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Full disclosure: I don't buy into the conspiracy theory, but I choose not to argue them ad nauseum in this forum.
Just a thought: is it possible that when Silverstein said that he ok'd the fire department to "pull," he meant that he was approving them no longer fighting the fire?
You keep pointing to other buildings that suffer structural damage and didn't collapse, but presumably they were subject to ongoing efforts to fight the fire.
IF (and this is an IF), Silverstein pulled the efforts to fight the fire, couldn't the unhindered burning have contributed to the collapse?
Also note, unless I am mistaken, Silverstein didn't say WHEN he said to pull it, so this could have been hours earlier (even if it was minutes earlier, it actually makes even more sense that "pull it" meant "give up. let it fall")
Finally, I've never seen photos or footage of the south facade of building 7 after the towers collapsed. Does any exist? The photos from the north side show little damage, but obviously the south side could have much more.
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