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2025-04-08 11:49:36 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The claim that jet fuel alone could not melt steel is misleading because melting was not necessary for collapse. The combination of heat weakening the steel and structural damage caused by the plane impacts led to the towers' destruction: https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/national-verify/juet-fuel-cant-melt-steel-but-burned-hot-enough-damage-world-trade-center/536-d2ed9819-1d53-4b61-9f78-e25f089e5c41 https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-911-truth https://www.nist.gov/world-trade-center-investigation/study-faqs/wtc-towers-investigation https://sheerforceeng.com/2022/06/13/can-steel-beams-be-melted-by-jet-fuel/ https://theconversation.com/9-11-conspiracy-theories-debunked-20-years-later-engineering-experts-explain-how-the-twin-towers-collapsed-167353

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• The claim that jet fuel alone could not melt steel is misleading because melting was not necessary for collapse. The combination of heat weakening the steel and structural damage caused by the plane impacts led to the towers' destruction: https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/national-verify/juet-fuel-cant-melt-steel-but-burned-hot-enough-damage-world-trade-center/536-d2ed9819-1d53-4b61-9f78-e25f089e5c41 https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-911-truth https://www.nist.gov/world-trade-center-investigation/study-faqs/wtc-towers-investigation https://sheerforceeng.com/2022/06/13/can-steel-beams-be-melted-by-jet-fuel/ https://theconversation.com/9-11-conspiracy-theories-debunked-20-years-later-engineering-experts-explain-how-the-twin-towers-collapsed-167353