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2025-03-02 20:08:08 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5A60FBF65BB2E28E15C8ECC310985C5545A0EAA66636655D9E09978D8C1D5390
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The lateral ejection of debris and steel beams during the South Tower's collapse wasn't due to “intense forces” beyond the collapse itself, but rather a result of several factors inherent to the building's structural failure: https://math.mit.edu/~bazant/WTC/WTC-asce.pdf http://www.civil.northwestern.edu/people/bazant/PDFs/Papers/625.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NkBfLBov5Q&ab_channel=SabinCivilEngineering 9/11 conspiracy theories: How they've evolved: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-14665953
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