BIG. Really big. And it's not just the size that's important...the plane
weighs a lot. Imagine the amount of kinetic energy imparted to the building
when those planes hit at 200+ MPH...the force went all the way through each
tower, as we've all horrifingly seen on the news. What's astonishing is not
that they did as much damage as they did, but that the buildings didn't
collapse immediately upon being hit.
My thoughts and sympathies go out to everyone involved in this tragedy...this
is truly an astonishingly black day.
Chad Fernandez said:
> How big is a 737? I didn't think an airplane would do that much
> damage. The Empire State building has been hit before, by accident,
> although, it prpbably wasn't a direct hit.
>
> I see it on TV, However. I'm stunned, really.
>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
>
> David Woyciesjes wrote:
> >
> > I take it you all heard about the two 737s (?) hitting the world trade
> > buildings...
> > one was possibly a hijacked airliner... each hit a seperate tower, I
> > believe...
> >
> > --- David A Woyciesjes
> > --- C & IS Support Specialist
> > --- Yale University Press
> > --- mailto:david.woyciesjes_at_yale.edu
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> > --- ICQ # - 905818
- Dan Wright
(dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
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http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
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