Debunking a 9-11 myth

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...um, and also "stand down." ok. And any 1st year engineer can explain the impossibility of that building coming down at free-fall speed without help. It cannot happen. It is impossible. Just make a 4 sided column out of wire screen, soak a pencil in diesel, light it up, and poke it through the screen to see. The analogy is very close, except of course the screen will melt much quicker than the latticed steel beams.