From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Tue Sep 11 2001 - 15:06:42 MDT
Two counter points:
The bomber wasn't *trying* to hit the building. And I'd bet it wasn't "heavy" (full of fuel).
Ralph Lewis wrote:
>
> Interesting that the Empire State Building took a direct hit of an american
> air force bomber with a much more explosive fuel (aviation gas) than jet
> fuel and damage was minimal. Makes you wonder about building standards and
> building permit enforcement today.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sat Nov 02 2002 - 08:10:29 MST