Digging Out Ground Zero 5/22/2002
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Digging Out Ground Zero


11/24/01:
Steel melts at temperatures over 1000° ; when the towers collapsed under the tremendous heat generated by thousands of gallons of burning jet fuel it left behind almost twisted shards of the facade that looked almost like a ruined cathedral. Parts of that facade were stored for use in a future memorial

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