Alright, I got a couple of articles to check out relating to American Society of Civil Engineers and the possibility they covered up knowledge about 9/11 and hurricane Katrina.
Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, a structural engineer and forensics expert, contends his computer simulations disprove the society’s findings that skyscrapers could not be designed to withstand the impact of a jetliner.
A February 27 1993 Seattle Times article entitled Twin Towers Engineered To Withstand Jet Collision quotes John Skilling, head structural engineerfor the WTC.
“We looked at every possible thing we could think of that could happen to the buildings, even to the extent of an airplane hitting the side,” said Skilling.
“Our analysis indicated the biggest problem would be the fact that all the fuel (from the airplane) would dump into the building. There would be a horrendous fire. A lot of people would be killed,” he said. “The building structure would still be there.”
In a telling afterthought, Skilling said that the only way the building could be brought down was by means of well-placed explosives rigged by top experts.
And why not, here is a video featuring WTC Construction Manager Frank A. DeMartini, who was killed in the 9/11/01 attack, describes in January of 2001, how the towers could, “probably sustain multiple impacts of jet-liners”.
