[Gore Whore]

Wonder why the building didn't pancake collapse in on itself?

Isn't that what's meant to happen?

Then another building a few blocks away should randomly collapse for no reason yeah?

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by Gore Whore ↗

Wonder why the building didn't pancake collapse in on itself?

Isn't that what's meant to happen?

Then another building a few blocks away should randomly collapse for no reason yeah?

When the North Tower (WTC 1) collapsed at 10:28 AM, heavy structural debris fell across a 350-foot zone, severely damaging the south and west facades of WTC 7 and tearing through multiple structural columns.

This falling debris simultaneously ignited fires on at least 10 different floors. Because the city water mains were severed during the attacks, the building's internal sprinkler system had no water pressure, leaving the fires to burn entirely unchecked for nearly 7 hours.

The intense heat caused the steel floor beams to expand and this expansion caused a critical internal column, to be precise, column 79 to buckle.

Once column 79 failed, it triggered a progressive, domino-effect collapse of the internal structure, which brought the rest of the building down.

Silverstein was recalling a phone conversation he had with the FDNY commander on the afternoon of September 11, regarding the uncontrollable fires inside WTC 7.

Silverstein stated that he remembered getting a call from the fire department commander, telling me that they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire so Silverstein said that they had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is pull it.

And they made that decision to pull, and they watched the building collapse.

In firefighting terminology, "to pull" means to withdraw operations or personnel from a burning structure for safety reasons. Because the FDNY chose to pull its operations, firefighters evacuated the area, and zero first responders died when WTC 7 collapsed later that day.

Firefighters on the ground confirm that they knew the building was structurally failing hours before it fell. Firefighters used words like "the building is about to blow" and "it's coming down."

About to blow or blow up is common slang for a sudden, catastrophic structural collapse or a backdraft explosion. The FDNY established a safety zone because WTC 7 was visibly leaning, groaning, and showing a bulge in its facade by mid-afternoon.