Yes, and had they succeeded in knocking down that fire, they would have been able to proceed. Thus, the argument is that the south tower had to come down quickly; it was becoming more urgent than the north tower.
As usual, you have no goddamned idea what you're talking about. That's because your gospel is the work of people who have no goddamned idea what they're talking about.
The 78th floor of the south tower was struck by the outer left wing of flight 175. It was the lowest floor that sustained direct damage from the aircraft.
The 78th floor of the south tower was a Sky Lobby which did not contain a vast amount of inflammables as did the office floors. It consisted largely of elevator banks, escalators, marble, glass, and steel.
Many people on the 78th floor survived the plane's impact. 16 people were trapped in one of its elevators and perished when the tower collapsed, along with the people who were trying to rescue them.
Chief Orio Palmer, who was not carrying equipment, made it to the 78th floor from the 44th floor sky lobby via stairwell A, the only one that was passable. That stairwell was on the opposite side of the building core from the plane impact.
At
9:52, seven minutes before collapse, Chief Palmer radioed that there were two isolated pockets of fire on the 78th floor. Even if he had had men and hoses, there was no water with which to fight the fires.
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9:52, two floors above Chief Palmer, the south tower looked like this:
Please stop repeating garbage that you learned from people with an agenda that prevents them from having a goddamned idea of what they're talking about.
I'm begging you to stop doing that.
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