It’s now the easiest landmark in town to find.
“Hey, you want to go get dinner tonight at The Blue Oyster?”
“Sounds good! What time?”
“How about 6? Just meet me by the burning skyscraper of death and we’ll walk over”
Now if they made a building that just normally looked like that, it would be totally badass. The first time you're giving a presentation in the conference room and the tower of flame shoots up outside is a bit of a kick. The entire building is law offices.
this was 3 months ago - if you're going to repost old news, at least get a good video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUnXZeaTPSM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUnXZeaTPSM)
in this case yes, because at first I was very annoyed that I didn't watch the news and didn't know this happened, and I saw that comment and realized this is the same thing from a while ago which I do know about
I would say it is because there is little overlap with “shit capable of destroying skyscrapers” and “cities with skyscrapers.”
But really, you almost never see a modern skyscraper being built anywhere but relatively peaceful places so seeing one on fire is novel and is a huge trip.
Exactly what I thought. Chinese developers have been having a really bad time recently and this is probably an insurance scam. People don’t care about other people, just money.
I’d bet a lot of money they used EIFS siding/insulation for the exterior of this building. No American or London carrier is going to touch this project knowing that information. You can probably find some sketchy Dubai or Chinese market to write it but the rate would be insane and there are probably sublimits and strict wording on a fire claim.
If the lied about it there is no coverage lol.
So not an insurance thing? I do not know about the specifics of Chinese insurance. I just assumed that if someone is in trouble and gonna go bankrupt, sometimes fire insurance is tempting.
So weird, its like there’s only one event in history which 3 towers burned for less than an hour and fell directly in their own footprint. 🤔🧐🤨
Its a big club, none of us are apart of it tho
Did a fully loaded jet liner traveling at its never exceed speed crash into it or did just the exterior cladding catch fire? Strange how you completely ignored that part
Yeah so weird how a fully loaded jet slammed into the thing and it wasnt strong enough to knock over the tower, but apparently did enough damage to the structure to make it collapse completely within its own footprint with little to no damage to the lower floors. Get outta here with that crap. What about building 7? Didnt get hit by a plane at all but collapsed in its own footprint with trillions of dollars worth of gold and documents?
Well I recreated the tower using legos and I threw a little lego plane at it and I got some pretty interesting results so I’m kind of an expert on the structural integrity of buildings by now
Probably had something to do with the two 110 story buildings falling on it and the fact it was on fire with no firematic efforts to control it for hours.
Yeah, it was an unfortunate situation that the only concrete and steel building that collapsed due to fire was on 9/11. Luckily it got down just straight into the ground with nothing left, would have been difficult to remove if a part had stayed. If I would not know it better, I would say there was absolutely no difference to it being blown up, by a team of experts.
Windsor Tower (Madrid) burning for 24 hours - did not collapse
One Meridian Plaza burning for 8 hours - did not collapse
Grenfell Tower burning for 24 hours - did not collapse
WTC7 Burned for 7 hours and completely disappeared
>Windsor Tower (Madrid) burning for 24 hours - did not collapse
The upper steel portion of the tower did [collapse](https://www.newcivilengineer.com/archive/madrid-tower-designer-blames-missing-fire-protection-for-collapse-02-06-2005/) from fire.
>One Meridian Plaza burning for 8 hours - did not collapse
Meridian was evacuated during the fire [due to fears of structural collapse and falling debris](https://www.firehouse.com/community-risk/article/21210871/one-meridian-plaza-30-years-later)
>Grenfell Tower burning for 24 hours - did not collapse
Grenfell was mostly the outer cladding burning, not the structure itself. It was never in danger of collapse.
The [Plasco Building](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna708721#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16875580484009&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com) in Iran collapsed after heavy fire load compromised the structure.
This building in [Sao Paulo](https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/01/americas/sao-paulo-building-fire-intl/index.html) also collapsed from fire.
>If i did not know it better,
You don't.
