[TXnMA]

Don't need to read something that lengthy it takes a lot of Newtons of force suddenly applied to do that kinda of damage. A fertilizer bomb from the exterior parking lot just wouldn't do it.

Actually, the truck was parked in the street (in a curb cut) immediately in front of the building. (That's where the crater was.)

Nonetheless, the center of the crater was 16.4 ft from the closest column -- G20(A5) -- well beyond the demonstrated brisant radius. And the localized damage done to column G16(A7) and the associated section of 3rd floor transfer beam -- over 50 feet away (with no intervening damage to the beam) -- is totally inconsistent with air blast.

Exterior parking lot? A little reading might not hurt...;-}

TXnMA (No Longer)

[Burkeman1]

the truck was parked in the street

This isn't connected but the company I worked for on 9/11 had a van parked below the first tower when it was hit. One of our guys was up there and he died that day. Our guy in the van saw jumpers hit the ground and his van was pelted with debris. Weird. Still gets to me.