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Re: AT&T Switch operational in basement of WTC

  • From: Dave Stewart
  • Date: Fri Sep 14 20:45:26 2001 
At 08:21 PM 9/14/2001, Randy Neals wrote:

AT&T's switch in the basement apparently operated after the collapse until
4PM.
They expect to recover the switch hardware....

Gotta love the 5E...


So if you can build a switch room that doesn't collapse when 2 x 110 story
buildings fall on it, why not get those engineers to design the building so
it doesn't collapse in the first place?

Oh, please...

An hour or so of 1200-1500+ degrees?