The Twin Towers Are Only 208 Feet Long, Right?

"The whole story stinks," he says. "We could possibly draw that conclusion, but we can't prove it." The 757 was traveling about 500 knots when it hit the Twin Towers with excess of their max operating speed at sea level by about 120 to 140 knots. If you look at the imprint on the building, they hit a dead on. Had they been just a few degrees off heading, they would have missed it.

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