You've contradicted yourself in your haste. You say it was severely damaged but was the least damaged of the WTC buildings?!? So you admit that WTC 7 was more severely damaged!
Gee, I wonder if that had some effect on the outcomes!! Nah, too inconvenient to the truther doctrine. Must ignore reality again..
WTC 5 was different in many ways, the most relevant that it was 9 stories tall, so fully 38 stories shorter than WTC 5. If you don't see what difference that makes, there's no hope for you at all.
In fact WTC 5 suffered fire-induced collapse internally 'Portions of internal collapse and burnout were found on upper floors, mainly floors 6-8'
So imagine (you can't, I know) floors 6-8 losing structure, but having another 40 floors of mass to carry. Still think the building would survive?
If your answer is 'yes', then congratulations, you're not a trained fire investigator or engineer.. What a coincidence, you're not! I'm 2 for 2!
If the answer is 'no', then stop arguing, and show some respect for the truth for a change.
But the steel columns would have been proportionally thinner in WTC5, not having to carry such a big weight. Why then do they continue to carry that weight and not just buckle? It was still 9 storeys tall (110ft) or isn't that very tall in your expert opinion?
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