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To: dfwgator

Not much damage; the building was concrete, and with much more fire protection (asbestos) than is allowed today.

6 posted on 07/28/2015 9:24:29 AM PDT by CondorFlight (I)

To: CondorFlight

Good thing it wasn’t made of steel. Fire melts steel don’cha know?

7 posted on 07/28/2015 9:25:36 AM PDT by dfwgator

To: CondorFlight

The Empire State Building is a steel skeleton clad in limestone.

11 posted on 07/28/2015 9:31:22 AM PDT by punchamullah

To: CondorFlight

It was also mostly vacant until the 1950s.

15 posted on 07/28/2015 9:44:16 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)

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