I'm in construction. When u demo an old shitty looking building thry never in a million years fall like that not in America. When u see videos from the middle east or China or India nothing ever collapses like that naturally... only one thing does that on purpose man made explosive or termite controlled demolition... notice thry didn't bring the foremost expert on controlled demolition and ask his expert opinion.
If you think this was not on purpose you are a fucking idiot.
Speaking as I would to engineering students, engineers always try to look at evidence before issuing a conclusion. Lots of crappy design and construction ideas were tried 30-50 years ago and we will probably start seeing failures, some quite spectacular, as unanticipated deterioration causes critical parts to be stressed to failure. This failure may have been sabotage but it could also be a structural failure. To keep credibility one waits for an investigation before announcing conclusions. (In keeping with the poal culture, please choose a derogatory, politically incorrect insult and apply it to yourself on my behalf.)
We have very few images of buildings collapsing naturally. It's hard to say what is normal and what is not. I suspect some of the flashes are electrical arcs as lines to rooftop AC units are broken then grounded out. Others may be televisions or other light sources visible from outside as curtains move and screens drop. Cars in the basement will have ruptured fuel tanks igniting. Nothing conclusive here yet. Certainly evidence that cannot be ignored. They will literally get to the bottom of things eventually. The lawsuits have already begun.
My totally unscientific theory is that certain people conspired with their lawyers to drop the place to avoid having to pay the huge repair assessment, and to instead get a big settlement to send to the folks back "home". Change my mind!
Lol! Well played
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