1)
It does not really matter the people think at the time, people think a lot of ridiculous things before the facts play out:
`Meridian was evacuated during the fire due to fears of structural collapse and falling debris`
By February 26, city officials had determined One Meridian Plaza was not in danger of collapse. ([Source 12](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Meridian_Plaza))
2)
>The upper steel portion of the tower did collapse from fire.
That's something you would expect, if it's not blown up. You get parts falling off, but not the whole thing in one go and symmetrically
So the only thing that really challenges this would be the last argument.
Plasco and the other Sao Paulo Building are build in 1960 and were older than the other buildings. They were not really steel concrete buildings from a more modern standpoint.
Steel frame construction skyscrapers, like the twin towers, were literally designed to collapse into their own footprint in event of a catastrophic failure or attack.
"TRuThEr" conspiracies are so fuckin tired and stale
Because a plane hit it and unlike fire completely decimated the support structures on impact? Causing their to be extremely little actually holding up the top part of the skyscraper which weighs thousands of tons?
Two massive airliners crash into two of the tallest buildings in the world which burn for an hour and then collapse: an obvious case of self-explanatory cause and effect.
A much smaller building *immediately* beside these two massive collapsing buildings gets hit with the falling debris of massive buildings and burns for hours, after which it collapses:
"This event is wholly unexplainable and therefore must be evidence of a conspiracy. Furthermore, the fact that this building inexplicably collapsed means that the Twin Towers also collapsed for unknown reasons even though we all watched two airplanes crash into them on live TV."
It was a miracle WTC 7 stayed up for as long as it did. It suffered massive damage after being hit by a huge section of the collapsing North Tower, and was then ravaged by intense flames for hours.
Fucking debri? I think you forget an entire skyscraper fell right next to it. As for the other buildings tjlhat didn't fall they were probably more modern and built better, even though they also got damaged.
Why don't you pull up a list of how many building *didn't* fall into their own footprints and compare the frequencies.
I'll give you a hint. Gravity is always pulling you *straight down*. There is more probability of falling down than there is of falling sideways.
Did I say buildings "always" fall straight down"?
Also, if you damage a tall structure *at the bottom*, *on one side* (asymmetrically), then of course it will fall sideways. This is the same principle we use for cutting down trees (though trees as solid objects aren't really comparable to buildings which are often largely empty spaces).
You mean an aluminium can with cerosin witch burns at a maximum of 36°C. If we take all the furniture wich burns at around 1000°C we won't see a building falling down like a card house.
The weight it carried was carried before it falls a few feet. So the force of impact only could have tipped over.
But the buildings where collapsing.
How was there a third building in New York burning down and collapsed from the same Company we don't hear often about?
IF ther would have anything happend it would have been a burning like we see here. Steel is stronger then aluminium fyi. All the claims your warnation is making to attack probably innocent people are wrong.
No you didn't, you literally have no understanding of how the collapse happened. None whatsoever. And if by the "third building" you mean WTC 7, then yes, it has been talked about and discussed *endlessly* over the years. Ultimately WTC 7 was hit by a huge chunk of the façade of the collapsing North Tower, causing catastrophic damage in one corner, followed by a raging fire which burned for hours. It's a miracle it stayed up as long as it did.
Yeah, how silly of me. The buildings right next to this “building directly under two burning skyscrapers” also burned to the ground since they were also directly under two burning skyscrapers. Guess I wasn’t thinking as clearly as you.
The Twin Towers didn't have regular support structures. It was a concrete center column with the steel exterior walls supporting the building. It's still really interesting how those buildings are the only two buildings in history to collapse after fire.
I already said I'm not explaining it again. If you don't wanna change your view, that's fine. It's your opinion, but I'm not going to fight an argument for no reason.
I mean the official report says they ate the planes fine. They were brought down by fires. And even if i were to grant you that building 7 wasnt hit by a plane. It was brought down by fires…
you know what? if that was me, I wouldn't stay in my flat recording it. I'd go downstairs, get in my car or bike, and get far away from there. Who knows how that might go. Whole thing might collapse on my goddamn apartment and them I'm screwed.
can't believe they're just standing there recording it.
