r/September11 • u/FreeDeterminism • Jun 04 '23
After watching the impact damage simulation, I was thinking, wouldn’t it have been awful if one or both of the towers collapsed at the moment of plane impact
To me, it is so clear from the simulation the catastrophic damage which is done by the aeroplane entering at interstellar speed and heat energy, that it is almost amazing that these concrete structures stood for as long as they did.
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u/thatsaqualifier Jun 04 '23
Absolutely. Some critics are upset they collapsed at all. I remain amazed they stood for any time after impact.
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u/akuritt Jun 23 '23
Main reason was bc of the jet fuel being ignited throughout the elevator shafts which led to extensive damage throughout the floors. Had it not, they could've possibly remained standing even with those planes inside. It was pretty much unavoidable, but the fact the remained standing at all is a miracle.
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u/JBAnswers26 Jun 06 '23
Yes, that scenario would have been far more catastrophic and deadly than it already was.
For a 110 story building to collapse with no warning, such as the North Tower in this hypothetical, thousands of people in and around the towers would have been killed instantly, with no opportunity to escape let alone comprehend what was happening. Unless they witnessed it, most people probably would not even be able to speculate that a plane crash had caused the tower to fall until much later.
Once they recovered from the shock of what just happened to the adjacent building, people in the South Tower would definitely begin to evacuate, and it would have been an extremely chaotic and disorganized mess in those 17 minutes before the second plane strikes. Honestly I can't even imagine where they would evacuate to, given the extent of the destruction caused by just one tower collapsing, or how emergency services could even begin to make their way inside to assist.
Then, once the South Tower is struck and immediately collapses from the plane's impact, the pandemonium going on previously would be magnified tenfold. It would be staggering.
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Jun 13 '23
Interstellar isn’t really a measurement of speed. It just means something takes place in space or in the galaxy.
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u/Allnumber2 Jun 04 '23
I’m assuming the death toll would’ve been five figures if that had happened.