World Trade Center Structural Failure

Also if one takes a look at the video footage of the World Trade Center’s collapsing, one can clearly see several levels down a perfect explosion coming out level by level by level. The explosions are so precise that there is no possible way that they could’ve occurred by the collapsing itself. These explosions were caused by bombs that were placed inside the World Trade Center days before September 11th. An unexplained fire drill evacuation can prove that claim because why would everyone be ordered to evacuate the building days before September 11th? Maybe they were preparing for something in the event of an emergency (Hoffman, 2005). Actor Charlie Sheen says in an interview with Texas radio host Alex Jones (2006), "Call me insane, but did it sort of look like those buildings came down in a controlled demolition?" (¶ 3).

Smoke and flames were spewing out of gaping holes bored by American Airlines’ Boeing 767 that crashed between the 93 and 99 floors on the North face of the 110- story building. Each of the North Tower floors were roughly an acre. The top 20 floors engulfed in flames, he was staring at a 20- acre fire raging 90 stories above. He thought in his head that, This is the most unbelievable sight I’ve ever seen. Meldrum parked the fire truck on the West Street in front of the

The World Trade Center (WTC) held fairly high regard throughout New York as a structurally sound building, but the authors of 102 Minutes beg to differ on this opinion. They use various diagrams and statistics of the incredible impact and destruction the planes caused to the building, arguments against the poor architectural design and support of the towers, and periodic timestamps to make claims and factual statements about the events that occurred. The timestamps serve as a means of the authors building suspense in their audience, deepening uncertainty in the audience which intends to move them to read further and discover the office laborers’ fates. Moments like “At 9:19… we’re trapped… there’s smoke coming in. I don’t know what’s happening”(102 Minutes 186) and when Assistant Chief Callan“stood

It has been 16 years and we have yet to hear a case where skyscrapers collapse in the same manner that the twin towers did. Insiders have reported that the Twin Towers design was constructed so that smaller floors were on top, so how could the smaller floors destroy the bigger floors below them just by fire? In his book titled 9/11: The Simple Facts: Why the Official Story Can’t Possibly Be True, Arthur Naiman states two undeniable facts. First, he makes the statement that “Nothing ever falls into the path of greatest resistance.” Within this claim, Arthur compares the twin towers to a tree. If the top of a tree were to catch fire and burn directly downward through the trunk it may seem plausible. The twin towers contained over 80,000 tons of steel, which is way denser, making it impossible for the towers to fall evenly. His second claim is that “Fires don’t suddenly destroy entire buildings evenly and completely.” He supports this claim by stating that only artificial fires would burn an entire building symmetrically. Given that natural fires leave some objects out, not everything is destroyed. These inconsistencies are crucial in the explanation of the 9/11 conspiracy because they avoid using just theory, actual facts are presented that avoid

Planted explosives in the buildings would be able to make this pattern of falling possible. There is a group of 2,500 architects and engineers, of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, that concur that the evidence found at the collapse site as well as the way in which the buildings fell suggests a controlled demolition was involved in the collapse of the buildings. The key factor that changed their minds, and mine, is the fall pattern concerning Building 7 of the World Trade Center. Building 7 was a headquarters of the C.I.A., and it was this building that fell in only 7 seconds. The same engineers and architects from Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth also concluded that how this building came down matches the fall pattern of a controlled demolition. After watching the video of the collapse of Building 7 and a video of a controlled demolition, I saw that the buildings fell in identical patterns. NIST released a report and held a press conference to try to explain Building 7’s collapse. NIST stated that the building had been damaged by office fires and that is what caused the building to collapse, though Fire Protection Engineer Scott Grainger states that “high rise buildings simply do not collapse due to fire” (Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth: Science of 9/11, 2017). When I saw the video of the building collapsing there were squibs, dust clouds, being shot out of the building in a synchronized manner that was similar to the controlled demolition video. The middle of the building was the first part of the building to begin collapse, followed by the rest of the building. This second part of the collapse would occur milliseconds behind the first, which contradicts the recreation of the building collapse NIST produced. Their recreation shows the corners of the building falling inward, which the actual

No steel-beam high-rise had ever before (or since) completely collapsed due to fires! However, such complete and nearly symmetrical collapses in tall steel-frame buildings have occurred many times before—all of them due to pre-positioned explosives in a procedure called “implosion” or controlled demolition. (22)

