NOVA/Eagar Use Deceptive Techniques

Images and movies misrepresent the towers as flimsy structures just waiting to pancake:

• animation:
  • Omits cross-trusses, which would spoil zipper effect.
  • Implies floors rested on trusses. In fact, trusses were bolted to steel floor pans every few inches.

• structural schematic:
  • Core depicted as horizontal slabs instead of vertical columns.
  • Spandrell plates linking perimeter columns are omitted.

• plane approaching:
  • Plane is size of 747, over twice size of 767
  • Horizontal ribs replace vertical columns.