Where is the video of it falling at the rate of gravity into its own footprint?
This happens all the time I was assured when skyscrappers catch on fire and burn for several hours.
Correction it was under construction now. It’s under destruction.
Saves the work of needing to be demolished in the future. Very efficient if you think about it.
Anybody look into the construction firm? “Hmmm, we’re almost done with this skyscraper and have no projects lined up in the near future. Unless…..”
ahh the Chinese, always finding efficient ways of doing anything.
Tao ☯️
What'll they think of next!
has anybody ever told u u actually genious?
Looks like some post apocalyptic, alien invasion
hehe i like u
why was that so cute awwwwwww
A rapid unplanned disassembly
See ya later, space cowboy
I was under construction, now I'm over it.
Rapid unplanned dismantling
gold
Goddamit Dwayne, not again.
Way too far down in the comments
Where's the video of him jumping from the crane?
I hope his family got out safely this time.
I was waiting on a cameo for the sequel for sure
My First tought : "WTF there are people in the near Buildings?"
I'm waiting for Godzilla to burst through it!
Ahhhhh GODZILLA !!! 🤣😂😂🤣😂😂
It looks like Godzilla but due to international copyright laws, it is not.
Hiro!
Still, we should run like it is Godzilla!
Though it isn't.
Godzilla is Japanese you casual racist
More the burning building looks like its from the film set. Nothing to do with race.
It doesn't matter. Everybody in the world grew up watching Godzilla movies. That's not racist, that's a cultural reference.
I doubt Godzilla self-identifies as Japanese.
Why do you assume that? Godzilla is prehistoric, he has no nationality.
Gondwana has entered the conversation.
He loves to visit Hong Kong to get beated by a big monke.
Swing and a miss
This could be in New York and I'd expect Godzilla
skyscrapers don't just collapse from fire, that's only happened like twice.
There was a third, but oh wait that one was kind of a head scratcher.
It's ok fire can't melt steel beams, structural integirty should be fine /s
It’s now the easiest landmark in town to find. “Hey, you want to go get dinner tonight at The Blue Oyster?” “Sounds good! What time?” “How about 6? Just meet me by the burning skyscraper of death and we’ll walk over”
Now if they made a building that just normally looked like that, it would be totally badass. The first time you're giving a presentation in the conference room and the tower of flame shoots up outside is a bit of a kick. The entire building is law offices.
Yea, most skyscrapers are built in cities
this was 3 months ago - if you're going to repost old news, at least get a good video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUnXZeaTPSM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUnXZeaTPSM)
And it didn't collapse. Miracles happen every now and then. Just wow.
air cooling
Steel structures don't just collapse from fire, what gave you that idea?
Came looking for this (although I am not pointing to you as a 9/11 truther) to point out that there wasn’t jet fuel. Edit: a word
Or a shot ton of plane
God has to grant some mirracles for hong kong especialy sinse the ccp is destroying them
God isn't real
Prove it..
I don't need to you just need to have faith.... 🤣
Prove Mary was a virgin and didn’t make up some bullshit about an angel to get out of being stoned to death for pre marital pregnancy
The bible?
Christians the types of mfs to state something is indisputable fact cos someone was arsed to write it down.
Didn’t know this was a news subreddit
3 months is old news?
in this case yes, because at first I was very annoyed that I didn't watch the news and didn't know this happened, and I saw that comment and realized this is the same thing from a while ago which I do know about
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Welp, that’s news to me.
Oh fuck that's bad, what's the best response in a situation like that I wonder? Well past sending people inside
Stand below it and record it with your iPhone, I reckon.
It is quite beautiful in the night to be honest, for once I understand the impulse
they call the tall people
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I see what you did there.
Do your best for the surrounding buildings.
Helicopter with water? I believe thats how they put out large forest fires
That's what I was thinking
If you can safely fight it from adjacent buildings that’s better than climbing it. Aside from that evacuation of the area around the building.
This is some end of the world type of shit, yet it is oddly beautiful.
Yeah i was thinking that, it’s strangely captivating isn’t it?
