Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Leaked FEMA/ASCE Draft Report On WTC Collapse

Posted by Hemos on from the structure-integrity-good dept.

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."

5 of 475 comments (clear)

  1. The cost of being competitive by dattaway · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, this was the World Trade Center. They had to cut all costs, including maintenance, to please investors. I'm sure the executives and managers enjoyed their yearly bonus for cost savings.

    Insurance and tax payers will pick up the rest.

  2. AMericANS ARe PuSSies!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    USA fags will never catch Usama bin Laden!

    Holy warriors of islam aRe willing to die for their cause while USA cowards hide behind their techology!

    Allah will prevaile!! The WTC waS just the beginning!

  3. WTC was sick! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Those bastard arabs need to pay for that. We need to kill every last Palestinian fuck out there. We have the damn *RIGHT* to do whatever the fuck we want and those fuckers better not try to attack us. We have the RIGHT to kill anyone from other countries because they are TERRORISTS. We are the GLOBAL POLICE and we are always right so don't fuck with the USA!!! I want the palestinians to die, and die painfully.

    GOD BLESS AMERICA

  4. got ya! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You've been trolled, bitchface. Yeah, way to suck on the end of my dong!
    Hold still while I crap on your face!!!

  5. Re:Amazingly by AftanGustur · · Score: 0, Troll


    would it be ok if we try to prevent it from happening again first? like maybe by going after people who plan terrorist attacks against us... would that be ok?

    Problem is that both sides think like this, take northern Ireland, take Palestine or Pakistan/India/Kashmir .... Violence will solve nothing ... ever !

    Like, when american planes clusterbomb a village or the RedCross storage bilding (3 times no less for "mistake"), should America be punished with "violence" ?? I don't that would solve anything.

    --
    echo '[q]sa[ln0=aln80~Psnlbx]16isb572CCB9AE9DB03273snlbxq' |dc