Just enough lateral explosive force exerted on the South Tower to not only enable survival of people in South Tower Lobby but also an easy escape around the debris field before the North Tower Collapse minutes later..
""People inside the South Tower felt the floor vibrate as if a small earthquake were occurring. Instinctively, they sought shelter behind the massive pillars in the lobby, then everything went black. The vibration lasted for about 30 seconds.
The doors were knocked out, and a huge ball of flame created by the exploding diesel fuel from the building’s own supply tank shot from the elevator shaft and out the doors of the South Tower, consuming everything in its path."
Does someone know name of this witness?
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Hello Dan... That report came from people inside the lobby who successfully evacuated the building. Those who were outside the building also felt the vibration as it passed through the ground.
If I recall correctly from my master's degree classes, there were several diesel tanks stored on the building roof as a precaution following the previous bombing attempt in the underground garage. It was believed that the fuel would be safer on the roof. However, when the planes hit, their own jet fuel combined with the building's diesel supply to rain down a mixture that created an inferno. That fireball, at least in part, brought down the structure.
People died not only from the explosion and demolition, but also from less likely causes, such as concussion shock waves, which traveled into tunnels that otherwise remained relatively intact.
I hope that answers your question.
Best,
Donna Donna Maurillo<donna.maurillo@sjsu.edu>
Dan - I just went to the 9-11 museum. Have you been?
THE FIRE The fire is the most misunderstood part of the WTC collapse. Even today, the media report (and many scientists believe) that the steel melted. It is argued that the jet fuel burns very hot, especially with so much fuel present. This is not true. http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/jom/0112/eagar/eagar-0112.html
Very factual reasons how each plane took down the WTCs - "Thus, the failure of the steel was due to two factors: loss of strength due to the temperature of the fire, and loss of structural integrity due to distortion of the steel from the non-uniform temperatures in the fire." What a terrible loss!
The key to undermining these straw arguments is the molten materials displayed to the public at all museums, the missing seismic data and claims that "The Sept 11 2001 events are not in the NEIC catalog" reason the 13 stations in NYC area was "too sparse" to collect data and the military grade arson materials found in the dust.. These are more factual because you see each of items in dust samples, missing records at NEIC and molten materials at each museum. 46% of 3,100 victims were never found and the 46,000 floor trusses are missing.. Those "factual reasons" are assumptions i.e a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, but without proof or evidence..
True enough - when those buildings went down they were obliterated! So fast! I saw the buildings burn then collapse on themselves.
More interesting is the South Tower Lobby Survivors looked up and witnessed blue sky. All 110 floors above went every place but the lobby area and the same story happened in the North Tower.. If you at the bottom center of each tower you walked out, if you were any place else you went missing.. https://youtu.be/j9RsibP6vL4
""People inside the South Tower felt the floor vibrate as if a small earthquake were occurring. Instinctively, they sought shelter behind the massive pillars in the lobby, then everything went black. The vibration lasted for about 30 seconds.
The doors were knocked out, and a huge ball of flame created by the exploding diesel fuel from the building’s own supply tank shot from the elevator shaft and out the doors of the South Tower, consuming everything in its path."
""People inside the South Tower felt the floor vibrate as if a small earthquake were occurring. Instinctively, they sought shelter behind the massive pillars in the lobby, then everything went black. The vibration lasted for about 30 seconds.
The doors were knocked out, and a huge ball of flame created by the exploding diesel fuel from the building’s own supply tank shot from the elevator shaft and out the doors of the South Tower, consuming everything in its path."
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