Update 17 March 2002:
The first tower that got hit was hit square, in the middle by the passenger jet. It was hit quite a few minutes before the other tower, and as far as anyone can tell, virtually all it's jet fuel exploded inside the tower, theoretically burning the giant steel rods that held the tower together and causing it to collapse.
But for those incredibly big rods (so large they had to be imported - nobody in America could make them that big!) to melt, they would have had to have jet fuel and compressed oxygen supplied to them. HMMMM.
Remember this: steel doesn't melt easily. When it flows, the heat sort of distributes itself and you land up with a lot of very hot, but still physically strong, metal. Not hot toffee like the people on CNN were saying!.
The second jet hit the other tower at a funny angle, such that most of it's jet fuel exploded OUTSIDE the other tower (it was a bit of a glancing blow, due to a bad flying mistake on the pilot's side, and one of the engines even flew out the side of the building).
So why did the second tower to get the glancing blow go down FIRST? The other tower should have gone down first, because it had A) more jet fuel inside it to 'melt the steel rods', and B) was hit first, so there was more time for the 'melting'.
Anyone care to answer?
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