Leaked FEMA/ASCE Draft Report On WTC Collapse

securitas writes "The New York Times obtained a copy of the World Trade Center draft report by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the American Society of Civil Engineers about the engineering failures that caused the towers to collapse. Among the findings: 'Fireproofing, sprinkler systems and the water supply for hoses were all disabled and the fires generated heat equivalent to the energy output of a nuclear power plant' reports the NYT (Yahoo link). Amazingly, if it wasn't for the fire (or another secondary catastrophic force), the towers would have remained standing."

Comments

Amazingly

[Anonymous Coward]

if it weren't for the 767s, massive fires, tens of thousands of gallons of burning jet fuel, and the abliteration of the several floors worth of the buildings' structural cores, the towers would have remained standing. But, shhh, this is leaked info. Don't tell anyone.

Re:Amazingly

[Transcendent]

The point was that the sprinklers were shut off.... raising a question as to why, who did it, and could the towers still have been standing if they were on?

Lesson Learned...

[Yoda2]

In the future, we'll just have to build all really tall buildings underwater. Maybe Kevin Costner could offer up some good advice.

22.5 Years

[gvonk]

how long does something have to be in the past before no one cares I wonder

It's 22.5 years. That's how long it took for AIDS to be funny.
And if you haven't seen the South Park episode, DON'T MOD!!!

Re:putting out fires

[rtaylor]

Of course we all know that the buildings built with extroardinary fire fighting capabilities are going to have the occupants drown when terrorists seal all windows, doors and turn on the system full blast.

Re:A "part" of it destroyed????

[maggard]

Pentagon is about 100(??) floors underground.

Riiiiiight.

Built in a rush before WWII.

In a swamp.

On pilings.

W/O word getting out.

To this day.

Riiiiight. It's where they hide "The Greys".