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Good question! Would fire suppression have cooled the steel girders enough to prevent a total collapse?

Since the scrap is being shipped to CHINA, I guess we'll never know, will we...

[Jen]

Would fire suppression have cooled the steel girders enough to prevent a total collapse?

I'm not an engineer, so I don't really know. But I would think not since the fire burned so hot and so long. I'm just wondering (speculating) if the terrorists weren't taking any chances and disabled the sprinkler system to ensure maximum casualties.