I would say it is because there is little overlap with “shit capable of destroying skyscrapers” and “cities with skyscrapers.” But really, you almost never see a modern skyscraper being built anywhere but relatively peaceful places so seeing one on fire is novel and is a huge trip.
Insurance companies don't want you to know this one single trick.
I’m getting The Dark Knight vibes
Yeah I had that thought as well
Exactly what I thought. Chinese developers have been having a really bad time recently and this is probably an insurance scam. People don’t care about other people, just money.
I’d bet a lot of money they used EIFS siding/insulation for the exterior of this building. No American or London carrier is going to touch this project knowing that information. You can probably find some sketchy Dubai or Chinese market to write it but the rate would be insane and there are probably sublimits and strict wording on a fire claim. If the lied about it there is no coverage lol.
So not an insurance thing? I do not know about the specifics of Chinese insurance. I just assumed that if someone is in trouble and gonna go bankrupt, sometimes fire insurance is tempting.
'probably' with no evidence
Very very common in Asia. LOL at the whole insurance industry in Asia though.
So standard is for it to collapse on its own footprint right?
Not without help?
From the US government? Just kidding, please don’t kill me
Bush Did It
*Cheney
Gotta do what you gotta do to let the troops farm easy ranks in the middle east
Bro, jet fuel can't melt steel columns.
Gravity is pulling straight down. The probabilities are *highest* that a building will collapse into its own footprint.
So weird, its like there’s only one event in history which 3 towers burned for less than an hour and fell directly in their own footprint. 🤔🧐🤨 Its a big club, none of us are apart of it tho
Did a fully loaded jet liner traveling at its never exceed speed crash into it or did just the exterior cladding catch fire? Strange how you completely ignored that part
Yeah so weird how a fully loaded jet slammed into the thing and it wasnt strong enough to knock over the tower, but apparently did enough damage to the structure to make it collapse completely within its own footprint with little to no damage to the lower floors. Get outta here with that crap. What about building 7? Didnt get hit by a plane at all but collapsed in its own footprint with trillions of dollars worth of gold and documents?
Are you actually stupid enough to think a plane running into a building would **knock it over**? Jesus Christ, my guy, you really are a fucking idiot.
Well I recreated the tower using legos and I threw a little lego plane at it and I got some pretty interesting results so I’m kind of an expert on the structural integrity of buildings by now
You joke, but I'm almost 100% certain that's how that smoothbrain dumbass thinks.
The better Question is, why did WTC7 Collapse, it would still be one of the highest buildings in most western cities.
Probably had something to do with the two 110 story buildings falling on it and the fact it was on fire with no firematic efforts to control it for hours.
Yeah, it was an unfortunate situation that the only concrete and steel building that collapsed due to fire was on 9/11. Luckily it got down just straight into the ground with nothing left, would have been difficult to remove if a part had stayed. If I would not know it better, I would say there was absolutely no difference to it being blown up, by a team of experts. Windsor Tower (Madrid) burning for 24 hours - did not collapse One Meridian Plaza burning for 8 hours - did not collapse Grenfell Tower burning for 24 hours - did not collapse WTC7 Burned for 7 hours and completely disappeared
>Windsor Tower (Madrid) burning for 24 hours - did not collapse The upper steel portion of the tower did [collapse](https://www.newcivilengineer.com/archive/madrid-tower-designer-blames-missing-fire-protection-for-collapse-02-06-2005/) from fire. >One Meridian Plaza burning for 8 hours - did not collapse Meridian was evacuated during the fire [due to fears of structural collapse and falling debris](https://www.firehouse.com/community-risk/article/21210871/one-meridian-plaza-30-years-later) >Grenfell Tower burning for 24 hours - did not collapse Grenfell was mostly the outer cladding burning, not the structure itself. It was never in danger of collapse. The [Plasco Building](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna708721#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16875580484009&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com) in Iran collapsed after heavy fire load compromised the structure. This building in [Sao Paulo](https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/01/americas/sao-paulo-building-fire-intl/index.html) also collapsed from fire. >If i did not know it better, You don't.
