Also, people, the towers were built in the 1970's long before Al Qaeda was formed, and before Bin Laden became the world's number one bad boy. I do not know how tough steel is now compared to when it was used in the 1970's. But I suspect it is all the same.

Where I work on my second job: look at all the steel used to construct the ballpark that the San Diego Padres play.

Imagine being inside a volcano in Kilauea, Hawaii and not places like Mt. St. Helens. The lava oozes from the volcano and goes into the ocean not far away, making new land. That lava is hot enough to melt the steel anywhere.

Had any of you gone inside a steel mill? It is probably the world's hottest and dirtiest job, but someone's got to do it.

Bethlehem Steel, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2001

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My company did business with Bethlehem Steel back in the 1980's and 1990's. We sold them units for whatever applications they were used for.

When the terrorists flew the planes into the towers, the fuel tanks of the jetliners were close to full, and they were like bombs themselves. The buildings never stood a chance. And I doubt that even if the WTC towers were built today, it still would not withstand another terrorist fly-in.

And Ali is right: the steel used were built to withstand the winds. Who would have ever thought that the terrorists would fly into them?

It is sad that if anybody was among the crowd leaving the parking garages at Logan and JFK airports, they would see the terrorists walking together, and join up with the others inside the terminal. I only wish that any passengers could have thought that something was going to happen just by looking at the terrorists' faces.