This was the damage that caused WTC 7 to collapse into it's own footprint

[Cheap_Trick]

(just like the twin towers did)


And yet THESE buildings DIDN'T collapse even after far more intense fires that lasted much longer...






THE Beijing Hotel Mandarin:









This one in Madrid burned for 20 hours, and yet did not fall:





Curious.

[OnTheOtherHand]

1. incorrect

The damage at the southwest corner didn't cause the building to fall. The building did suffer massive fires, not shown in your picture, and evinced serious structural damage well before it collapsed.

If you're curious why these other buildings didn't collapse, perhaps you need to study their design. None of these looks much like WTC 7, although of course that doesn't prove anything.

[greyl]

2. Better explanations here.

Anyone with more than a passing interest in investigating WTC7 should know there are already thousands of web pages and many videos that provide a more relevantly complete story about WTC7 than Conspiracy Industry sites will. This video is one of the latest. It's 3 and a half minutes long, and includes footage of the beginning of the collapse that misleading Truther sites do not want anyone to see.

Building 7 Explained - Sep 6, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFJa9WUy5QI

A serious video: The "unexplainable" collapse of 7 World Trade Center is the most compelling case put forth by 9/11 Truthers. But there is more than enough evidence that Building 7 collapsed due to fire - no secret demolition ninjas necessary.

The text below is for people interested in actual inquiry, and are legitimately examining both sides' arguments for inconsistencies, intellectual dishonesty, and logical flaws.

1. Things conspiracy believers do not want you to know:
(a) WTC7 underwent a slow, internal progressive collapse, plainly observable in the full-length CBS video, which is rarely shown on conspiracy sites.
(b) The 1,500 "experts" at ae911truth.org are mostly electrical and chemical engineers, residential architects, students, etc. Examine the list for yourself. Then, look at the 750 (better credentialed) names at dissentingdarwin.org, and ask whether the latter list puts biological evolution in serious doubt.

Text continues at link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFJa9WUy5QI

[OnTheOtherHand]

3. I think that video has some stretches, though

If memory serves, the movie emphasizes the uniqueness of the fires. But NIST specifically said that the fires, per se, weren't so distinctive.

Forgive the hand-waving -- no time to write a better post.