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That five minute conversation with a retired pilot changed how I see 9/11
Guy at a diner in El Paso back in 2018 just looked at me over his coffee and said 'the official story falls apart when you time the collapses against the laws of physics.' He walked me through the math on a napkin and I still think about it.
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grant1555d ago
Whoa, hold on a second. I gotta push back on the free fall speed thing a little bit. The towers didn't actually fall at free fall speed in a vacuum, they fell just slightly slower than that, but the key detail is they fell through solid steel and concrete. That's the part that broke the laws of physics for me. A controlled demolition would need explosives at multiple points, not just the initial plane hit, to get that kind of acceleration through all that heavy debris. If the steel was just weakened from fire, you'd expect a top-heavy tilt and a slower pancake collapse, not a near symmetrical drop like it was a controlled cut. The napkin math is usually right about the speed, but it's the symmetry and the lack of progressive resistance that really sells the demolition argument.
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morgan.jason5d ago
Heard almost the exact same thing from an engineer at a bar in Austin a few years back. Drew out the free fall speed of the towers on a coaster napkin and showed me how the math doesn't add up for a controlled demolition. Said steel frames hitting debris can't accelerate like that without extra help. Still sits with me when I see footage.
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nancy_wood5d ago
Bought a 6 pack of Shiner Bock and tried to replicate that napkin math myself once. Ended up with a sticky mess and a diagram that looked more like a sad taco than a building. @grant155 you put it way better than my coaster ever did, but I still think about that bar napkin theory every time I watch the news.
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