of explosives and miles of wiring for the detonation of the towers. I still don't understand how they got all the debris out with all those workers and cops watching.

Amazing job those little critters did.

On a serious note (as hard as that is to do on threads such as these) read about the amount of preparation and work that was required to demolish the Seatle King Dome using explosives.

Implosion experts will study test explosion at Kingdome (http://www.seattlepi.com/local/boom24.shtml - broken link)

Nice story about how Dykon had to use 300 lbs of explosives, and six weeks of preparation to take down a 112 foot high, not 112 story, steel structure:

Olshan's burners began cutting small windows in the supporting columns as laid out in the structural analysis. Once all the burning was completed, Dykon began the task of attaching the over 400 linear shape charges that would cut the steel support columns.

Dykon Blasting Titan Launch Tower Demolition
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Old 11-24-2010, 05:43 PM
 
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The beams in the World Trade Center were cut...
LOL, they were cut alright, prior to fabrication when they were building it back in 1971.
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Old 11-24-2010, 05:43 PM
 
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and why hasnt someone that was in on the so called conspiracy come forward and name names? .
I dunno.

Maybe they value their lives.
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Old 11-24-2010, 05:44 PM
 
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One group claims, and one group believes.

Hmmmm!
Both are 100% convinced they are right no matter how much evidence they're provided with. I know someone who was literally on the freeway near the Pentagon when the jet flew into the front of it. He saw a jet hit the Pentagon with his own eyes from close enough to smell the jet fuel and read the numbers on the plane. I've seen people argue with him that the Pentagon was hit by a missile or a UFO, whatever the story is this week. People have been shown Obama's birth certificate and all sorts of other evidence of his place of birth but they still argue that he isn't a citizen. Some people can't handle reality and want desperately to believe something other than the truth.
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Old 11-24-2010, 05:46 PM
 
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LOL, they were cut alright, prior to fabrication when they were building it back in 1971.
The photo he posted shows beams that were torched by crews AFTER the buildings came down in order to make it safe for rescue teams. Am I the only person who remembers watching live shots that night of sparks and slag flying everywhere from those torches?
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Old 11-24-2010, 05:49 PM
 
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The photo he posted shows beams that were torched by crews AFTER the buildings came down in order to make it safe for rescue teams. Am I the only person who remembers watching live shots that night of sparks and slag flying everywhere from those torches?
That makes even more sense, seems they were bit straight if they had snapped at connection.

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Usually not torch either when you see them cutting big steel like that. They use a special welding rig and welding rod that is hollow, it has compressed air shooting through it blowing away the puddle of molten metal.
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