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To: demdesur
The angle of attack of the plane was not straight on as the arrow in the picture suggests. The plane came over the top of the Navy Annex (which is at an angle to the left of the picture) and struck the building. If you drew an arrow on an angle half way between the red arrow and the bright white object to its left, that would approximate the angle of the attack.

The building did not collapse becasue of the aircraft strike, it stood for over 30 minutes before the support columns gave way, but only in the E-Ring. All other rings, despite being punctured front and back by the aircraft, remained intact (not by much, but the building did hold).

Evidence of the angle of the strike is in the same photo. Look at the photo and see the obviously burned rooftops running straight down the picture and on the left and right sides. That's the rooftop area of corridors 4 & 5 where the fires burned in between the slate roof tiles and the concrete structure. The 4th corridor is to the left of the picture. The plane struck to the right of 4th corridor and continued on to end up in the open area between the B and C Rings. You can see the top floor burned area of the C-Ring where the aircraft made an exit hole and caused major fires. Count back from the E-Ring to C and then look to the right of the 4th corridor rooftop and you'll see the soot from the fires. That's above the ground floor exit hole the plane made.

I'll see if I can post photos tonight that better detail what I'm trying to describe.

284 posted on 03/08/2002 9:50:30 AM PST by Defender3
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To: Defender3
I'll check back tomorrow for your pictures.
287 posted on 03/08/2002 10:00:37 AM PST by hellinahandcart
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To: Defender3
Sounds good... getting there.

Still a picture is worth a thousand words.

Ever play the block game when you were 3 years old? This fits in here... this doesn't fit in here.

Try this one also: Why would you put gravel and sand over grass that wasn't affected?


288 posted on 03/08/2002 10:01:58 AM PST by demdesur
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