Still Standing After 1.8 Million Tons Fell On It!, A Photo Essay About the Last WTC Steel Column Standing |
Still Standing After 1.8 Million Tons Fell On It!, A Photo Essay About the Last WTC Steel Column Standing |
 May 28 2009, 02:07 AM
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Group: Valued Member Posts: 485 Joined: 13-May 09 From: West coaster now in Ontario Member No.: 4,315  |
Hi folks, I did a little web page today on the subject of the last steel column standing in the pit of WTC2.
There are a few articles written on this item and in one the writer states that its a South Tower SE corner perimeter column. I did some homework, and determined it is more likely to be a core column due to its width (5' +) and size (60 tons) and the location. Why is location important? My opinion is that its virtually impossible to have 1 million tons plus of debris fall, starting at 1360 ft above grade (add 70ft sub-grade elevation) and land on this steel column at the core, with the result we see in the photos. What do you think? Now we get to the real interesting question... why is only one column FOUND left in tact. I have a pretty good guess why, but i'll leave it alone for now. Cheers! Jim This post has been edited by JimMac: May 28 2009, 02:11 AM |
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May 28 2009, 02:38 AM
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QUOTE Part of Urakami Cathedral that remained standing after the nuclear bombing (IMG:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Nagasaki_Urakami_Cathedral_M5727.jpg) |
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JimMac Still Standing After 1.8 Million Tons Fell On It! May 28 2009, 02:07 AM
JimMac Lunk, i consider that post to be like spray painti... May 28 2009, 03:14 AM lunk I read your web page, but I still haven't figu... May 28 2009, 10:12 AM
JimMac QUOTE (lunk @ May 28 2009, 10:12 AM) I re... May 28 2009, 03:42 PM JimMac BTW, (lunk) i was hoping to generate some back and... May 28 2009, 04:22 PM KP50 Jim,
It is surely even more amazing that people o... May 28 2009, 04:54 PM JimMac QUOTE (KP50 @ May 28 2009, 04:54 PM) Jim,... May 28 2009, 09:04 PM tnemelckram Hi Jimmy Mac!
And a belated Welcome to PFT Fo... May 28 2009, 10:00 PM JimMac QUOTE (tnemelckram @ May 28 2009, 10:00 P... May 28 2009, 11:30 PM JimMac QUOTE (tnemelckram @ May 28 2009, 10:00 P... May 30 2009, 03:41 AM lunk From what I've seen, the core went down first,... May 28 2009, 10:51 PM JimMac QUOTE (lunk @ May 28 2009, 10:51 PM) From... May 29 2009, 12:07 AM KP50 A couple of points Jim,
1. The collapses themselv... May 29 2009, 12:41 AM JimMac QUOTE (KP50 @ May 29 2009, 12:41 AM) A co... May 29 2009, 01:27 AM lunk Concrete can be "blown up" but doesn... May 29 2009, 08:28 AM JimMac QUOTE (lunk @ May 29 2009, 08:28 AM) Conc... May 29 2009, 11:53 AM JimMac QUOTE (lunk @ May 29 2009, 08:28 AM) Conc... May 29 2009, 12:16 PM lunk So the bolting points at the ends of the column we... May 29 2009, 06:46 PM JimMac QUOTE (lunk @ May 29 2009, 06:46 PM) So t... May 29 2009, 09:01 PM tnemelckram Hi JimmyMac!
Thanks for the nice words about ... May 30 2009, 07:41 AM
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