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<blockquote data-quote="realbrown1" data-source="post: 2060398" data-attributes="member: 46221"><p><a href="http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/wtc/faqs_wtctowers.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/wtc/faqs_wtctowers.cfm</a></p><p></p><p><strong>6. What caused the collapses of WTC 1 and WTC 2?</strong></p><p></p><p>Based on its comprehensive investigation, NIST concluded that the WTC towers collapsed because: (1) the impact of the planes severed and damaged support columns, dislodged fireproofing insulation coating the steel floor trusses and steel columns, and widely dispersed jet fuel over multiple floors; and (2) the subsequent unusually large number of jet-fuel ignited multi-floor fires (which reached temperatures as high as 1,000 degrees Celsius, or 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit) significantly weakened the floors and columns with dislodged fireproofing to the point where floors sagged and pulled inward on the perimeter columns. This led to the inward bowing of the perimeter columns and failure of the south face of WTC 1 and the east face of WTC 2, initiating the collapse of each of the towers. Both photographic and video evidence—as well as accounts from the New York City Police Department aviation unit during a half-hour period prior to collapse—support this sequence for each tower.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="realbrown1, post: 2060398, member: 46221"] [URL]http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/wtc/faqs_wtctowers.cfm[/URL] [B]6. What caused the collapses of WTC 1 and WTC 2?[/B] Based on its comprehensive investigation, NIST concluded that the WTC towers collapsed because: (1) the impact of the planes severed and damaged support columns, dislodged fireproofing insulation coating the steel floor trusses and steel columns, and widely dispersed jet fuel over multiple floors; and (2) the subsequent unusually large number of jet-fuel ignited multi-floor fires (which reached temperatures as high as 1,000 degrees Celsius, or 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit) significantly weakened the floors and columns with dislodged fireproofing to the point where floors sagged and pulled inward on the perimeter columns. This led to the inward bowing of the perimeter columns and failure of the south face of WTC 1 and the east face of WTC 2, initiating the collapse of each of the towers. Both photographic and video evidence—as well as accounts from the New York City Police Department aviation unit during a half-hour period prior to collapse—support this sequence for each tower. [/QUOTE]
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