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In reply to this comment by cryptographrix:
rationally and scientifically? state your science, theo!

You were taught in high school that gravity pulls things to the ground at 9.8 meters per second squared, correct?

9.8 meters is equal to 32.152231 feet

So, from the first second of a fall in a vacuum(no air to produce friction against, according to Newtonian Physics), a ball would have been traveling at 32.152231 feet per second, per second

In the First second - 0-32.152231 feet down from origin - 32.152231 feet per second
In the Second second - 32.152231 - 96.456693 feet down from origin - 64.304462 feet per second
In the Third second - 96.456693 - 192.913386 feet down from origin - 96.456693 feet per second
In the Fourth Second - 192.913386 - 289.370079 feet down from origin - 128.608924 feet per second
In the Fifth Second - 289.370079 - 421.131234 feet down from origin - 160.761155 feet per second
In the Sixth Second - 421.131234 - 614.04462 feet down from origin - 192.913386 feet per second
In the Seventh Second - 614.04462 - 839.110237 feet down from origin - 225.065617 feet per second
In the Eighth Second - 839.110237 - 1096.325085 feet down from origin - 257.214848 feet per second
In the Ninth Second - 1096.325085 - 1385.692164 feet down from origin - 289.367079 feet per second
In the Tenth Second - 1385.692164 - 1707.211474 feet down from origin - 321.51931 feet per second
(Tallest of the towers was around 1370 feet tall...thus, I stop here.)

Working FORWARDS - equation of a fall, based on the gravity of Earth IN A VACUUM.

Suffice it to say, it should have taken at least a minute and a half for those towers to fall, just by friction of the steel alone(even ASSUMING that all of the floor connectors gave way at the EXACT SAME MOMENT).

If you want, I can send you the blueprints - STATE YOUR RATIONALE!