reply to post by billybob
no more than the verizon building right next door, and much less than banker's trust building, or 130 cedar st./90 west st.
but, anyway, you are contradicting the NIST report which says the building debris had nothing to do with the collapse. it was normal office fires,
according to them.
you're still touting last years debunker memo.
the banker's trust building should be a pile of rubble, if this diagram is supposed to show anything about debris critically damaging buildings.
Did you get the memo? Different buildings with different construction
and materials will react in different manner.
90 West - built in 1907
130 Cedar (next to 90 West) - built in 1931
140 West (Verizon) - built in 1927
Were all built with heavy exterior masonry shells which prevented debris
from entering the building and causing severe structural damage and
starting fires
Different construction types
Bankers Trust (aka Deutsche Bank aka 130 Liberty St) was built in 1974
What saved it was that no fires were ignited in the building from the debris
Fireproofing was only 1/2 inch on structural steel and in the area impacted
by debris the fireproofing was scraped off leaving bare steel
Otherwise would probably reacted similar to WTC 7 and collapse from fire
damage
The Bankers Trust building at 130 Liberty Street, also referred to as the Deutsche Bank building, withstood the impact of one or more pieces of
column-tree debris raining down from the collapsing south tower (WTC 2). Although the debris sliced through the exterior facade, fracturing spandrel
beam connections and exterior columns for a height of approximately 15 stories, the building sustained only localized damage in the immediate path of
the debris from WTC 2 (hereafter referred to as the impact debris) (Figures 6-1 and 6-2). There were no fires in this building. The ability of this
building to sustain significant structural damage yet arrest the progression of collapse is worthy of thorough study. Unlike WTC 1, 2, and 7, which
collapsed completely, the Bankers Trust building provided an opportunity to analyze a structure that suffered a moderate level of damage, to explain
the structural behavior, and to verify the analytical methods used. The following sections describe the building structure, the extent of damage, and
the computational methods that were used to analyze the structure.
Different modality of damage
Bankers Trust like WTC 7 sufffered similar damage to building face
Unlike WTC 7 there were no fires which saved it from total collapse
