Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
With its heavy steel girder construction, heavily fireproofed structural members, and heavily fireproofed masonry stairwells, the Empire State Building survived a collision from a twin engine bomber in 1945. The World Trade Center, which was not as well constructed, did not survive similar impact of aircraft. ...
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