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

This was already known.

[farrellj]

I posted an article a few days after the event based upon some research on the net that stated whoever designed this attack did it in such a way that it was virutally assured of working. This takes a great deal of engineering knowledge and planning. Only a fire caused by jetfuel in the quantities from a large airliner could burn hot enough to melt the superstructure of the building and cause it to collapse.

ttyl
Farrell