You are the second person to call it a tiny detail and the 24th person to dodge the question with a question
So where am i going with this
You all believe that wtc 7 collapsed due to debris damage and fire
I believe that it was a controlled demolition
None of us were there so we believe as we do based on the evidence we have seen and read
Damage to the core framing is no 'tiny detail'
NIST admits that the damage of the core framing is not known
So if they don't know, how can you be so sure that there was any damage to the core framing?
The 10 story gouge 1/4 to 1/3 the width of WTC 7 did not exist
The damage atributed to it did not exist
No one here has said that it does
What do you mean by core framing? What does this have to do with damage to the external structure?
Do you still believe that the external walls could completely support the building? And that they were extensively cross-braced.
I think that there may have been a gash as described by NIST but that going by the evidence of the
interim report we cannot be certain. NIST is not misleading anyone as their damage assessment is not final.
The most important factor, as far as I can see, is the indications of a failure in the system that transferred the loads between floors 4 and 7.
I am waiting for the final report for further details.
Even if the report doesn't conclusively establish the extent of the damage or the cause of the collapse, this is not evidence for CD. You can't use a 'God of the gaps' argument - you need positive evidence of your own. I don't see evidence from you, I just see obsessive nit-picking.
Here are some CD theory questions:
1. why leave the building burning for so long?
2. how did the explosives survive the fire?
3. why no flashes and loud bangs immediately before collapse?
4. why did the east penthouse start to collapse before the rest of the building?
5. why was the building leaning over?
6. why did the firefighters report the building was creaking and looked like it would collapse?
7. why did the FDNY clear the area around the building (abandoning the search for survivors in that area) a few hours before it collapsed?
8. how were the explosives planted in a crowded office building that was in use 24 hours a day?
9. where was the detonation cord run to, how did it escape being severed by falling rubble?
10. why demolish WTC7 at all?