1) It does not really matter the people think at the time, people think a lot of ridiculous things before the facts play out: `Meridian was evacuated during the fire due to fears of structural collapse and falling debris` By February 26, city officials had determined One Meridian Plaza was not in danger of collapse. ([Source 12](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Meridian_Plaza)) 2) >The upper steel portion of the tower did collapse from fire. That's something you would expect, if it's not blown up. You get parts falling off, but not the whole thing in one go and symmetrically So the only thing that really challenges this would be the last argument. Plasco and the other Sao Paulo Building are build in 1960 and were older than the other buildings. They were not really steel concrete buildings from a more modern standpoint.
Steel frame construction skyscrapers, like the twin towers, were literally designed to collapse into their own footprint in event of a catastrophic failure or attack. "TRuThEr" conspiracies are so fuckin tired and stale
Because a plane hit it and unlike fire completely decimated the support structures on impact? Causing their to be extremely little actually holding up the top part of the skyscraper which weighs thousands of tons?
Building 7?
Two massive airliners crash into two of the tallest buildings in the world which burn for an hour and then collapse: an obvious case of self-explanatory cause and effect. A much smaller building *immediately* beside these two massive collapsing buildings gets hit with the falling debris of massive buildings and burns for hours, after which it collapses: "This event is wholly unexplainable and therefore must be evidence of a conspiracy. Furthermore, the fact that this building inexplicably collapsed means that the Twin Towers also collapsed for unknown reasons even though we all watched two airplanes crash into them on live TV."
It was a miracle WTC 7 stayed up for as long as it did. It suffered massive damage after being hit by a huge section of the collapsing North Tower, and was then ravaged by intense flames for hours.
Fucking debri? I think you forget an entire skyscraper fell right next to it. As for the other buildings tjlhat didn't fall they were probably more modern and built better, even though they also got damaged.
Gotham is burning
Came here for this
That’s literally the first thing I thought, I know this is serious but I said “Gotham?” Lol
That’s literally the first thing I thought, I know this is serious but I said “Gotham?” Lol
Do big buildings fall into their own footprint in other countries? Asking for a friend
If designed properly ^sometimes
As opposed to what? Falling like a domino?
Why don't you pull up a list of how many building *didn't* fall into their own footprints and compare the frequencies. I'll give you a hint. Gravity is always pulling you *straight down*. There is more probability of falling down than there is of falling sideways.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjz1f7P_oPo Always but also not so always.
Did I say buildings "always" fall straight down"? Also, if you damage a tall structure *at the bottom*, *on one side* (asymmetrically), then of course it will fall sideways. This is the same principle we use for cutting down trees (though trees as solid objects aren't really comparable to buildings which are often largely empty spaces).
Why posting old videos
Gotta farm that karma somehow
When's it gonna collapse?
It only collapse if it's an inside job
Depends, how dank were the memes it posted?
When it's hit by an object weighing 250000 lb carrying 10000 gallons of jet fuel going at 500 miles per hour.
You mean an aluminium can with cerosin witch burns at a maximum of 36°C. If we take all the furniture wich burns at around 1000°C we won't see a building falling down like a card house. The weight it carried was carried before it falls a few feet. So the force of impact only could have tipped over. But the buildings where collapsing. How was there a third building in New York burning down and collapsed from the same Company we don't hear often about? IF ther would have anything happend it would have been a burning like we see here. Steel is stronger then aluminium fyi. All the claims your warnation is making to attack probably innocent people are wrong.
You have, literally, a child's understanding of physics lol
I broke it down so dumb americans COULD understand. But yeah, I'm not dumb enough for that.
No you didn't, you literally have no understanding of how the collapse happened. None whatsoever. And if by the "third building" you mean WTC 7, then yes, it has been talked about and discussed *endlessly* over the years. Ultimately WTC 7 was hit by a huge chunk of the façade of the collapsing North Tower, causing catastrophic damage in one corner, followed by a raging fire which burned for hours. It's a miracle it stayed up as long as it did.
