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		PhasmaFelis on Sept 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apocalypse Proof: 33 Thomas Street in New York Cit... That was still a really big deal. The terrorists expected the towers to collapse immediately on impact. Everyone who was in the towers that morning and didn't die was saved by the "airplane-proof" construction.

fragmede on Sept 18, 2023 [–]

> The terrorists expected the towers to collapse immediately on impact.

Where do we know this from? We can't ask them about that.

PhasmaFelis on Sept 18, 2023 | [–]

I don't know if it was mentioned in the documents that were found. But either way, the "airplane-proof" design did save thousands of lives, even if it failed to save thousands more.

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