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To: Travis McGee
Some of the people in the towers said that the building really swayed when the planes hit, I kept looking at the video and could not see the building budge when the plane hit, I was sort of amazed at the time. But in this photo if you look at the first building you can really see the bend in it, follow the contour of the building from the bottom of the building to the top and you will notice it.
17 posted on 10/27/2001 8:59:38 PM PDT by Husker24
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To: Husker24
It does look like it, but maybe it's a camera/optical effect?
21 posted on 10/27/2001 9:11:56 PM PDT by Travis McGee
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To: Husker24
The buildings were not "swayed" by the aircraft. In the structural community it is known as "racked" which means it was twisted on impact. In fact, both aircraft hit as close to a corner as possible so as to "rack" the buildings which would start the collapsing process. Had both buildings been hit dead center on each side instead of close to the corner chances are good that it would have taken longer for them to collapse......or so I have been told by a structural engineer.
29 posted on 10/27/2001 9:40:43 PM PDT by PatriotGames
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To: Husker24
follow the contour of the building from the bottom of the building to the top and you will notice it

the entire image is out of vertical by a 2 or 3 degrees, put a straight-edge along any tower edge -- no deflection

i was in windows on the world back in '81 and the very slow movement of up to 10 feet or so in a good wind was slightly noticeable inside the building, but not outside

a sudden jarring movement of a foot or two from an impact would be like an earthquake inside, but wouldn't be noticeable on video, the buildings were 200 feet square

30 posted on 10/27/2001 9:41:20 PM PDT by AntiScumbag
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