When Al-Qaeda themselves claimed responsibility, even with overwhelming evidence aside? Why were so many people still reluctant, I was researching about this stuff and was shocked to see people who I respect a lot believe in this

  • @marcos
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    229 months ago

    the whole thing seemed coordinated exactly in the way in which they coordinate tear-downs for a living

    Oh, yeah, there’s that. The buildings had a very unusual¹ structure that tends to naturally collapse on a similar way as controlled demolition. It’s extremely unlikely for normal buildings to go down that way, so it did raise some suspicion.

    1 - Unusual for buildings in general, but common for buildings of that size.