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In reply to the discussion: Marjorie Taylor Greene called 'idiot' for suggesting plane not involved in 9/11 Pentagon strike [View all]forgotmylogin
(7,917 posts)From what I've read, the Pentagon is so solidly constructed that the light (in comparison) metal plane was essentially obliterated on impact, which is what fuels conspiracy theorists to say there "was no plane". It'd be like firing a 22 caliber bullet at a cinderblock and attempting to find all the bits and pieces of the shrapnel. The first layer absorbed every bit of inertia and the damage was surprisingly contained for what it was. That place is *designed* to resist exactly that kind of impact.
Also on the low-framerate security video it passes so fast that it's hard to see. It partially knocked down a section of the outer layer - wall and corridors - but didn't get through the second. There was a piece of the blue and red painted fuselage on the lawn in a famous picture.
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