The construction of the Skyline Plaza in Fairfax County came to a halt early in the afternoon on March 2, 1973. It was originally speculated by the workers on site that the crane assisting in lifting materials to the higher sections of the building failed and fell into the side of the building causing the collapse. However, Author Dov Kaminetsky conducted research alongside the National Bereau of Standards(NBS), and published his book, Design and Construction: Lessons from Forensic Investigations.[2] Kaminetsky provides the conclusion of NBS 's investigation that the collapse was a result of shear construction error. The building began to collapse as construction workers proceeded to remove the concrete shoring between the middle sector of the building, specifically the 22nd and 23rd floor. The shoring process requires the placement of a concrete structure to support a building while under construction to prevent the collapse of the operation. The result of the collapse took the lives of 14 construction workers and 35 other individuals near the building. With proper critique to policies and evaluation of work orders, further disasters may be prevented in the future in the United States. So how did theinvestigationn of the

Just when New York's future seemed uncertain the Twin Towers came to the rescue. The buildings were huge the North tower was 1,368 feet tall and the South was 1,362 feet tall. In nice weather you can see 45 miles out. They both weighed 250,000 ton and had 99 elevators! The buildings had 21,800 windows and enough concrete to build a sidewalk from New York City to Washington. The tragic day all started when terrorists hijacked four planes and aimed them for buildings. They first aimed two planes at the Twin Towers. Then they aimed one at the Pentagon. Then they aimed the last one for the White House, fortunately people on the plane fought back and crashed the plane in a field in Pennsylvania. The Towers did the most damage when they fell they

“The (WTC) collapse appeared to be similar to a controlled demolition” (Thomas, 07/08/2011). Many speculated that the towers were in fact blown down with explosives placed in selected locations. Some witnesses accounted hearing explosions inside the building as they attempted to escape the building. Many architects and scientists maintain that jet fuel cannot produce enough heat to melt the steel frame of the two buildings. There were no planes to hit building 7 of the trade center, but it was demolished in the same fashion as the twin towers were.

The deconstruction of the Twin Towers became one of the most compelling aspects of the falling of the buildings and ultimately the death toll on 9/11. The resources available now have demonstrated how, the building systems impacted the falling of the Twin Towers. In addition, it also shows how deconstruction also had a direct impact on the death toll. For the most part, the building systems were not properly tested. If they had been properly tested, it could have decreased the overall death toll on 9/11.

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What event or day could change how the United States citizens go about their everyday activities? Life has not been the same after that fatal day in September of 2001. The day is known as 9/11. This attack may have knocked the United States down briefly, but it has caused us to stand stronger for the freedom that we cherish. You may expect terrorism to happen places like Pakistan, India, the Middle East or South American but not here on American soil. This is not the first time that the United States has been targeted for terrorism. The United States has been the target for terrorist attacks more than you know. 9/11 helps us to remember that the United States is vulnerable to attacks just like other countries. Could 9/11 have been prevented? Did government agencies share information freely? Some people think that if the different government agencies would have shared information instead of having barriers that this terrible event may not have happened.

On September eleventh, 2001, a tragic part of the United States’ history was put into place: the World Trade Center towers collapsed after planes crashed into them. But what had caused the towers to collapse?

The sensationalized depictions of Palestinians have affected a good majority of people in the United States. Following the 9/11, attack on the World Trade Center is a perfect example why. It was one of our nation’s greatest losses and a genocide that will never be forgotten. After the incident occurred, our media made it very clear to the people that it was done by members of the Muslim religion. Now people from all around the World started to associate terrorism with a specific look and religion. However, this doesn’t excuse why human rights have been violated since the beginning of time and in the reading, the Palestinians have been forced from their land by the Israelites and placed in refugee camps, they are also discouraged from speaking

Architects need to aim to have structurally sound buildings in order to prevent loss of money, supplies, and most importantly, loss of life. Structural failure occurs when a structure or structural member is unable to perform its intended purpose. This usually happens because of outside forces that the structure was not equipped to handle. Different causes for failure may be miscalculations of loads, incorrect materials, unskilled workers doing the construction work, or improper site analysis. Too often the site’s weather is overlooked, and possible natural disasters, and the loads and stresses they effect on the building, are not planned for. When designing for earthquakes, the structure needs to be able to twist and sway with the ground. For tornadoes, the structure needs to be secured to the ground and have impact-proof glass. When designing for buildings that will come in contact with large amounts of water, the structure needs to either be airtight, or sit above the predicted waterline. One of the worst things is when the reason for failure is understood, but then is allowed to occur again out of want for a lower cost or quicker finish date. Thankfully, many design and construction regulations are in place nowadays in order to help curb any structural failures that might occur when designing or while on the construction site. In the case of the Alexandria Lighthouse, the building was not designed to be able to withstand multiple earth tremors and excessive water damage,