Re: OT - Eiffel Tower

[E.R.N. Reed]

Gonz wrote:



frank theriault wrote:

On 4/1/06, Igor Roshchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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BTW, probably not that many people know that Empire State Building
withstood a B-25 bomber hitting it and being stuck in the building
at the 79th floor in 1945.


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Actually I've known that since I was a kid.

4)  The jets of 9/11 had just taken off and were about to embark on
transatlantic flights, so they were as heavy with fuel as any jetliner
is ever going to be, a fact that was planned on by the terrorists,


From what I remember, this is incorrect.  They were headed across the 
country, to the west coast, no? 

I recall it the same way. Headed to the west coast, so transcontinental 
flights, not transatlantic -- therefore, heavily laden with fuel (the 
rest of the comment applies anyway.)