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To: Kackikat

Check the design and materials used to weld the floor joist brackets to the outer structure. Check the debris photos to try to find any of those brackets still attached to the outer vertical beams.


24 posted on 11/13/2010 7:47:19 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

And you have pics of that, or have checked them out?


38 posted on 11/13/2010 8:03:07 PM PST by Kackikat (There is no such thing as a free lunch, because someone paid, somewhere.)
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To: Paladin2

You’re talking about the trusses. That’s what supported the floors. The supporting steel columns formed the outside perimeters of both buildings. The heat softened the trusses on the uppers floors and gravity took care of the rest.


63 posted on 11/13/2010 8:42:49 PM PST by jmacusa (Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
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