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In reply to the discussion: What is the thing about 911 being a inside job that is the hardest to explain away? [View all]cpwm17
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Large buildings don't tip over (I should have written that it is much more difficult for large buildings to tip over, since the definition of "large buildings" is vague). They fall more or less in the direction of gravity. But WTC7 didn't fall straight down like a controlled demolition. It collapsed across the street causing severe damage to the neighboring buildings. The precision in controlled demolitions is to prevent this from happening.
It requires huge forces to push large buildings horizontally. Those forces don't exist once a large building starts to collapse. There is already a large force pulling large buildings vertically in the direction of gravity: gravity.
Unlike the Twin Towers, WTC7 collapsed starting from its lower floors. So the collapse was much less messy. Plus the collapse started with its internal structure failing first, which was mostly out of view. Then after the internal structure collapsed, the outer shell fell quickly. It was a rather unusual sight. Buildings like this don't normally collapse. But large buildings don't normally have very large structures strike them, and large fires that can't be fought.