Still Standing After 1.8 Million Tons Fell On It!, A Photo Essay About the Last WTC Steel Column Standing Options

[JimMac]

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

[KP50]

Jim,

It is surely even more amazing that people on the 6th floor of the North Tower survived the tower's collapse because they were protected by a stairwell.

http://www.werismyki.com/artcls/fdny_chief...tc_experie.html

Just a thought,

KP

[JimMac]

Jim,

It is surely even more amazing that people on the 6th floor of the North Tower survived the tower's collapse because they were protected by a stairwell.

http://www.werismyki.com/artcls/fdny_chief...tc_experie.html

Just a thought,

KP

Thanks for the link KP. Here's another, http://www.checktheevidence.com/911/NYT9-1...txt/9110211.txt ,

Quite an interesting interview transcript. Here he says that he was on about the 5th, or 6th, or maybe 7th floor (he wasn't sure) in the stairwell when the WTC1 tower came down. He thinks they ended on the pile of rubble that was about 3rd level. He mentions elsewhere that the South Tower had left a three story pile of rubble. It seems that the section of stairwell they were in dropped intact, forming a kind of protective shell around them and it landed on the debris pile. After about 90 minutes, the smoke and dust settled, and they saw a tiny ray of light shining thru, from there they made it out. Quite a story.

There is a 3 part video on youtube where he tells a remarkable story about yanking a guy off a computer on the 37th floor. The man was typing furiously and refused to leave his keyboard, because he was 'doing something important'. He was indignant about being told what to do, so Chief Richard Piciotto grabbed him, ripping his shirt, manhandled him out of his chair and forced him toward the stairs, threatening to throw him down the stairs, if he didn't go on his own. The man went. This was about 10 min before WTC1 came down. The vid is worth listening to also to hear his view of how everything was turned to dust. (his rationalization behind it). I wonder what he thinks today, and if he's heard about Niels Harrit.

This post has been edited by JimMac: May 28 2009, 09:55 PM