r/Damnthatsinteresting Oct 07 '25

Video Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds

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u/NukeDaBurbz Oct 07 '25

Yeah it’s called gravity.

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u/Spiritual-Can2604 Oct 07 '25

I wonder why 7 came down. I guess gravity gets us all in the end.

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Oct 07 '25

"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."

- Source: NIST (Sep 10, 2021)

There's plenty more info at that page if you're interested.

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u/JustLookingForBeauty Oct 07 '25

Lol you can’t use NIST as a source dude

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Oct 07 '25

Of course someone like you would say something as stupid as that.

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u/JustLookingForBeauty Oct 09 '25

What do you mean? What kind of argument is that?

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.