you asked:
"anyone know if it was a direct hit on the WTC?"
Saw a video strait thru like a flaming missile, detonated somepace
dead-center out the other side in a fireball
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Lewis" <rlewis10us@yahoo.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: World Trade Center taken out
> And I don't remember what bomber it was, but in any case a bomber of that
> time would be a smaller plane that one of the jetliners today.
> This may be a problem of the density vs. area of impact. A modern jetliner
> might cause less damage if the load was spread out.
> At this point does anyone know if it was a direct hit on the WTC?
>
> Also has anyone done an analysis of the photos and the smoke to get an
idea
> if the fire was jet fuel, the building itself burning or if another
> explosive was involved?
>
> Ralph
>
>
> At 02:06 PM 9/11/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >Two counter points:
> >The bomber wasn't *trying* to hit the building. And I'd bet it wasn't
> "heavy" (full of fuel).
> >
> >Ralph Lewis wrote:
> >>
> >> Interesting that the Empire State Building took a direct hit of an
american
> >> air force bomber with a much more explosive fuel (aviation gas) than
jet
> >> fuel and damage was minimal. Makes you wonder about building standards
and
> >> building permit enforcement today.
> >
>
>
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