alienentity
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IIRC, the part of the core that remained standing after the collapse of tower 2 was about 40 stories in height, and the part of the core that remained standing after the collapse of tower 1 was 60 stories in height. If I'm remembering wrong, I'd appreciate it if someone would correct me.
In any case, if Bazant's paper includes destruction of core columns, then he's overestimating the energy needed to continue collapse, at least for the lower part of each tower.
I think that's essentially correct.
