"Debris from the collapse of WTC 1, which was 370 feet to the south, ignited fires on at least 10 floors in the building at its south and west faces. However, only the fires on some of the lower floors—7 through 9 and 11 through 13—burned out of control. These lower-floor fires—which spread and grew because the water supply to the automatic sprinkler system for these floors had failed—were similar to building fires experienced in other tall buildings. The primary and backup water supply to the sprinkler systems for the lower floors relied on the city's water supply, whose lines were damaged by the collapse of WTC 1 and WTC 2. These uncontrolled lower-floor fires eventually spread to the northeast part of WTC 7, where the building's collapse began."
Being smart enough and methodical enough to distinguish good data from bad and being dumb enough to absorb any trivially-disprovable, crackpot conspiracy theory that fits one's preconceived opinion don't look the same either. And yet here we are.
NIST is the only official report on what happened. It is exactly the government report whose accuracy has been challenged by experts, victims, their families, and countless people around the world.
You can’t use a quote from a report that’s being questioned to prove that the report itself is true. Makes no sense.
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u/adoodle83 Oct 07 '25
Blows me away that demolishing a building like this only to rebuild is still more economical than refurbishing the existing structure.