Analysis of World Trade Center Collapse

I think the lack of artifacts stands out to me quite a bit.

I think, uh, the fact that I haven't seen a door,

I haven't seen a phone, I haven't

seen a computer, I haven't seen a doorknob. I think

that stands out.

But for the things that we have seen, uh,

every now and then we'll come across, uh,

a stuffed animal that might have been on somebody's desk,

um, pictures that were on people's desks.

Jackie Judd and several other people keep, keep, keep asking us, "When you look

at where the towers used to stand, there is surprisingly so little

rubble. Where did all the rubble go?"

Well, it's a very good question, Peter, and I have asked some people who've been

doing some of the rescue and recovery work this morning.

If you look behind me, you can see the very remains, the

skeletal remains of the World Trade Center, and one volunteer,

Robert Berlinski, explained to me the reason there's so

little rubble is

that all of it simply fell down

into the ground and was pulverized, evaporated.

What was that that he said?

Pulverized, evaporated.

Fell down to the ground and was pulverized and evaporated.

I don't mean to be making fun of these people at all.

They're trying to explain what they see.

They don't see enough debris,

and they're trying to come up with some explanation as to where

the building went.

Actually, that video clip I saw that day,

and that partially inspired the title of the book

because why do people quit asking that question?

Here's another short clip

the following day.

I was astonished at the degree to which solid

materials were turned into pulverized dust as a

consequence of that building collapse. I think it was striking.

People were shocked. It did not make sense

how much it was turned to dust.