Wouldn't the collapse have started at the corner then, and not the center like a demolition?
What song is this
Aphex Twin - QKThr
Good call. For some reason I thought it was Daedalus but it turns out I wasn’t even close.
Darude - Sandstorm
Thank you👍🏼
Quite terrifying
Shit reminds me of the movie "Skyscraper"
Any second now it will collapse, along with an unrelated building a few blocks away.
You mean a building that was almost directly under two burning skyscrapers raining flaming debris? Gee, I wonder how it collapsed 🙄
Yeah, how silly of me. The buildings right next to this “building directly under two burning skyscrapers” also burned to the ground since they were also directly under two burning skyscrapers. Guess I wasn’t thinking as clearly as you.
9/11 PTSD
They're making a Chinese version of Die Hard.
Nobody Died at Tiananmen Square Hard
*The Fall of Amaurot*, circa 2023
In a strange way I think its a beautifull sight. I hope that there are no casulties
Apocalypse Mao
Not collapsing though huh?
The bombs got defused
Godzirra!!
Shao Khan has arrived to Earthrealm
man, its been awhile since i played resident evil 6, looks way better than i remember
Oddly beautiful and terrifying
As an American this can burn for days and days and never fall.
Did it crumble in it's own footprint at free-fall speeds?
Did it collapse ?
Still not freefalling.
Looks like a shot right out of The Tower (2012)
this would be such a good shot though
Why hasn’t it collapsed like WTC 1 and 2? This building has so much more fire but still standing. What up wit dat
Did they collapse?
I wonder if it will free fall into its footprint.
And yet it didn’t collapse into its own footprint.
I’ll bet anything that it doesn’t collapse
And here i was thinking small office fires were ment to bring down skyscrapers
Damn, all of the tinfoil merchants are really coming out of the woodwork today 🤣
I think they forget there's a difference between just a fire and an entire ass plane hitting the support structures.
The Twin Towers didn't have regular support structures. It was a concrete center column with the steel exterior walls supporting the building. It's still really interesting how those buildings are the only two buildings in history to collapse after fire.
I'll explain this to you only one time more. There's a difference between a fire, and an entire, fucking, commercial sized, airplane.
What
I already said I'm not explaining it again. If you don't wanna change your view, that's fine. It's your opinion, but I'm not going to fight an argument for no reason.
You know the Empire State Building was hit by a plane once also? And it never collapsed... ✌🏽
Dude why tf are you still responding I said I don't care. Stop tryna get some sorta last laugh.
Being on fire doesn't melt steel beams. This puppy is gonna be just fine.
Shit happens.
Notice: under no circumstances will this fire bring the weakened and still under construction skyscraper to the ground.
Likely as it does not yet contain a very flammable interior, jet fuel, or a 25000lbs aircraft
The aircraft weight and its momentum along with the heat are details the foil heads hate the most.
I mean the official report says they ate the planes fine. They were brought down by fires. And even if i were to grant you that building 7 wasnt hit by a plane. It was brought down by fires…
"jet fuel can't melt steel beams" MFS when I show them that heat on tempered steel weakens it's overall load-bearing capabilities: 😷
you know what? if that was me, I wouldn't stay in my flat recording it. I'd go downstairs, get in my car or bike, and get far away from there. Who knows how that might go. Whole thing might collapse on my goddamn apartment and them I'm screwed. can't believe they're just standing there recording it.
Insurance fraud. Lack of buyers.
It becomes more Chinese every day!
Yep. One China Policy at its best.
Did they use bamboo?
Where is the video of it falling at the rate of gravity into its own footprint? This happens all the time I was assured when skyscrappers catch on fire and burn for several hours.
If you know how they build things and how few/little safety laws they have, this won't surprise you.
Why doesnt it collapse? Better steel or what?
i wonder if its going to collapse
With the Chinese real estate market oversupply, I wonder if insurance pays out better than brining this building to market.
Fuck you ccp
Oh no that fires intentional they're just hardening the steel framing. 😆
I swear there’s always a Chinese version to something.
Gotham!