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Originally Posted by idi banashapan
what makes me wonder is that out of arround 3500 people who lost their lives in the twin towers, only around 400 had any part of their body found. these parts (according to the investigations and a documentary regarding the investigations) were mainly of odd body parts that had remained after the collapse. parts such as a thumb and splints of bone to name a couple.
yet they apparently managed to find the torso of one of the 'terrorists' and identified 3 of the remaining terrorists via body parts found in the aftermath of the collapse. a whole torso!?!?!? flesh and blood remained intact after flying into a building at +400mph, sitting in a raging inferno for quite some time, then a monumentous collapse which had enough force to completely remove all trace of a touch over 3000 other people. Even more impressive when (and some might say conveniently), neither of the aircrafts black boxes (which are MADE to withstand slamming into the ground at break-neck speeds) managed to survive the atrocity.
makes me think...
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Your figures are way out, there's been over 1500+ people identified...
As for torsos versus black boxes I don't see how you could compare two items that have different impact and decelleration characteristics.. It's like dropping a snooker ball and a orange from the top of a building onto concrete, the snooker ball would shatter and be unrecognizable yet the orange would be squished but still be recognizable as an orange