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]

A couple of points Jim,

1. The collapses themselves were preceded by the buildings/ground shaking as reported by numerous eye-witnesses. It suggests some event occurred underground prior to the observed collapses.

2. Not all explosions reported from the towers (or the basement floors) were necessarily initiated for the destruction of the buildings. There is a school of thought that the purpose of the these early explosions was to hamper fire-fighting efforts and to take out the systems in the towers that could be used to co-ordinate these efforts.