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Originally Posted by joegrundman
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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
The trade centers were constructed with a exoskeleton as support. The persons who took control of the planes obviously studied these buildings and it's construction thus understanding it's weak points creating a possible collapse. They studied well and found that hitting the corners of the building could create a unstable structure producing a collapse. Of course we know the results. This was well planned and well executed.
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while i do not disagree with your general point, i'd like to say that it is not necessarily true that the attackers fully understood the weaknesses of the structure.
Firstly, from what is known, the targets were chosen not for their vulnerability but for their symbolic value
Secondly early reports from Bin Laden's camp reported a reaction of surprise that the buildings collapsed completely |
I would have to disagree on the symbolic value....these buildings are the World Trade Centers...I believe it to be more a financial disruption. The stock markets closed for days. Many financial firms were in this building. Symbolically, I would think they would have gone after some structure in DC if that is the point they were attempting to make. The Pentagon, symbolic of the weakness in America the building that houses all the armed forces is readily attacked. The 3rd plane was headed south towards DC. I do not believe it is know were this plane was headed. I suspect a target in Washington DC. Of course the passengers ended that flight in a field located in PA. So we will never know unless the master minds start talking. Perhaps since the trade centers were hit they were after a secondary target of opportunity? I'm not sure. I have not heard or read anything about surprise by the group of individuals behind this that the building collapsed. Hitting the corners looked to be deliberate to me.