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Old 08-08-2006, 10:04 AM  
MattO
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This is the actual quote:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mete Sozen, a professor of structural engineering at Purdue University
What was left of the plane flowed into the structure in a state closer to a liquid than a solid mass
He is saying it behaved like a liquid, to give people an idea of how it crumpled into the Pentagon, not that it turned into an actual liquid.
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