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This is the question that interests me most:
"6. Why did 7 WTC fall?
Seven World Trade Center-where, besides OEM, the CIA, Salomon Smith Barney, and other entities had offices-was the last building to collapse on 9-11. It was also probably the first steel skyscraper anywhere to collapse solely because of fire. We still don't know why. While NIST has completed its twin towers reports, it has delayed its 7 WTC report twice; it's currently not expected until next spring.
Several 7 WTC tenants, including OEM and the Secret Service, had tanks filled with diesel fuel to power emergency generators. If that fuel leaked and burned, it may have heated the building's steel supports to the point of failure, but according to FEMA's report on the collapse this 'best hypothesis has only a low probability of occurrence.'"
This is the question that interests me most:
"6. Why did 7 WTC fall?
Seven World Trade Center-where, besides OEM, the CIA, Salomon Smith Barney, and other entities had offices-was the last building to collapse on 9-11. It was also probably the first steel skyscraper anywhere to collapse solely because of fire. We still don't know why. While NIST has completed its twin towers reports, it has delayed its 7 WTC report twice; it's currently not expected until next spring.
Several 7 WTC tenants, including OEM and the Secret Service, had tanks filled with diesel fuel to power emergency generators. If that fuel leaked and burned, it may have heated the building's steel supports to the point of failure, but according to FEMA's report on the collapse this 'best hypothesis has only a low probability of occurrence.'"
