Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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Oh man. Conspiracists are gonna hate this. I'd hate to see what Abby's response will be:

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/21/feds-fires-took-down-building-next-to-twin-towers/

Feds: Fires took down building next to twin towers
DEVLIN BARRETT ASSOCIATED PRESS
Originally published 01:46 p.m., August 21, 2008, updated 01:26 p.m., August 21, 2008

GAITHERSBURG, MD. (AP) - Federal investigators said Thursday they have solved a mystery of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks: the collapse of World Trade Center building 7, a source of long-running conspiracy theories.

The 47-story trapezoid-shaped building sat north of the World Trade Center towers, across Vesey Street in lower Manhattan. On Sept. 11, it was set on fire by falling debris from the burning towers, but skeptics have long argued that fire and debris alone should not have brought down such a big steel-and-concrete structure.

Scientists with the National Institute of Standards and Technology say their three-year investigation of the collapse determined the demise of WTC 7 was actually the first time in the world a fire caused the total failure of a skyscraper.

I really appreciate this statement:

A spokeswoman for the leaseholder of the World Trade Center, developer Larry Silverstein, praised the government's work.

"Hopefully this thorough report puts to rest the various 9/11 conspiracy theories, which dishonor the men and women who lost their lives on that terrible day," said Silverstein spokeswoman Dara McQuillen.